Company

leadership team

Brendan Smith

Chief Executive Officer
  • Co-Founder SeekOps Inc.
  • NASA UAS Pilot and Technology Lead (2016)
  • NASA JPL, Laser Spectroscopy Applications (2016)
  • B.S. / M.S. University of California, Merced

Angela Smoller

Chief Financial Officer
  • Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • 19 Years Experience (12 Industry)
  • Experienced Auditor (Deloitte)
  • B.S. / M.S. University of Kentucky

Paul Khuri

Chief Commercial Officer
  • Based in Houston, Texas
  • 20+ years Oil and Gas Industry Experience
  • M.S. Management – Air Force Inst. of Tech.
  • B.S. Aerospace Engineering – Texas A&M

Paul Law

Director Field Service Delivery
  • 30+ years experience in oilfield services field operations (OFS)
  • Experienced in all aspects of Operations Management (Expro, NOV)
  • Skilled Product Trainer and Coordinator (NOV)
  • Global (OFS) Resource Management expertise

Board of Directors

Andrew Row

Board Member
  • CFO & COO Climate Investment (CI)
  • 25 years Energy Sector Experience
  • Previously Global Performance Director for BP/Castrol Lubricants
  • Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

Michael Wheeler

Board Member
  • Sr. Investment Manager, Equinor Ventures
  • 12+ years experience in corporate strategy, business development, and petroleum technology
  • Project management across multiple value chains
  • MBA – Rice University; B.S. Petroleum Engineering – UT

Abdalla Ali

Board Member
  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Coefficient LP
  • 10+ years in academia, investment banking, operations & private equity
  • Experience closing $8 B in M&A transactions & deploying and managing $150 M in upstream assets
  • Forty Under 40, Oil & Gas Investor (2020)
  • M. Engr. & B.S. Petroleum Engineering – Texas A&M University

Brendan Smith

Board Member
  • Co-Founder SeekOps Inc.
  • NASA UAS Pilot and Technology Lead (2016)
  • NASA JPL, Laser Spectroscopy Applications (2016)
  • B.S. / M.S. University of California, Merced

advisors

Simon Bittleston

Advisor
  • 35 Years in Schlumberger, including VP Research, VP Product Development & Manufacturing, and VP Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Inventor on 35 patent families
  • Inventor of streamer steering, used in Q-Marine novel seismic acquisition system
  • Chairman of the International Scientific Advisory Board for GAPSTI at Cambridge University

Jessica Shumlich

Advisor
  • 15 years experience in energy, govt, tech, & startups across N. America and Europe
  • CEO and co-founder of Highwood Emissions Management
  • Developed GHG reporting plans and strategy for Shell’s global portfolio
  • Oversaw incentive programs that resulted in widespread GHG reductions

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