Dan Ranta
Dan Ranta is the Director of Knowledge Sharing at ConocoPhillips where he is accountable for
the strategic implementation of knowledge sharing for the 31,000-person integrated oil and gas
company (a top-20 global company in total revenue terms).
In 2004, Ranta led a small team charged with developing and implementing a knowledge sharing
strategy for the Exploration and Production part of the business. He joined ConocoPhillips as
Director of Knowledge Sharing in January 2006, making a complete transition to lead the effort he
began as a consulting practice leader.
Today, Knowledge Sharing spans the entire enterprise and has grown to include more than 130
Networks of Excellence (NoEs) enabled with the world-class processes and infrastructure needed
to support them. Networks connect technical professionals with their peers around the world
enabling them to solve common work issues and deliver significant improvements to the
enterprise. The focus is on business transformation that leads to additional business value.
From 2004-present, knowledge sharing documented $100s of millions of estimated cash flow
(additional business value) for ConocoPhillips. In 2009, the KS Team implemented OneWiki – an
enterprise-wide version of Wikipedia. From its inception the OneWiki has been a “game-changer”
for employees of all generations to provide contextually based know-how.
Before joining ConocoPhillips, Ranta served as Practice Leader of Schlumberger Business
Consulting, specializing in fields related to knowledge, content management and portals.
Previously, he led the KM consulting community for IBM Consulting Services, where he
conducted multi-faceted knowledge management-related work including KM strategy, social
network analysis, communities of practice, and design and implementation of portal structures.
Earlier, he worked as Global Program Manager for Ernst and Young’s Center for Business
Knowledge
Ranta holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Spanish from Grove City
College (Pennsylvania), and a Master’s in Management from Kent State University (Ohio). He
also completed a year of post-graduate work with New York State University in Paris, France.
Finally, he is a huge Buckeye fan.