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Tarek Rizk
dp_geo@hotmail.com
00971501530425 (UAE) & 00201283946877 (Egypt)
B. Sc. Degree in Geology in 1986 -Faculty of Science.
Diploma in Tour Guiding, Public Relations and Egyptology 1990
Finished many courses in Management fields, MBA is ongoing
Experience in brief
Twenty six years of experience worldwide in Oil and Gas business in different
roles including technical seismic data processing (Time, Depth, Offshore onboard
Processing, VSP and QC), Geoscience system administration, Sales, Marketing,
Business Development and Management in different countries as (Oman, UAE,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Norway, UK, USA and Malaysia) with top multi-national
Oilfield services, Geoscience and exploration companies as Schlumberger,
CGG, Geotrace, PGS, Global Geophysical, ENI Exploration and Halliburton.
Extensive experience in strategic planning and business development, proven
history driving growth into new markets and improving profitability. Excellent
experience in technical and management business including Sales, Leadership,
excellent Communication skills, Technology Deployment, Business Development
Business turn-around, team building and start-ups opportunities in emerging
markets.Establishing positive long term customer relationships with an excellent
track record in both general management and technology development roles with
experience of selling products and services to a wide range of oil operators and
service companies internationally.
Used and enjoyed travelling up to 70% of my time around the globe
 Highly task oriented to focus on winning new business and achieving sales targets
 Actively uses Electronic Client Management system (CRM)
 Knowledge and overall understanding of Energy industry
 Understanding of financial metrics including, revenue, overhead costs, Profit &
Loss, and Project Financials
Awards & achivements
▼Won two times MVP award with Halliburton (Maximizing Value Product) in 2012, 13
▼Started and closed a deal in Sonatrach Algeria for $2M in 2010
▼Increased Promax business worldwide and building strong customer network globally.
▼Increased revenue for Halliburton-Landmark Saudi Arabia by 40% in 2008
▼Increased revenue for Landmark globally by 30% in 2009 and 2010
▼Increased revenue for Landmark in Asia Pacific by 64% in 2011
▼Nominated as Employee of the year for Halliburton in 2009, 2010 and 2011
▼Awarded as number # 1 in facilitation training course run in 2012
▼10 Years of dedicated services certificate with Halliburton
▼Recommendation Letters from clients in Turkey, Egypt, UAE, USA and Norway.
▼Special Bonus from PGS for solving client problems in time
▼Two times Special Bonus from CGG for exceeding Processing target.
▼Presented at international conferences as Geo India, PGCE Malaysia and APPEA Australia
Management and Sales Courses attended
▼Management and Leadership Skills
▼Foundations of business strategy
▼Competitive analysis
▼Negotiations Skills
▼Principals of Marketing
▼Questions are the answers for sales
▼ESTABLISHING CREDIBILITY AND TRUST FOR SALES
▼Cash Value Added (CVA) and Net Operating Value Added (NOVA)
▼Competency development
▼Done wright
▼Code of business conduct
▼FCPA Conducting International Business Properly
▼Leading through change
▼Facilitation skills training
Affiliations (Active member in next organizations)
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SEG, EAGE, SPE Organizations
PESGB (Petroleum Exploration Society Great Britain) - UK
SEAPEX (South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society)
DGS (Dhahran Geophysical society) - Saudi Arabia
KLEX (Kuala Lumpur Exploration Society) – Malaysia
Active member at PUG (Promax User Group) Denver USA
Chevron Group Members and Promax Geo-Users Organizations – USA
Language Skills
Fluent in speaking and writing of English and Arabic, Good command of French
Hobbies
Sports, Writing, Reading and Traveling
Reference
Reference furnished upon request
Experience (in details)
Global Geophysical Services Houston and Dubai
August 2013 – Present
Eastern Hemisphere Manager E&P Services – EAME
(My role covers Business Development, Sales, Consultancy management, Tender
preparation and submission, Technical presentations, Maintaining Customer
relations and Project Management)
• Grow company business in EAME by creating opportunities.
• Promote company image with all customers through meetings, technical presentations
• Execute all duties in accordance with the Code of Business Conduct.
• Ensure all tender submissions are complete and delivered on time.
• Established a good network in the region with IOCs and NOCs
• Meet customer needs and present solutions
• Create the opportunity from scratch till we close the deal then become the Focal
Point between the client and processing center from the beginning till the end as Time
& Depth processing. Coordinate with QC processing staff in acquisition crews to solve
Any problem during acquiring the data
• Develop pipeline of commercial sales opportunities
• Managed to win work from new customers who never work with Global before as
Repsol , Quest , Arawak , Total , MOL, DNO and ORYX
• Oversee all activities in the EAME region, including strategic, commercial functions
Halliburton –Landmark Saudi Arabia & Malaysia
Feb 2008 – July 2013
Had many titles/roles as Operation/Services Manager, Senior Technical Global
Advisor Geoscience, Regional Sales Manager, Business Development Manager)
(My role covers Business Development, Technology Deployment, Sales, delivering
Technical training and mentoring. Dealing with 80 plus Sales and account managers
Globally within Halliburton and tens of clients around the globe)
• Plays an active role in the business planning process. (Analyze business opportunity,
develop marketing plans, and understand customers & competitors’’ process flow…)
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff. Job role directly create value via personal
relationships.
 In 2008 Joined Halliburton in Saudi as Operation manager and Regional Promax
(Halliburton seismic processing software) advisor managed with the team there to
increase business and revenue by 40%. Managed to prepare and assign resources,
proposals to customers beside deliver technical assistance to customers as well.
 In 2009 got a new assignment in Malaysia as Senior Global Promax Advisor
Managed to travel across the globe delivering technical assistance (Training,
Mentoring, Presentations) to different customers
 ProMAX Champion for 6 years in Halliburton delivering training, mentoring,
Technical sales and Business Development presentations to users worldwide
for Promax, SeisSpace,, JavaSeis, MVA, Landmark Depth Imaging (LDI) , 3D
Visualization and VSP
 Responsible about all the activities related to Seismic Data Processing globally
(Time and Depth Applications) including training, sales, Business Development,
Mentoring and building global network with different clients.
 Halliburton-landmark Champion Work jointly with sales team to create and
execute a business plan that defines account/territory potential.
 Active member at user group programs, meetings every year
 Work closely with Product Management and R&D to convey current and future
customer requirements.
 Good knowledge about Well Seismic Fusion package which work with
Openworks for analysis Pre-stack Gathers, Fluid Prediction, AVO Analysis and
Seismic Modeling is a communication tool for geophysicists to speak with
geologists.
 Delivered training/mentoring/presentations to the customers about the latest
technology we have, building a good relations with the clients, exchange ideas
and suggestions with different clients worldwide especially in Indonesia,
Australia, Japan, China, Thailand, India, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam (Asia
Pacific).Algeria, Libya, Kuwait, Egypt, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia (ME)
Turkey, Italy, Germany, UK Romania (Europe).
Angola, Nigeria, Sudan (Africa)
 I’ve presented rolling demos to different audiences for full days in many
conferences as Geo India 2011 in Delhi, PGCE 2010 & 2011 & 2012 in Malaysia
and APPEA 2011 in Perth. Attend in main industry forums
 Increased revenue for Halliburton-Landmark Saudi Arabia by 40% in 2008.
Globally by 30% in 2009 & 2010. In Asia Pacific by 64% in 2011.
 Nominated as Employee of the year for Halliburton in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
 Experience in direct selling, marketing and proposal management.
Successful story
I went to Algeria in2010 to deliver training to Sonatrach company but I reviewed our
customers list in Algeria before being there and noticed that another company Enageo
didn’t renew licenses for 8 years, So I volunteered and managed to set two meetings with
them while I’m in Algeria one for top management and the other for users showed them
the latest capabilities and update in our software also the benefits they can gain if they
renewed the licenses. They liked the new version and we managed to renew the licenses,
selling more ones and upgrade the hardware. Moreover I secured 5 weeks of training. We
closed the deal with $2M (Although my visit to Algeria was to deliver one week of
training only but I managed to increase our market share and revenue through such action
while I’m there)
Eni Exploration (EniRepSa) – Saudi Arabia
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Senior Seismic Data Processing QC coordinator
 Seconded by ENl to the gas exploration Joint Venture between Eni (50%), Repsol-YPF
(30%) and Saudi Aramco (20%) concession (52,000 km2) of the Saudi Empty quarter
(Rub Al-Khali desert).
 Responsible for all seismic processing activities including technical oversight/QC
of contractors as Processing tests, Velocity QC and all the processing flows till
final products. (QA/QC, coordinate and review all works related to data
processing, in-house & out-of-house with CGG, PGS and WesternGeco)
 Working with interpretation teams to define project objectives and to design
and execute seismic processing data flows that meet those objectives
 Managing projects and contracts ensuring project budgets and timelines are
met .Liaison with seismic contractors and ENI partners (Repsol and Aramco)
 Supervise and QC testing parameters for test lines processed by three contractors
In Saudi including Saudi Aramco, Saudi Geophysical company and KACST
 Delivering presentations to our partners about the advantages of using new
techniques in seismic processing to improve our subsurface image
 Necessary field trip to the site to solve some particular problem especially at the
beginning of the acquisition.
 Responsible for updating weekly report for Geophysical department.
 Act as the ERS acquisition supervisor in town when the acquisition supervisor in
town is on leave.
Geotrace – Norway & UK
Jan 2006 – Dec 2006
Data Processing Country Manager
 Supervising processing projects, delivering presentations to different customers,
handling tenders and running marketing and communications tasks
 Coordinate between UK office and Norway office for new tenders and hiring
new staff.
 Supervising and Processing Tests for Fugro - Norway 2D Marine project.
PGS Middle East - Egypt
Jun 2001 – Dec 2005
Data Processing Supervisor
 Responsible for processing many 2D,3D land and marine projects for
Different customers as BP, OMV, UTP, TPAO, Apache, ETAP, Talisman
 Processed two projects as Pre Stack Depth Migration Using Geodepth.
 Processed all the tests for Oman 2D marine project (5000 KM) in Norway
(I got a recommendation letter from Norway for the good results I produced)
 Solved a technical PSTM problem for Apache-Egypt (Amplitude Decay)
 Expert in using techniques PSTM, PSDM, SRME, AVO and Radon
ENI Exploration Oil Company -Egypt
Mar 1999 - Jun 2001
Senior System Administration & QC Geophysicist - Exploration Department
 It was a new challenge to work for the biggest oil company in Egypt producing
(280.000 b/d) of oil as QC client rep, and system admin manager.
 Attended two courses at Landmark office about (seismic data Management and
openwork system admin)
 Managed to support 30 Geophysicists and Geologists beside follow up seismic
processing projects with contractors in loading, archiving,
Schlumberger Geco-Prakla - Asia Pacific Region Mar 1996 - Jan 1999
Senior Data Processing Geophysicist - Malaysia
 Processed in Abu Dhabi office 3D land project coming from Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia border (Wafra & Humma) including refraction static’s
picking using Green Mountain, till migration for one year
 In October 1996, I joined offshore team to gain more experience on
Schlumberger seismic vessels included processing 2D, 3D marine projects.
 Acting as Project /Shift leader in all the projects/trips I processed as:
3D project for Amoco in China
- 3D project for Shell & Elf in Brunei
3D project for Thaipo in Thailand
- 2D project for Shell in Australia
3D project for Shell in Philippines - 3D project for Maersk in Indonesia
On different vessels as Geco (Sapphire – Echo -seisventurer - Emerald - Resolution)
 Won many safety awards (QHSE)
 Attended many courses in UK, Malaysia and Singapore
CGG (PDO - SHELL Dedicated Center - OMAN) Jan 1994 - Feb 1996
Senior Data Processing Geophysicist
 As a senior seismic data processor I was responsible for processing 3D Land data
for many projects Including the biggest 3D project processed in Oman (Habur 95
which was 3.700.000 cmp bins) this included demultiplexing raw data, choosing
and testing the pre-processing parameters till producing final migrated data.
Improving data quality was achieved through proper and careful usage of velocity
analysis, wavelet processing filters and other modern techniques using
Geovecture Plus software
 I had two times special bonus as our group exceeded PDO target.
 I visited CGG field crews for two times
Halliburton - (PDO - SHELL - OMAN)
Jan 1992 - Dec 1993
Senior Seismic Data Processing Geophysicist
 In January 1992, I got a chance to move to the HGS data processing center
(dedicated center to PDO) in Oman.
 Joined group 3D4 for processing 3D Land data for many projects Including
(Qaharir - AL Ghubar - Saih Rawl - Fahud) this included a lot of special
processing tests as PDO request besides the normal production flows
 My crew has been selected as the best crew three times for exceeding target
 Visited HGS’s field crew for three days trip
Halliburton -HGS – (Cairo- Egypt)
Mar 1989 - Dec 1991
Seismic Data Processing Geophysicist
 Spent first three years in Egypt, Involved in all the stages of 2D Land &
Marine seismic data processing using Tipex (GSI software) for many
Projects / Clients as (Gupco- BP - Shell - Kufpec - ENI - Agiba - Esso)
 Finished GSI Geophysics courses Volume 1 & 2
 Joined AG (special projects department) for a year mainly for solving
Refraction static’s problems and testing trials.
Skills
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Familiar with different types of software’s
Strong seismic data processing, workstation experience, computer background
Good knowledge of data management, system admin,
Good knowledge about seismic data acquisitions, G&G applications and Data
Visualization QC
 Able to manage priorities and work under pressure
 Working as part of team or independently
 A member at SEG, DGS, EPEX, PESGB and Lions associations
Personal Data
Marital Status:
Married
Courses Attended (I attended tens of courses worldwide as for example)
#) Attending Insight Leadership Learning & Development Training 2014
#) Attending NAPE conference in Houston 2014
#) Unlocking Unconventional reservoir workshop – SEG Dubai November 2013
#) Well Seismic Fusion for analysis Pre-stack Gathers, Fluid Prediction, AVO Analysis
And Seismic Modeling 2012
#) Strategic Selling and SAP 2011
#) Win-Win Negotiations 2011
#) Customer Focused Sales Interviews 2011
#) Questions are the answers for sales 2011
#) Seismic Imaging Techniques (By Etienne Robein – EAGE) 2011
#) Seismic Acquisition from yesterday to tomorrow (By Julien Meunier – EAGE) 2011
#) Professional Selling Skills 2010
#) Done Right - Halliburton
#) Code of Business Conduct – Halliburton
#) Landmark Consulting & Services Incentive Compensation Plan- Halliburton
#) Rules of the Shop – Halliburton
#) Landmark QTC for Service Delivery Overview and Reporting – Halliburton
#) Risk Management – Halliburton
#) Defensive driving courses in Saudi and Malaysia (2009, 2010)
#) First Aid, Occupational Health, Desert Survival, Fire Extinguisher,
Environmental, Occupational Health and Defensive Driving Courses {2007}
#) Project Management {2006}
#) How to know the People Psychology – Sky Hopes for Training {2005}
#) AVO [Egypt 2004]
#) Basic Marketing, Leadership and Psychology of People courses {2004}
#) Depth Imaging Training Course [Houston - USA -2001}
#) Geodepth (Paradigm software) For Pre Stack Depth Migration [Egypt -2001}
#) Oil Industry Overview at Manar Misr Petroleum center for five days in Cairo- [Egypt-2001]
#) Seismic Data Management at Landmark office for five days in Cairo - [Egypt- 2000]
#) Open Works system Admin, at Landmark office for five days in Cairo- [Egypt - 1999]
#) S H L (Stepping, Handling, Lifting) Course on Schlumberger vessel in [Thailand-1998]
#) Q I P (Quality Improvement Projects) Course for two days in [Singapore-1998]
#) Seismos (Latest Schlumberger Geco Prakla software) Course two weeks in [Malaysia - 1998]
#) Trilogy QC 35 (On Board processing Quality Control) Course for one week in [UK - 1997]
#) T Q M (Total Quality Management) Course for two days in [Singapore-1997]
#) Safety (Under water survival, First aid, Fire fighting, Helicopter safety escape)
Course at Alert Disaster Institute for one week in [Singapore-1996]
#) C B T (Geco Prakla Interactive Training package) for three months in [UAE-1996]
#) Acquisition overview Trip to Schlumberger Geco prakla Field Crew in [Muscat - Oman-1995]
#) Geovecture Plus (CGG Software) Course in for three weeks in [Sultanate of Oman-1994]
#) Acquisition overview Trip to Western Geophysical Field Crew in [Muscat-Oman -1993]
#) Tipex (HGS Software) Course for one week in Muscat - [Sultanate of Oman-1993]
#) Safety (First aid, Fire fighting) Course in National Training institute in [Muscat Oman -1992]
#) Safety (First aid, Fire fighting) Course in HGS office for one day
{It was supervised by Dr/Doc Walker} in Muscat - [Sultanate of Oman-1992]
#) T Q M (Total Quality Management) Course for one day in Muscat -Sultanate of Oman
#) Four French Courses at Oman French Center [in Muscat - Sultanate of Oman]
#) IHRDC Set Courses (videos & books) in Cairo - [Egypt-1991]
#) Many English Courses at the British Council Center [in Cairo - Egypt]
#) FUNDAMENTALS of Processing (VOL 1 & 2) GSI Training Program in [Egypt-1990]