Martyn Patterson
12023 Guadalupe Trail Lane  Humble, Texas 77346  martynp@gmail.com  832-722-5241
SUMMARY
Experienced IT professions delivering solutions for petroleum corporations in the
Drilling, Completions, Engineering, Operations and Economics domains. Expertise in
supporting various applications and working with business clients to create powerful
reports and analytics to track key metrics. Strengths in various IT areas including
application support, programming, data analysis, business analysis, and analytics.
EDUCATION
June 1997 - May 2001
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
Bachelor of Business Administration (Management Information Systems)
EXPERIENCE
May 2014 – Present BreitBurn Energy Partners
Houston, Texas
Senior Staff Engineering Systems Analyst
 Primary support analyst for the Landmark DSS and Schlumberger OFM. Revamped
both DSS and OFM configuration and did end user rollout and training. Updated
DSS ETLs for implementation of ProCount production accounting software.
 Implemented Peloton WellView with tasks including updating configuration,
migrating legacy data, reporting and end user training.
 Implemented Aclaro Softworks PetroLook web application to do analytics on
economic, reserves, production and financial data. Created internal PetroLook
reports in C#.
 Provide database support for Landmark Aries application.
March 2013 – April 2014 BHP Billiton Petroleum
Houston, Texas
Drilling & Completions Systems Analyst
 Primary support analyst for the Landmark R5000 suite of applications including
OpenWells, AutoSync, Data Analyzer, iWellFile, Profile, Compass, etc.
 Primary data and report analyst for pulling all data out of the R5000 Engineer’s Data
Model (EDM). Frequently tasked with pulling data for performance analysis,
trending with BI tools, pulling data for GIS systems, etc.
 Created Crystal Reports used internally by OpenWells application.
 Key technical resource that coded and executed upgrade of OpenWells cost data from
legacy Oracle financial system to SAP.
 Created interface to move legacy drilling and completion performance data from
Wellcore to OpenWells.
 Conducted training sessions on OpenWells to drilling supervisors, rig clerks,
completion supervisors, land/pad construction supervisors, facility construction
supervisors, engineers and technicians.
 Created various .Net applications to improve the drilling and completion information
systems at BHP.
October 2006 – March 2013 Devon Energy Corporation
Houston, Texas
Engineering, Operations & Automation Information System Architect
 Information System Architect for the following business functions: Portfolio
Management, Commercial Development, Production Operations and Environment,
Health & Safety (EHS).
 Played the role of Solution Architect for my business functions for project solutions
being evaluated.
 Creation and maintenance of Enterprise Architecture’s Data Flow Diagrams for my
business functions.
 Creation and maintenance of Information System Roadmaps for my business
functions that detail the multi-year strategic plan explaining the changes needing to
take place over time to deliver future needed information system capabilities.
 Solicit regular feedback from business and IT business-facing leaders to ensure that
each information system is serving its business customers.
Engineering and Field Operations Lead Systems Analyst
 Primary application support for PEEP, OFM, Spotfire, Bengal AFE Management
System, RIO, internal PPDM database, and internal web-based reporting platform.
Primary lead on all software upgrades for these applications.
 Evolved OFM from a very basic amount of production data and configured plots and
reports and expanded to include multiple data areas (Lease Operating Expense [LOE],
WellView operational data, PEEP economic data, etc.) as well as standard
plots/reports as a master template for each user. Also served in role as primary OFM
trainer for Devon.
 Rolled out Spotfire to Devon and created various analysis files for operations.
 Implemented an enterprise-wide Operations KPI Dashboard focused on Production,
LOE, Capital Expenditures, EHS and various other Operational metrics. Rolled out
the dashboard to both corporate and field offices and maintained support of it postimplementation.
 Rewrote data interfaces for engineering and field operation applications for the
cutover to SAP
 Created and led a LOE system-based training in both Corporate and Field offices.
 Supervised an IT intern to support with system needs for my team.
 Worked with field offices in all divisions to assess their system needs requiring travel
to different field sites every two months. Provided education on existing software
and helped implement new solutions to address their needs.
Engineering and Field Operations Senior Data Analyst
 Primary support for any data integration issues with the applications within my
team’s portfolio.
 Assisted on an IT project that implemented an enterprise-wide web reporting
platform. Main activities were requirement gathering, design decisions, data
validation and testing.
 Created various automated Business Objects reports to send to operations personnel
in our field offices.
 Various short-term to mid-term data cleanup initiatives. Cleaned up data helped
clients gain trust of data and provided more accurate numbers for production
surveillance and forecasting.
June 2001 – September 2006 Exxon Mobil Corporation Houston, Texas
Records Management System Implementation and Senior Data Migration Analyst
 Implementation Analyst for installing ExxonMobil's global records management
system with tasks including: configured the system (IIS, SQL Server, and the
application software), implemented change control and the system security model and
created disaster recovery plan
 Quality Assurance (QA) testing of vendor application patches and enhancements
 Created a web application in ASP .Net to improve performance for users accessing
the application overseas
 Project Lead on data migration project that consolidated various records management
systems into ExxonMobil's Global Records Management System
 International project experience with clients in France, Belgium, Norway, Caracas,
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Malaysia
 Completed key Project Management deliverables from the Project Life Cycle
Gas & Power Marketing System Support Analyst
 Primary system support for XPRT (in-house PowerBuilder/Sybase Gas Marketing
accounting and gas control system), Bidweek Day Trade application and various
other Visual Basic and MS Access applications
 Designed, created and implemented a database system for the Power & Gas Services
Company and created various Excel VBA report files
 Webmaster for the Gas & Power Marketing ExxonMobil Intranet site
PROGRAMMING SKILLS
.Net Framework, ASP .Net, CSS, HTML, Informatica, Iron Python, Java, JavaScript, MS
Access, Oracle PL/SQL, PowerBuilder, Stored Procedures, SQL Functions, SSIS, TSQL, Triggers, VBA, VBScript, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .Net, Visual C++
IT SKILL SET
Analytics, Application Development, Application Support, Business Analysis, Business
Intelligence, Business Process Improvement, Change Management, Data Analysis, Data
Cleansing, Data Migration, Database Design, ETL, IIS Configuration and Support,
Information System Architecture, Project Management, Service Management, Solution
Architecture, Systems Analysis, Systems Retirement, Third Party Software Integration,
Webmaster
PETROLEUM SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
Fekete Harmony, IHS Enerdeq, IHS PowerTools, Landmark Aries, Landmark AutoSync,
Landmark Compass, Landmark Data Analyzer, Landmark DSS (Dynamic Surveillance
System), Landmark EDM (Engineer’s Data Model), Landmark OpenWells, Landmark
Profile, LandMark TOW, Merrick Systems ProCount, Merrick Systems RIO (Reservoir
Information Online), P2 Energy Wellcore, Peloton WellView, PPDM, Schlumberger
OFM (OilField Manager), Schlumberger PEEP (Petroleum Economic Evaluation
Program)