Jerry is responsible for operations, financial management, human resources, marketing and communications for the organization. In addition, he is responsible for delivering the adoption and deployment message for the Energistics standards portfolio, increasing membership value, and building the global user community. He also serves as the Corporate Treasurer. Jerry joined the organization in 2006.
After the successful rebranding to Energistics in 2006, Jerry was instrumental in building membership from about 60 to over 100 active corporate members representing a significant portion of the upstream oil and gas industry. As part of developing the eight Energistics Global Regions he has established a volunteer organization of members who assist in the localization and delivery of the Energistics message to their regional communities. He is also the Energistics Executive Sponsor for the National Data Repository Work Group in the Regulatory SIG and facilitates the Geophysics Special Interest Group.
Jerry’s industry experience includes executive operations, business development, project management and pipeline construction assignments in Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas and the United Kingdom. He played a key role in the development and adoption of global e-business standards for the oil and gas industry serving as Director of the Standards & Guidelines Committee for the Petroleum Industry Data Exchange Subcommittee (PIDX) of the American Petroleum Institute. He was a founding member of the PIDX Europe Executive Committee and was on the steering committee of the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC).
Jerry holds an MS degree in science management and a BS degree in natural resources from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.