Primary business is to identify and grow technologies that will be of extraordinary value to the energy industry into commercial enterprises by providing;
- Strategic guidance, business planning & management support,
- Operational support, organization development,
- Technology development; consulting and training
- Financial advice and access to seed and mid-stage growth capital and debt financing

Significant accomplishments;

• Strategic consulting and technology development;
  • Business development & marketing work for a number of early stage companies covering a range of technologies. Strong emphasis on technology integration & commercialization through partnerships and strategic alliances.
  • Multiple contracts with DeepStar, an industry consortium of 50+ leading corporations - including Chevron, BP, Shell, etc. Results include, 'Value Engineering' study evaluating ultra-deepwater technology and development for a $10M+ RxD program, analysis and recommendations regarding US Energy Policy Act 2005, etc.
  • Multiple contracts with large producers in the areas of deepwater technology; facilities, reservoir, drilling, operations
  • Multiple contracts with Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) in the areas of upstream technology
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Offshore Technology Roadmap, chaired Investor stakeholder group and participated in the overall development and Program rollout. Additional work in technology assessment and strategy development.
  • U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Net Assessment - Offshore Energy Resources & Infrastructure
  • Bluewater Technology Program - Consortium focused on transferring technology developed by the US Navy to the offshore energy and maritime industry.
  
  
• Affiliated and related company activities;
  • Tubelining Technology, Inc. - Board of Advisors; Technologies & services focused on remediation of
    pipelines and coiled tubing.
  • International Drawback Services, Inc. - Energy Vertical
    Web based, registered, US Customs duty drawback services company
  • Jaeco Technologies Inc.; Board of Advisors
    Chemical engineering technology with patents and IP covering mass transfer technology
  • The Energy Forum, LLC; Managing Director
    Conference company focusing on connecting leaders in the energy industry

AFFILIATIONS and ACTIVE PARTICIPATION:

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration — University of Houston
Major - Finance / Minor - International Business

Master of Science Chemical Engineering — Georgia Tech
Minor - Environmental Engineering (EPA Fellowship)

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering — Georgia Tech

Joint Enrollment Program — Georgia Tech

Enrichment Program (National Science Foundation scholarship) — Emory University

Graduate Level Certification, Program in eBusiness — University of Houston

eCommerce Professional, Certification Program — New Horizon

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:

Current

• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) (www.SPEGCS.org)

  Chairman of e-Commerce Study group (2001-2) Vice Chairman 2000-1
  Petroleum Leadership and Outlook Conference (PLOC), committee member 2001 & 2002
  Board member (Gulf Coast Section) 2002 - 6
  Long Range Planning committee member 2004
  Vice Treasurer 2004-5, Treasurer 2005-6
  Chair, Board of Financial Advisors 2004-6

• Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)

  Program Board member 1989-06, Chairman, AIChE sub-Committee 1998-06

• National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA)

  Technology Policy Committee; 2001-06

• Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA)

  Offshore Committee, 2001-06

• Houston Energy Council (HEC) (www.HoustonEnergyCouncil.org)

  Chair, Board of Directors 2004-06
  Board member 2003-05

• Engineering, Science and Technology Council of Houston (ECH) (www.ECHHouston.org)

  President 2005-6, President elect; 2004-05
  Board member 2003-05

• Sherwood Forest Homeowners Assoc.

  Chairman 1998-05, Vice Chairman 1996-97, Board member since 1992

• Memorial Drive Esplanade Association

  Board member, 1998 -05

Recent

• DeepStar (Industry consortium) - Integration Team member; technologies for the ultra deepwater energy industry
• Energy Institute, University of Houston

  Program consultant 2000-1

• U.S. Department of Energy, Deepwater Initiative

  Chairman of Investor group 2000

• OSRL ($50M worldwide oil spill coop) Committee member 1991-4, Vice Chairman 1994-5,

  Chairman of Technical Advisory Committee 1996-7, past chairman & TAC member 1998

• Petro Safe (world's largest safety & environmental exhibition & technical conference)

  Board member 1990-4, Conference and Program Board Chairman 1995

• Energy Week (API and ASME sponsored technical conference)

  Director, Executive Board 1996-7

• Clean Gulf (jointly sponsored by industry & regulatory agencies in La., Tx. Ms. Al.)

  Advisory board 1992-4 ; Session Chairman 1995-6

• University of Houston, Executive Degree Alumni

  Board of Directors 1999-02

• Georgia Tech, Alumni Association; Regional Board of Directors 2000-02

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE (Art Schroeder):

Selected training & consultancy projects:

Extensive experience in developing concepts, facilitating meetings / events, and communicating results in a direct, coherent and persuasive manner; effective with small intimate groups, larger teams, or auditoriums filled to capacity.

- directed / facilitated 100+ exercises in over 20+ countries
- 10+ Board presentation, 30+ conference presentations

• Developed alliance between 2 Fortune 50 companies to share resources and build crisis management capability worldwide, culminating in a demonstration exercise in Egypt where equipment and people airlifted from Europe, the States, and Middle East. Participants included Egyptian Red Sea governor and American ambassador.
• Designed, conducted, post-appraised Y2K contingency exercises in all major BP Amoco US field locations + Venezuela and UK
• SONS (Spill of National Significance), Alaska
  Multi-day, multi-location, mobilization exercise with full government participation. Led a site control team and participated in exercise de-brief.
• International Crisis Management Exercise, Amoco Corp, Belgium
  Multi-day, multi-location, full-scale exercise with mobilization and external participation
  

  - Member of site selection team
  - Led London based control cell
  - Contributed to Post-appraisal report and management review / follow-up sessions

• Venezuela Oil Spill exercise, Caracas + field locations,
  Conducted hands-on equipment training + classroom sessions pre-exercise, led exercise control, then conducted post-appraisal session and generated follow-up report.
• Columbia Crisis Management Exercise, Bogotá + field locations
  Conducted site risk assessment, assisted with plan development, conducted training, designed series of exercises to build confidence, then conducted multi-site limited exercise. Within 6 months assisted with response to actual incident - similar to exercise scenario.
• Sharjah (UAE) Crisis Management Exercise, Sharjah + field locations
  Conducted site assessment, assisted with plan development, conducted training sessions, then led multi-site exercise. Within 12 months, assisted with response to an actual incident - similar to exercise scenario.
• Amoco International Crisis Management Exercise, Amoco Corp, Argentina
  Multi-day, multi location, full-scale exercise with mobilization to site and external participation
  

  - Vetted worldwide risks, led the site selection team & conducted pre-exercise training
  - Coordinated site input to design team
  - Led Buenos Aires exercise control cell
  - Led Post-appraisal report and action follow-up team

• Crisis Management Exercise, Mobil Corp
  Participated as controller and simulator in a series of exercises conducted in both field locations and worldwide headquarters.
• Exercise Cornish Star, Falmouth, England Texaco
  Participated as controller and simulator. Led site de-brief and post-appraisal session
• Controller / evaluator, Exercise Go- Forth, Edinburough, Scotland, BP
• Evaluator for BP / Government exercise off the coast of Cape Town South Africa.
• Part of management team that led joint industry / Tx Air Guard / USAF dispersant spray tests
• Assisted Cornish (England) Town Counsel with building integrated response plans
• Directed one of the 1st major emergency oil spill exercise with the Chinese government
• Evaluator for joint French Navy / British government / Industry exercise
• Designed and conducted exercise with Russian Air traffic Controllers and operator consortium to validate med-vac and other emergency response plans.
• Developed an integrated assessment and response plan between operator consortium and Argentine Coast Guard
• Participated as evaluator, controller and observer in numerous North Sea exercise conducted with host government countries of Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, England, and France.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Crisis in Technology: New Business Models for a New Century

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley, and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference #17501, Houston, Tx. May 2005

  
  
• Energy Leadership and Outlook

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference #17500, Houston Tx. May 2005

  
  
• Digital Energy: The convergence of E&P, IT, and Communication Systems

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; John Allen - Vetco International; David Archer, POSC
  Offshore Technology Conference #17725, Houston, Tx. May 2005

  
  
• Outsourcing: Navigating a Sea of Change

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Tx. May 2005

  
  
• Digital Energy Beyond the hype and improving the bottom-line!

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference #17011, Houston, Tx. May 2004

  
  
• Technology Commercialization

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference #16985, Houston, Tx. May 2004

  
  
• Offshore Oil and Gas Technology Development: A Change in the State of the Art

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; under contract for the US DoE; Coastal Zone 2003 Conference;
  Baltimore, Maryland; June 13-17, 2003

  
  
• Technology Commercialization; Trends and Strategies for Funding E&P Technology

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference, #15056 Houston, Tx. May 2003

  
  
• Digital Energy; From Reservoir to Cash Register - the Convergence of the Oilfield & IT

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference, #15155 Houston, Tx. May 2003

  
  
• Accelerating the Commercialization of Deepwater Technology; Global Overview

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference, #, H14336 Houston, Texas May 2002

  
  
• eBusiness; Adding Value in the Upstream Energy Business

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference, #, H14337 Houston, Texas May 2002

  
  
• Energy & the Environment - a Global View

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; and various contributors
  Offshore Technology Conference, #, H14335 Houston, Texas May 2002

  
  
• International Offshore Partnership, Commercializing Offshore Technologies

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; & Emil Pena; Generation Power
  AAPG Annual meeting, Global Forum Luncheon Presentation; Houston, Texas 10 March 2002

  
  
• Commercializing Deepwater Technologies, United States Energy Institute

  Art Schroeder, Energy Valley; & Emil Pena, Generation Power
  Interstate Oil & Gas Compact commission (IOGCC); 27 September, 2001; Oklahoma City, OK.

  
  
• Enabling / Enhancing Technologies: Value-Ranking Process and Results;

  Art Schroeder, Herve de Nauois (TotalFinaElf), Arnaud Desalos (DeepStar)
  Offshore Technology Conference, #13089, Houston, Texas May 2001

  
  
• eBusiness Energizes ExP; SPE eBusiness Conference

  15 February, 2001; Houston, Texas

  
  
• Deepwater Technology, A New Path to Commercialization; Institute France de Petroleum,

  Panarama 2001; Paris, France February, 2001

  
  
• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Offshore Technology Roadmap

  Office of Fossil Fuels, November, 2000

  
  
• Amoco Response Management System; Amoco Corporation & TMGI 1997

  ICS based response system for use through out Amoco worldwide

  
  
• Field Operations Guide for Oil Spills, Amoco "A-Team"; collaborator, 1996
  
  
• Promoting Oil Spill Preparedness in Egypt: Joint Government / Industry Exercise;

  International Oil Spill Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 1997,

  
  
• Marine Oil Spills; with Bob DeHart, Mobil Oil Corp. and Ron Barnett, Amoco.

  1st International Conference & Trade Fair on Environmental Management & Technologies; Cairo, Egypt, 1997

  
  
• Emergency Management Self-Assessment Guidebook; Amoco Corporation, June 1995
  
  
• Emergency Preparedness Planning

  Texas Safety Association, 57th Annual Conference; Ft. Worth, Tx.; 1996

  
  
• Emergency Preparedness Planning

  12th Petroleum Exploration & Production Conference; Cairo, Egypt 1994,

  
  
• Emergency Preparedness Planning, A Process To Insure Effectiveness and Efficiency

  PetroSafe, Houston, Tx., 1994;

  
  
• Exercise Guidebook; Amoco Corporation & CRG, Inc, 1994
  
  
• Emergency Response / Crisis Management Planning Guidebook; Amoco Corporation & CRG, Inc 1993
  
  
• Salvaged Platforms Can Save You Money!

  Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering Conference, Houston, Tx, 1990;

  
  
• Innovative Strategies Reduce Gulf Fabrication Costs, in collaborated with Jeff Littleton

  Offshore, November 1989;

  
  
• Midlife Crisis: Salvaging the Gulf

  Offshore Mechanics & Arctic Engineering Conference, Houston, Tx, 1989;

  
  
• Studies of the Performance of Dehydration Systems Pay off

  Oil & Gas Journal, 18 September, 1978

  
  
• Case Study of Optimizing Economic Performance of Dehydration Systems
  

  Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman OK, 1978;