Brian Richardson has 17 years of IT experience in the oil and gas industry. He is seeking an IT management position where he can help a company grow using IT. He has a diverse background including application development, support, architecture, strategy, and people management. His experience includes managing large budgets, teams, and technology portfolios across multiple industries and locations globally.

1. Brian Richardson
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Contact info: (925) 548-0259 BRRI2000@yahoo.com
Objective: Seeking an IT Management position to help a company grow profitably, win new
business, operate with excellence, and outperform it’s competition using IT as a
key enabler.
QUALIFICATIONS
• 17 years IT experience in the Oil & Gas Industry. Proven leader.
• Diverse business exposure to Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Sales & Marketing,
Research & Development, Quality Assurance, Finance, and other Corporate Departments
• Career progression through various IT disciplines including Custom Application Development
(Agile, Waterfall, DevOps), Support, App Hosting (On-premise & Cloud), Solution
Architecture, Governance, Strategy, Project Management, IT Supplier Management,
Business Planning, and People Management
• Passionate to be on the frontlines of Innovation linking Business needs to IT solutions.
Unique perspective of working in a large global corporation, nurturing a family-like “One
Team” approach across it’s IT Function, and bringing in emerging technologies
• Standing up new support models or transforming existing organizations for significant value
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1/2012 – Present Manager, Chevron Oronite IT Operations & App Development
Scope: $9MM Budget, 120+ Employees & Contractors, 24/7 support, 2 India Outsourcing
Partners, Global reach supporting 3 International Regions, 8 locations, 4 languages, 65+
applications, 150+ databases
• Accountable for IT Operations of Oronite’s Manufacturing Execution System (MES),
Analytical Laboratory & QA Systems, Engine Testing systems, Product Lifecycle
Management systems, Sales & Marketing, Analytics applications
• Manage diverse technology portfolio including MS .Net, SAP ECC, SAP MII, StarLIMS, Lotus
Notes, Loftware, Readsoft, MS Access, MS Business Intelligence, MS Azure Cloud hosting,
various vendor applications
• Established new support models in India, Manila, and other low cost geographies
• Investment & Asset Lifecycle Planning, ITIL, SLA, RCA, Disaster Recovery Plans, BCP,
Information Risk Management / Cybersecurity Incident Response Coordination
4/2010 – 1/2012 Manager, Chevron Oronite IT Strategy, Planning, and Org Capability
Scope: $60MM Budget, 12 Employees, 20 Contractors
• Accountable for delivery, project management, and performance of global projects
• Develop, govern, and monitor our Oronite IT Division’s Financial Business Plan (opex/capital)
• Develop and govern IT Project Portfolio (Roadmap, Prioritization, Governance)
• Identify and execute global, regional, and local elements of Business and IT Strategies
• IT Organizational Capability development for global locations (Brazil, France, Japan,
Singapore, US)
4/2009 – 4/2010 Manager, Chevron Downstream - Technology, Strategy, Services IT
Scope: $3MM Budget, 5 Employees, 25 Contractors, 12 applications
• Managed team of Business Analysts and Technical Analysts responsible for support of the
Downstream Technology, Strategy & Planning, and Service organizations.
• IT Transformation: Downstream representative on Enterprise Functions IT Prioritization pilot,
Domain Concurrence design, Policy 564 engagements with all DSSO LTs.

2. • IT Account Manager for business partners – heavy emphasis on OE/HES, S&P, and GD
Technology groups.
• Responsible for estimating total IT Spend estimates (opex & capex) for business partners and
participating in their business planning activities
• Compliance coordinator
• Chairperson for Downstream IT Service Desk
8/2008 – 4/2009 Team Lead, Chevron Corporate Functions IT Web Solutions
Scope: $2.5MM Budget, 5 Employees, 5 Contractors
• Managed a team of web developers to build and support custom web applications for a
variety of Corp Functions.
• Championed effort to produce enterprise-wide “.Net Web Coding Standards”
• Responsible for web server infrastructure maintenance, cost recovery, and compliance
7/2006 – 8/2008 Manager, Chevron Executive Support Team
Scope: $2MM Budget, 4 Employees, 2 Contractors
• Responsible for flawless IT support for Chevron Corporate Officers, Board of Directors, and
admin assistants located in San Ramon, Washington DC, Houston, London, Singapore, and
other US cities
• Managed high-touch support of home & office desktop environments, conference rooms, and
special events
• Instituted paradigm shift for the Executive Support Team by focusing team on “Proactive”
information security & risk prevention to mitigate corporate espionage and cybersecurity risks
• Introduced Video Conferencing capability to Corporate Officers – eventually to become
Chevron’s standard (CISCO / Tandberg)
• Experience presenting subjects directly with Chevron leadership
• Business analyst on Chevron’s Video Conferencing Commercialization Project to develop
global support model and consulting services for new customer deployments.
1/1999 – 7/2006 Technical Lead / Business Analyst / Project Manager – Chevron ITC
• Technical Lead for custom-build and vendor application delivery projects. Responsible for
systems functional & technical designs, oversight of developer teams, coding standards &
templates, source code control, process improvements, systems compliance, server admin
duties. Responsible for technical development tools strategy for team.
• Project Manager accustomed to CPDEP methodology
• Business Analyst on numerous web, client/server, and vendor application projects
• Server Admin for Windows 2000 & 2003 web servers
• Programmer – started with Chevron as developer progressing through various technology
such as Lotus Notes, Domino, Access, ASP/VB 6.0, and MS .Net applications
• IT Architect responsible for target architectures, review of new systems, data governance,
and service oriented architecture
• Notable Achievements in this Role:
o Tech Lead for first enterprise-wide .Net application in Chevron (cpdep.chevron.com)
o Tech Lead for U.S. Recognition & Awards application – Early adopter of offshore ADM
partners (India)
o Implemented extranet-based Board of Directors System using Biometric Authentication
o Tech Lead for countless other custom-built applications
6/1998 - 8/1998 Software Engineer, OEA Aerospace, Inc., Fairfield, CA
1/1998 - 6/1998 Software Engineer, CA Dept. of Water Resources via CSU Chico
EDUCATION

3. Bachelor of Science Degree (1998): California State University, Chico
Major: Business Administration, Emphasis: Management Information Systems
Chevron affiliations: MET Program (2005), CSOC Certification
MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL SKILLS
MANAGEMENT OF APP DELIVERY, OPERATIONS, & SUPPORT:
• 24/7 global support coverage
• Global reach with 3 International Regions, 8 locations, 4 languages
• Initiated & led Reliability improvement initiatives
• SME in App Dev Lifecycle
• IT Outsourcing Supplier management (LTI, Tech Mahindra)
• ALCM Planning, SLAs, RCAs, Disaster Recovery Plans, BCPs, IRM / Cybersecurity initiatives
• Adoption of ITSM & ITIL practices
STRATEGY & BUSINESS PLANNING:
• Managed up to $60MM budget (Oronite PMO Mgr)
• Development of Functional Strategies, Shaping Steps, & Long Term goals
• Project Portfolio management, Roadmaps, Facilitation of portfolio governance
• Budgetary Business Planning for individual Workgroup, Oronite IT, and rollup to DS&C IT
BUSINESS FUNCTIONAL:
• - ~8yrs ITC / Corporate Departments (PGPA, Tax, Finance, Law, PRC, BRES, HR, Executive
Support Mgr) - Various applications implemented for most departments
• - ~8yrs DS&C IT – Exposure to manufacturing, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management,
Sales, Marketing, Fuel & Lubricant Additive R&D, Quality Assurance, Process Control
Networks (PCN)
TECHNICAL:
• 10+ yrs experience with Full application development life cycle (roles include BA, Tech Lead,
Developer, Design Architect, DBA, Server Environment Manager)
• 5+ yrs - Project Management
• 8+ yrs - Technical Lead of teams with 10+ developers
• .Net, SQL Server, Oracle, VB, Lotus Notes, Fingerprint biometrics, Tandberg / CISCO VC,
SAP ECC, APO, PI, MII
• Microsoft Azure Cloud hosting
PEOPLE & SOFT SKILLS:
• Managed up to 12 direct reports and 125+ ADM resources
• Managed Downstream Global Service Desk
• Creation of new support models (Exec Support group, new app support, Manila, Video
Conferencing support)
• Exposure to upper management (Board of Directors, Corp Officers, CIOs, SBU VPs)