Jesus Marquez, Manager of Major Projects at PDVSA, wrote a letter of reference for Richard Graves who worked as a Senior Telecom Engineer for PMC SNC Lavalin on the Rio Caribe Oriental Offshore Project in Venezuela from June 2012 to November 2012. In this role, Richard was responsible for writing telecom scopes of work and requests for quotation and earned Marquez's respect by delivering concise engineering documents quickly. Although they only worked together for five months, Marquez considered Richard a friend due to his honest and professional relationship.