Seasoned E&P Software ProfessionalsHugh Winkler founded Wellstorm in 2004 to address information problems in upstream oil and gas by leveraging emerging web technologies. Trained as a geophysicist, Hugh coauthored the seismic interpretation package that became Landmark Geographix SeisVision. He developed geophysical software at Landmark Graphics, Parallel Geoscience and Bison Instruments. He held architecture positions at BetweenMarkets, Inc, developers of B2B XML document exchange software, and web conferencing provider MShow.com. He began professional life as a wireline Field Engineer for Schlumberger Offshore Services. He holds a B.S. in Applied Physics from Georgia Tech, and an M.A. in Geophysics from The University of Texas at Austin. Drew Swanson brings 20 years of account management experience selling engineering software into both upstream and downstream oil and gas markets. He previously worked for Gensym Corporation for over 10 years selling Neural Network and Expert System based real-time optimization products. Prior to his work in real-time optimization, Swanson worked for Schlumberger’s Merak Projects in Calgary and Houston. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Paul Teasdale, Chief Architect Paul is a hands-on technical leader with a proven track record in planning, deploying, managing, and maintaining large-scale enterprise web applications. Paul joined Wellstorm in 2008 as Chief Architect and is responsible in overseeing development aspects of the product and lifecycles. Before joining Wellstorm, Paul worked as a Systems Architect, where he provided systems engineering and architecture guidance to outline the design and development of the Veteran Health Information and Technology Architecture (VistA). He received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Sherbrooke University. |