The EKT Interactive Houston, Texas Training Team

Marty Stetzer, President, Houston, TX

Consultant to US and International oil and gas companies since 1986.
18 years management experience with Schlumberger, Superior Oil-Mobil, Wilson Industries and Exxon.
13 years of energy consulting experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Worked with numerous national and international oil & gas company managements to help improve business performance across upstream, midstream and downstream operations.
Active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and often presents at other industry forums.

35 years experience in oil field operations, publishing, information services and marketing.
30+ years of management experience with Schlumberger in a variety of international assignments.
Developed instructor-lead oil field on-boarding program for all Schlumberger new hires to help them quickly become productive in delivering a variety of technical services.
Consulted with major oil field corporations in marketing communications campaigns, new business development, market research, brand repositioning, corporate identity and crisis communications.
Registered petroleum engineer in Texas and Certified Business Communicator.

35+ year career with ExxonMobil and BP in management and the the development and implementation of numerous innovations including advances into deepwater.
Worked on the development of new product concepts such as the Tension Leg Production (TLP) platform. Addressed the challenges in TLP’s drag forces and vibrations induced by the high currents often present in deepwater.
Managed Exxon’s Floating Drilling School and lead numerous classes.
Headed the well control team at Exxon that trained drilling personnel and helped them deal with well control problems.

30 years experience in oil & gas energy management corporate education and business software applications.
Software experience includes leading upstream accounting, land and production software sales with Artesia Data Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)and Oracle Energy.
His “Intro to Upstream” classroom program has been conducted with hundreds of oil and gas companies, from small independents through super-majors.
Frequent speaker at industry events, including the North American Petroleum Accounting Conference (NAPAC) and various Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies (COPAS) events.
Published in The Oil & Gas Investor and the Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal.

Over 40 years experience in executive assignments in oil & gas upstream, midstream, and downstream businesses, and experienced in software and consulting.
Experienced in application of technology to achieve business goals. Technology is most valuable when it results in customer satisfaction or bottom-line results.
Advocate for leveraging knowledge and experience. The oil and gas industry faces major challenges as the workforce changes.
Authored papers and articles about business value of technology.

20 years oil and gas experience with Gulf Oil-Chevron, BP North American and Permian Corp.
Operational experience in refining, crude supply, trading & shipping, capital & strategic planning and plant economics.
Focuses on business analysis related primarily to downstream clients. Extensive international work experience and has Spanish reading and speaking skills.
Teaches refinery operations, economics and risk management session called "Advanced International Oil and Gas Accounting and Finance Program" at the University of Texas. Session is offered to mid-level international oil and gas executives.

20 years experience in the midstream, gas and power industry in roles of increasing responsibility.
Worked in senior roles with Accenture, Reliant Energy and NextEra.
Back office experience in compliance. Front office experience in trading, managing risk, scheduling gas and power in multiple markets.
Operations consulting in accounting, trading, risk management, compliance, customer service and gas pipeline measurement and operations.
Consulting skills include process redesign, project management, six sigma, system requirements definition and design and implementation of facilitated workshops.

Over 10 years experience as a training and eLearning consultant, specializing in the oil and gas Industry.
34 years experience with ExxonMobil in IT, training and employee development in ExxonMobil’s refining and chemicals operations.
Competencies include: Applying instructional design principles to eLearning to promote learner engagement and retention, and analyzing and optimizing complex training processes to meet the needs of the organization and the learners.
Experience with various Learning Management Systems (LMS) and web rapid development tools.

30+ years training and services to the oil and gas business, including 19 years with Shell Oil and Shell Pipeline.
Served as project leader for Shell Pipeline during multi-year effort to create all systems and processes needed to comply with new DOT requirements for operator qualification.
Facilitated the development of curricula for oil & gas operations functions that covered technical, leadership and health and safety competencies.
Coordinated development of competency requirements and tracking systems for oil & gas commercial functions, pipeline technical and leadership positions.
Facilitated teams that mapped and enhanced processes for project engineering, land acquisition and business development.

20 years experience working with organizations in the oil and gas industries as an accomplished and committed Performance Management Consultant.
Experienced with facilitation, instructional design, coaching, change management, and team building in a variety of corporate cultures and content areas.
She is known for her comfortable, interactive, and creative approach to working with groups.
Oil and gas clients include Shell, BP, Marathon Oil, Transocean, ExxonMobil, and Chevron.
Current projects include developing web-based training modules on well control, cementing, and managed pressure drilling, facilitating leadership training for new E&P professionals, and supporting a Hydrocarbon Allocation accounting system implementation.

Experienced project manager, skilled in analyzing system requirements and communicating the change impact to stakeholders in large global projects, using multi-disciplinary teams.
16 years experience with major oil & gas producers followed by 16 years consulting and solution delivery with Price Waterhouse and Schlumberger.
In-depth knowledge in all phases of exploration and production operations.
Instrumental in the development of Schlumberger’s remote training capabilities, including development of their first audio and video enabled class room/instructor broadcast facility.
Frequent lecturer world wide at industry, government, and company forums.