Blake Burnette - CTO/Founder
Blake Burnette is an engineering and technology executive in the oil and gas industry. With more than 30 years of experience, he has broad knowledge of oilfield services. In various positions, he has created efficiencies by identifying, developing, selling and launching new technologies. Blake and the talented teams that he selects and develops have contributed to significant efficiency savings. Blake has supervised construction of large scale control systems in shipyards worldwide and has worked in 21 countries installing and troubleshooting oilfield equipment.
Blake began his career developing some of the first CNC machine tools. He then moved into developing gas chromatographs including one that flew on the Space Shuttle. In 1988 Blake joined Baker Hughes, developing equipment for the oil and gas industry.
In 1995 Blake developed data analytics software for water utilities. This software is still heavily used for finding problems in water utility data.
Blake holds several patents and has invented many products. As an inventor and entrepreneur, Blake has developed new technologies and is actively involved in entrepreneurship and investor networks. Blake has written a variety of control software in languages from C++ to assembly, and, with a strong understanding of database engines, he has developed web-based database applications and front end software. Blake has been involved in several start-ups and continues to mentor entrepreneurs.
Specialties:
- Electrical Engineering
- Electric equipment
- Internet of Things (IOT)
- Software Development
- Robotics
- Project Management
- Oilfield Equipment
- Hydraulic Fracturing and Cement Operational Efficiency
- Hazardous Area Equipment Certification
Vicente Palomarez - General Partner/Co-Founder
Consummate entrepreneur and change agent. Recognized as a leader in the industry for applying solution based sales for integrated projects in the US Land Region. Innovative thinker with published success of large scale change of corporate philosophies in application of technology portfolio. Vast experience identifying opportunities for technology innovation and application on projects as well as post-merger integration. Center of influence with large network of accomplished leaders of innovation across numerous products in both medical and oil & gas industries. Career reflects success in corporate world, entrepreneurship and management within “big 3” oil and gas service firm.
Brad Brooks - EVP of Business Development and Sales
Brad Brooks has held various leadership roles in the Energy Sector working with major service companies and startups as an Executive in the oil and gas industry. With more than 35 years of experience, Brad has broad knowledge of Oilfield Services and Manufacturing, specializing in Hydraulic Fracturing, Cementing, Nitrogen / C02 and Coiled Tubing Services.
Brad has lead a US based organizations with grow of 132% over a 3 year period while increasing profit margins by over 30% in the same time frame.
Brads extensive background combined with his business sense and knowledge of the industry gives him a unique perspective from both a custom’s view and vendors view.
Iñaki Zuloaga - EVP of Technology & Engineering
– I am a research and development engineering manager with over 15 years of proven experience in embedded hardware and software design of industrial automation devices.
– I have worked for companies leader in the industrial automation area and where I made very important contributions.
– Sophisticated sales, customer support, and cost reduction skills
– In IZI Technology LLC I created a complete product from scratch by myself and had sales of over one million dollars the very first year.
– Created a complete Linux-based framework to migrate over 200 DOS based products from an x86 based processor to an ARM based processor in just two weeks. The migrated products accounted for approximately $20 Million a year.
Specialties:
- Hardware Design and Troubleshooting.
- Embedded Software development: 8, 16, and 32 bits, PIC, dsPIC, MSP430, Cortex M3, ARM9, Renesas M16C.
- Programming: C, C++, Java, Visual Basic 6, VB.NET, C#, PHP, iOS, Windows, Windows CE, Linux, iRMX. Java Script, HTML, AJAX, SQL, TCP/IP
- Networks, Serial Communications, Wireless technologies.
- Industrial Networks: Modbus RTU, ASCII and TCP/IP, HART, EtherNet/IP, DF1, DNP 3.0, IEC 61850, DeviceNet, Profibus.
- SCADA and PLC programming.
Richard Godfrey - CEO
Executive with over 30 years experience in the energy sector.
Leading a talented team of engineers, software developers and boots on the ground field service technicians to design, build, and deploy cutting edge control systems and Internet-Of-Things (IOT) solutions to the energy sector.
Previous Experience: In a multi-national organization with $22B revenues, 60,000 employees in 80+ countries, partnered with operations by leading corporate functional teams to operational excellence in Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE), Quality, Trade Compliance, and Employee Development. Recognized for solid ability to develop and execute strategic and innovative solutions. In most recent assignment, led a direct staff of 10 Regional Directors and total staff of ~350 HSE professionals, with a budget of ~$50 million. An effective builder of organizations who enjoys coaching individuals and teams to excel.
Specialties: Improving old processes and creating new ones. Putting the right people in the right place to succeed. Health, Safety, Environment (HSE), Oil and Gas Services, Pressure Pumping, Quality Management, Trade Compliance, Employee Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Engineering.