Ryan W

Experience

• Founder | CTO – DaisyChain Technologies LLC DaisyChain Technologies, LLC. · Full-time Apr 2019 – Present 5 yrs 7 mos Houston, TX, United States Vision, Engineering, Manufacturing, Intellectual Property, Fundraising, Strategic Partnerships, Business Development, Product Line Management, Quality Assurance, HSE, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources
• Director Advanced Manufacturing Engineering National Oilwell Varco · Full-time Oct 2015 – Mar 2019 3 yrs 5 mos Houston, TX, United States • Lead teams that develop and implement revolutionary manufacturing processes
  • Additive Manufacturing – Hybrid, Powderbed Fusion, Binder Jetting, Material Jetting, FDM
  Laser cladding, induction braze, robotic welding
  Online and offline robotic programming
  Generative design, design for additive manufacturing, heat transfer, FEA and CFD
  (Non)destructive analysis
  
• Business Development Manager Russia CIS National Oilwell Varco · Full-time Sep 2013 – Oct 2015 2 yrs 1 mos Houston, TX, United States Manage sales and marketing efforts across Russia and CIS countries
  Develop and execute recovery plan
  Boosted revenue by 36% YoY
  Enhanced profit by 55% YoY
  
• Product Line Manager National Oilwell Varco · Full-time Jul 2012 – Sep 2013 1 yrs 2 mos Houston, TX, United States Oversaw rapid development projects of area specific product lines
  Facilitated negotiations with NOCs in strategic partnerships
  Lead the development of a low-cost manufacturing process for a new product line
  Increased drill bit profit by reducing COGS with the implementation of incremental pricing strategies
  
• Optimization Engineering Manager National Oilwell Varco · Full-time Oct 2011 – Jul 2012 9 mos Houston, TX, United States Responsible for optimization efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, Angola, Nigeria, China and Brazil
  Helped customers optimize drilling dynamics, bottom hole assembly design and well trajectory.
  Orchestrated the development and adoption of bit to reamer matching technology
  Coordinated customer meetings with sales and subject matter experts
  Participated in root cause analyses with customers
  
• Engineering Manager National Oilwell Varco · Full-time Jun 2009 – Oct 2011 2 yrs 4 mos Houston, TX, United States Developed the TitanUltra™ deep water drill bit product line
  Developed Seeker™ US land drill bit product line
  Developed bit to reamer matching software and web tool
  Led strategic projects and advanced bit structures engineering groups
  
• Design Engineer National Oilwell Varco · Full-time Jul 2005 – Jun 2009 3 yrs 11 mos Houston, TX, United States Designed PDC drill bits focusing on; Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, and the Gulf of Mexico
  Project Management
  
• Mechanical Engineering Intern National Oilwell Varco · Internship May 2004 – Aug 2004 3 mos Houston, TX, United States NOV / ReedHycalog / GrantPrideco – Houston, Texas
  Drill Bits
• Mechanical Engineering Intern National Oilwell Varco · Internship May 2002 – Aug 2002 3 mos Houston, TX, United States Schlumberger – Houston, Texas
  Drilling and Measurements
  
• Mechanical Engineering Intern Schlumberger · Internship May 2001 – Aug 2001 3 mos Houston, TX, United States Schlumberger – Jakarta, Indonesia
  Cementing / Fracking Field Engineering