Dr. Tim Coburn
Director of Master of Energy Business Program & Professor of Energy & Operations Management, University of Tulsa
Air Date, November 3, 2013
EDUCATOR, BUSINESS LEADER, MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, & PROFESSIONAL STATISTICIAN, WITH A CAREER CENTERED AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS, SCIENCE, DATA, AND TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE ENERGY COMPLEX
MANAGEMENT SERVICES & SUPPORT: Development and evaluation of business performance metrics, strategic planning and program evaluation, scientific investigations leading to the development of new products, models, technologies, or problem-solving strategies, statistical data analysis and modeling, policy analysis and development, risk and resource assessment, project management, market research, technical and business forecasting, litigation support, technology assessment and management.
TEACHING, RESEARCH, & CONSULTING: Business/managerial/organizational functions of energy organizations, management sciences applied to energy company operations, decision analysis and quantitative risk assessment, business intelligence and analytics, energy information systems/technology, decision support systems, statistical treatment and modeling of energy data, spatial data analysis, data mining.
STATISTICAL CONSULTING PRACTICE IN ENERGY: Extensive experience in the management, analysis, and modeling of energy data from various industry sectors and operational settings, including oil and gas exploration and production, applied geosciences and earth modeling, petroleum reservoir characterization, hyrocarbon resource assessment and estimation, analysis and characterization of energy-related environmental impacts, energy policy development/analysis/implementation, evaluation and optimization of alternative fuels, commercial and residential energy consumption, smart grid systems, energy efficiency in buildings, new product development and associated consumer response, and health impacts and other human factors.
COMPUTING COMPETENCY: SAS, SPSS, Minitab, Statistica, Crystal Ball, ArcGIS, Fortran, Microsoft Office, Oracle, dBase, various business technology platforms (commercial and open source).
Tim Coburn’s Experience
Director, Masters Program in Energy Business
University of Tulsa
Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry
August 2011 – Present (2 years 4 months) Tulsa, OK
Professor of Energy and Operations Management
University of Tulsa
Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry
August 2011 – Present (2 years 4 months) Tulsa, Oklahoma Area
Management Consultant & Consulting Statistician
Private Practice
August 1997 – Present (16 years 4 months)
US Geological Survey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, Kansas Geological Survey, Idaho National Energy & Environmental Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, Phillips Petroleum Company, Halliburton/Landmark Graphics, US Small Business Administration, US Energy Information Administration, Texas Association of Businesses & Chambers of Commerce, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Subcommittee on Energy and Geosciences), Knowledge Reservoir Inc., Smedvig Technologies, plus others.
Professor and Administrator
Abilene Christian University
Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry
1997 – 2011 (14 years) Abilene, Texas Area
Mesa Petroleum Endowed Professor of Statistics and Management Science
Associate Dean, Technology Initiatives, College of Business Administration
Assistant Dean, College of Business Administration
Director, School of Information Technology and Computing
Professor of Statistics
Associate Professor of Management Science
Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
University Statistician
Senior Statistician and Project Manager
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nonprofit; 1001-5000 employees; Renewables & Environment industry
1995 – 1999 (4 years) Golden, CO
Center for Transportation Technologies & Systems:
Senior Statistician, Alternative Fuels Data Center
Team Leader, Light Duty Vehicle R&D
Team Leader, Transportation Impacts & Global Analysis
Project Manager/Task Leader, Energy Policy Act Analysis & Support
Project Manager/Task Leader, Alternative Fuels Technology Deployment
In-house statistical consultant for Buildings & Thermal Systems Center, Biotechnology
Center, and Solar Research Group.
Supervisor, Research Scientist, and Consulting Statistician
Marathon Oil Corporation
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MRO; Oil & Energy industry
1985 – 1994 (9 years) Littleton, CO and Houston, TX
Supervisor, Mapping & Database, Houston Headquarters
Supervisor, Quantitative Geosciences, Petroleum Technology Center
Research Scientist and Consulting Statistician, Petroleum Technology Center
Group Leader and Research Statistician
ConocoPhillips
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; COP; Oil & Energy industry
1980 – 1985 (5 years) Bartlesville, OK; Denver, CO; Seattle, WA
Group Leader, Data Modeling & Analysis, Seattle Prudhoe Bay Office
Research Statistician, Western Division Drilling & Production, Denver
Consulting Statistician, R&D Center, Bartlesville