timcoburnDr. 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