George has more than 40 years of experience in the oil industry and began his career at Shell, having graduated with a BSc in Geologic Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
George is currently actively consulting in corporate organizational structure, technical integration, data solutions and A&D. His career began with 17 years at Royal Dutch/Shell Oil. He then became a founding member of Carrizo Oil & Gas serving as Vice President of Exploration and Development for seven years. More recently he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Davis Petroleum Corporation for seven years. George then served as Technical Director of Global New Business Development at Hess Corporation between 2012 and 2018.
His career has spanned a broad spectrum of the E&P sector involving all petroleum engineering, development, and exploration disciplines as well as corporate planning and finance. His expertise lies in deal structuring, A&D, portfolio optimization, risk analysis and tactical execution. George has repeatedly been the catalyst that integrated technical management, finance and commercial alignment to project implementation.