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PHDwin Week 2025

Meet Our Team

Learn from the brightest minds and industry pioneers who are driving innovation in oil and gas analytics.

Jonathan Smith

Director of Sales, PHDwin Week Evangelist, 2.11 Project Manager
TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin)

Sebastian Trujillo

Director of Marketing, Founder of Empower
TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin), Empower Ecommerce

Kamran Hashmi

Director of Web Technology and Media Distribution, CTO at Empower
DevsInHouse, Empower Ecommerce

Awais Irfan

Manager of Web Design and Media
DevsInHouse, Empower Ecommerce

Ahmad Ali

Director of Video Production and Audio
DevsInHouse, Empower Ecommerce

Abdul Muqsit

Senior Web Developer
DevsInHouse, Empower Ecommerce

Nikhil Joyce

Client Sales Specialist, Lead PHDwin V3 Account Manager
TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin)

Nahid Khan

Director of Graphic Design
NHD Graphic Design

David Pacinda

Founder & President
TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin)

Amanda Hynes

Accounting & Finance
TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin)

PHDwin Week 2025 — Credits

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Content Partner / Speaker Coordination & Communication Support

  • Alvaro Betancourt, P.E. — DeGolyer & MacNaughton (Platinum Partner) — Senior Reservoir Engineer — Talent Coordination & Communications
  • Jessica Kalynn Parsons — whitson — Vice President of Marketing — Talent Coordination & Communications
  • Avis Blackburn — WellDatabase (Gold Partner) — Head of Customer Success — Talent Coordination & Communications

Content Partners & Speakers

  • Dwayne Stewart, MBA, P.E. — Foundation Energy Advisors (Silver Partner) — Founder & Managing Member — “How PHDwin Helped Avert a $100 Million Mistake” —
  • Zach Quintanilla, P.E. — DeGolyer & MacNaughton (Platinum Partner) — Petroleum Engineer — “A Diagnostic-Based Methodology to Analyze Multiphase Well Performance and Forecast Gas-Oil Ratio (GOR) or Condensate-Gas-Ratio (GCR)” —
  • Richard Scherer — OGTEE — Principal & Founder, Petroleum Engineer — “Why Midland Texas is the Center of the Universe & How to build a Representative ‘Type Curve’ in PHDwin for Economic Analysis” —
  • Marylena Garcia, P.E. — Ryder Scott & Co LP (Platinum Partner) — Managing Senior Vice President, Director Sustainable Energy Consulting — “Optimizing CO₂-EOR for 45Q: An ISO 27916 Compliant Path to $85/ton” —
  • Matthew T. Scott, P.E. — Texas General Land Office — Petroleum Engineer — “Land Types & Historical Lease Types” —
  • Kimberly Ayers, CMA — Ayers Petroleum Consulting (Silver Partner) — Director of Reservoir Engineering — “Type Wells in Action: Appalachian Basin (AppBasin) Meets A4E” —
  • James Tague — Performance Analytics Group (Silver Partner) — President & Principal Consultant; Author of Oil & Gas Performance Analysis + Oil & Gas Reserves in Nontechnical Language — “P&A Costs in Reserve Reports: Comparing Assumptions in Real-World Outcomes” —
  • Jonathan Guthrie — Blue River Analytics (Silver Partner) — Spotfire Consultant & A4E Development — “PHDwin + Analytics for Energy (A4E) Spotfire Workflows — The Future’s So Bright” —
  • Steve Hoye — Blue River Analytics (Silver Partner) — Spotfire Consultant & A4E Development — “PHDwin + Analytics for Energy (A4E) Spotfire Workflows — The Future’s So Bright” —
  • Garrett Gremillion — Oakstone Resources LLC — Reservoir Engineer — “Ethics in Reserve Forecasting and Valuation” —
  • John Ferrell — WellDatabase (Gold Partner) — Co-Founder & CEO — “WellDatabase for PHDwin Import Data & Much More” —
  • Dwayne Purvis, P.E. — Purvis Energy Advisors (Silver Partner) — Founder & Managing Partner — “Eat the Frog: Planning & Paying for Plugging Costs” —
  • Venkata Bala Krishnateja “Teja” Chavali — whitson+ — PE Consultant & Software Engineer — “whitson+ Platform for the PHDwin Ecosystem” —
  • Scott Hamilton — Energy Domain — Vice President of Product — “Energy Domain for the PHDwin Ecosystem” —

Inside Presentations

  • Hunter Rosplock — TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin) — Data Conversion Specialist & ARIES Import Expert — “From ARIES to PHDwin: Fast, Accurate Data Conversions for High Stakes Deals” —
  • Nikhil Joyce — TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin) — Client Sales Specialist, Lead PHDwin V3 Account Manager — “PHDwin V3 Economics: From WellDatabase to V3 Connect Reporting; Version 3 Support Tricks” —
  • Garrett Hoover — TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin) — Lead Reporting Developer, Consulting Specialist — “Staying Current: What’s New and Improved in PHDwin Reporting” —
  • Jonathan Smith — TRC Consultants LC (PHDwin) — Director of Sales, 2.11 Project Manager — “PHDwin V2 Support Tips, PHDwin Developer Program Updates” —

Quick-Start Sessions

  • Courtney Stephens — QED Energy Associates (Gold Partner) — Founder & CEO — “Scenarios in PHDwin V3; Late-Stage Shale in PHDwin V3; Project Manager in PHDwin V3” —
  • Frankie Delgado — QED Energy Associates (Gold Partner) — Managing Director of Technical — “Importing Data in PHDwin V3” —
  • Erin Randolph — QED Energy Associates (Gold Partner) — Managing Director of Training — “Ownership in PHDwin V3” —

Connor Award 2025 Recipient

  • Dr. John D. Wright, PhD, P.E. — Wright Consulting — Chief Engineer — Connor Award 2025 —