Dwayne Barnwell

Dwayne Barnwell

Project Manager and Business Development Manager

Upstream
 
United States, Canada, South America
 

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

Vice President - Product Line Development, R&D, and Sustainability

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Upstream: Technology, General Management, Corporate Development, Operations, Drilling, Executive, Commercial, Sales, Project Management

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

3. Current Employer:

Black Gold Rental Tools, Inc.

4. Previous Employers:

National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Weatherford International, Schlumberger

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

I was recruited out of the U.S. Navy by a Shell Technology Ventures company called @balance while they were in start-up mode as a Senior Control Systems Technician.  

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

I believe that every company has to start somewhere and if given the right resources, can succeed. The energy, pace, and flexibility that start-ups have keeps things very interesting and allows me to inject my academic and professional experiences into their success.

Okay, now for some fun things about Dwayne…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

  • My Kids - 2 Girls and 1 Boy, 2 Dogs

  • Motorcycles - Harleys and Crotch Rockets alike

  • Reading and Podcasts

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • My Kids - I love watching these young humans as they grow up.

  • My academic accomplishments - completing my first Master's while working offshore, now working on number 2.

  • Being a Product Line Manager at NOV and successfully commercializing 9 Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) products.

9.  If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Flight - Oh, the places I would go...

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

Electrical Engineer

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

High School Math Teacher

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

Wow...Can't nail one down...I love music

13.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start a Real Estate company

14.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

"Always prepare the parachute while you are in the plane." - Some Guy in Navy Bootcamp.