Jared Hoover

Jared Hoover

Product, Strategy, and Operations

Upstream
 
United States, Canada, Oceania
 

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

Operations & Product Leader

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Upstream: Asset Management, Technology, General Management, Operations, Facilities Management, Project Management, I.T. / Digital, Mechanical Engineering

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

3. Previous Employers:

Shell, QEP Resources, bp, Kelvin, and Halker Smart Soultions

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

When you get recruited by Shell to work offshore on deep water platforms coming out of the military it's pretty hard to say no.

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

The passion, commitment, and fun just continue to pull me in again and again. It's the never the same day twice and the people are so much fun to be around!

Okay, now for some fun things about Jared…

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

  • Skiing

  • Climbing and running Colorado's mountains

  • Fly fishing the far off streams of Colorado. There's a theme here!

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

  • Fatherhood ... the gift that keeps giving and surprising me everyday!

  • Service ... spending nearly a decade in far off places defending our nation.

  • Career Shift (x2!) ... having the courage to bet on myself, explore my passions, and taking a leap from the military and then big oil, all not knowing where and how I would land (still working to stick that second landing)!

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

To fly ... definitely flying!

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

Fighter pilot!

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

Happily spending my days in the mountains.

11.  My favorite song is               by            .

Not one song, nothing beats a good Spotify playlist.

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

start a coffee shop that employs individuals with special needs!

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

I'll slightly change that to best quote to live by ... "The Man in the Arena" by Teddy Roosevelt. Check it out!