SCOTT CHADBOURNE

Scott Chadbourne

Business Strategy, Supply Chain Management & Contract Negotiations

Downstream, Upstream
 
United States

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

RDS Global Contracting & Procurement Strategy

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Downstream Subsegment: Refining

Downstream Disciplines: Commercial, Project Management, Supply Chain, Operations

Upstream Disciplines: General Management, Executive, Commercial, Supply Chain

Upstream Areas: Onshore

3. Current employer:

Buckskin LLC and Metis Energy LLC

4. Previous employers:

TechnipFMC - 3 yrs, Shell Oil - 28 yrs

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

I was recruited by Shell Oil from the University of Washington as a Master of Marine Affairs graduate (MMA) 

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

I view Start-Ups from a Customer Experience and Business advantage viewpoint.

Okay, now for some fun things about Scott…

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

  • First priority is my wife Lynda and sons Jack and Joshua.

  • I play Ice Hockey twice per week.

  • I visit my Maine cabin for peace and off-the-grid time.

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

  • I created Shell Oil's first Marine Emergency Response Plan.

  • I managed Shell's successful, first global rollout of Shell's Contract Management System - 110 Countries, 2600 Users, $70B in supplier spend.

  • I built a cabin in Maine from the trees on our 25 acres - it still stands.

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

Flight

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

World Oceanographic expert like Jacques Cousteau

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

Marine Biologist

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

Led Zeppelin - 'Ramble On'

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

Homeless shelter for residents seeking to rebuild their lives and more education.

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

'One superb question is worth a thousand good answers.'