Tim Eaton

Tim Eaton

General Manager, Business Development and Sales

Upstream
 
United States, Europe, South America, Mexico, Canada

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

General Management and Sales Leadership

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Upstream: Asset Management, General Management, Operations, Drilling, Completions, Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Project Management

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

3. Current employer:

Top secret information

4. Previous employers:

TechnipFMC

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

I grew up in the Midwest so I never expected to work in the Oil Industry. I was working in General Industry with my employer and then got transferred to an Oilfield Division in Texas. This was the early 90's and worked in the Oil Industry ever since then.  

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

One of my favorite things to do in my career was growing businesses and driving the strategic plan to accomplish this growth. Start-ups are an extension of this. I really enjoy this work and it is a lot of fun and very rewarding.

Okay, now for some fun things about Tim…

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

  • Investing in the Stock Market

  • Exercising and staying healthy

  • Sports

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

  • Help raising 2 great children.

  • Until the pandemic, I never missed Christmas with my family in the Midwest. 57 year streak.

  • Accomplished more in my career than I expected. I did not set the bar low but probably should have dreamed bigger when I was young.

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

Predicting the future - like "Back to the Future". No stock investing off of this and only used for good.

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

Teacher.

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

Full-time volunteer.

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

"Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen

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

Business Advisory Company - never mind.

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

It is your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.