PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Dr. David A. T. Donohue is the Founder and President of both IHRDC and Arlington Storage Corporation. Dr. Donohue is a technical specialist, businessman, attorney and lecturer who has worked in the development of energy projects where he has a senior equity position. He is a former Associate Professor of Petroleum & Natural Gas Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, and held various positions in engineering and research for Exxon before becoming a developer of energy projects. He is an active developer of underground gas storage fields in New York State, an explorer for oil and gas in the US and Ireland, and a developer of innovative learning systems for the energy industry. He lectures broadly in the industry management programs. Dr. Donohue holds a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. degree from Boston College Law School.

Y. Serdar Dogulu is a Petroleum Engineer at IHRDC. He is currently involved in the content development of interactive learning and training products within IHRDC. Dr. Dogulu developed and taught several company-sponsored technical courses. After earning his Ph.D. degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, he held a post-doctoral researcher position with the Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Department at Penn State. His areas of interest include numerical simulation and reservoir characterization. His research on perforated completions led to the development of several fluid flow models that are used to predict the production performance of damaged well completions. During his graduate studies he spent a summer as a Research Technologist at the Chevron Petroleum Technology Company working on various reservoir simulation and management tools including stream-tube techniques for modeling large oil reservoirs.

Dr. Marie N. Fagan is Director, International Gas Programs for IHRDC. Prior to joining IHRDC in 2001, she was with Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), providing expertise in upstream technology, economics, and financial performance; and assisting clients in developing corporate strategy and upstream business plans. Previously, she served as an economist with the US Department of Energy, responsible for coverage of petroleum company profitability, industry structure, and analysis of market incentives; and with Decision Analysis Corporation of Virginia, where she performed econometric modeling of energy markets. Dr. Fagan's path-breaking research into the effect of technology on the cost of oil and gas exploration and development has been published in both academic and technical journals. She received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from The American University and a B.S. in Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Connecticut.

Maher Habbal is Manager, Business Simulators Development/Applications for IHRDC. He is responsible for developing and implementing the business simulation models used in IHRDC management programs and workshops. To date he has built five such simulators: one for the oil industry, two for the gas, and two for power. His other responsibilities include internal financial reporting, analysis and forecasting. Before joining IHRDC, Mr. Habbal worked three years with Arthur D. Little, Inc. as a Senior Financial Analyst on financial reporting and modeling. Also, as a member of the teaching staff at the Arthur D. Little School of Management Master of Science in Management Program, he taught Finance, Economics and Accounting. Mr. Habbal holds a Master of Science Degree in Management from Arthur D. Little School of Management and a B.S. in Business Economics from the Lebanese American University.

Ken Ogle is a Petroleum Engineer and Senior Technical Editor at IHRDC. He is currently in charge of developing content for IHRDC's computer-based knowledge and learning systems. Before joining IHRDC in 1991, he worked for Chevron USA as a drilling representative, production engineer and production foreman, and for Bechtel Petroleum Operations as a reservoir engineer and production engineer. Mr. Ogle holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a Master of Technical and Professional Writing degree from Northeastern University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Society for Technical Communication, and is a licensed Professional Engineer in California.

Andy Parums is an experienced executive, consultant and trainer in the international energy and utility business with 21 years experience in BP and 5 years independent consultancy. His key areas of expertise are: organization development, strategy formulation, team alignment, performance measurement and learning, risk management, and HSE. Former responsibilities include advising BP Exploration Board and Field Management on HSE performance improvement and technology transfer. He was also responsible for corporate strategy development, market analysis of electricity, gas, nuclear, coal and oil markets, and major corporate acquisition strategies in earlier roles with BP. Mr. Parums holds an MA in Economics, Cambridge University 1977.