David R. Orr is an experienced innovator and business development professional with over 35 years of experience in the IT and oil & gas industries. He has founded two successful software companies, grown businesses to over $100M in revenue, and held executive roles at large consulting firms leading multi-million dollar projects. Currently he works as a contract executive consultant at Accenture providing consulting services and business development for major oil & gas clients.
1. David R. Orr
5801 Steeplechase Drive
Plano, Texas 75093
United States
1 (972) 741-9990
davidorr7@yahoo.com
High Performance Innovator with extensive Business Development, Consulting, and
Operations Management Experience
Career History
• Extensive Network of contacts in the IT Industry and the Upstream Oil
& Gas Industry
• Founded and created a Consulting organization that grew to over 100
employees in the Dallas Area
• Lead Roles in Large Scale ERP Implementations of SAP JVA & PRA
Projects
• Proven Business Development skills that have delivered Multi-million
dollar contracts in Software Sales, Consulting, Outsourcing, and
Business Process Outsourcing
• Excellent People and Communication skills
• Founded Artesia Data Systems, developer of the popular Artesia Oil &
Gas Software, sold to over 120 Upstream Oil & Gas Companies
• Sold Outsourcing Contracts that have delivered $200m or Revenue over
the Contract Lifecycle
Accenture
North American Resources Group, Upstream Energy Practice
(09/2007 – Present)
Houston, Texas
Contract Executive Consultant
Accenture is a leading provider of high-end Consulting, Information Technology, Outsourcing, and
Business Process Services to Industry and Governments. With revenues in excess of $30 billion
per year and over 300,000 employees Accenture is one of the largest consulting firms in the
world.
Current activities are focused on executive level Consulting and Business Development in Major
and Large Independent Upstream Oil & Gas clients.
• Current client is Murphy Exploration and Production a large International Oil & Gas
Producer located in Houston, Texas. Participated as a key member of the client sales
team winning a multi-million dollar Professional Services contract for the implementation
of the full suite of SAP Products for the Energy Industry. Currently managing the
implementation of key SAP modules in Finance and leading the development and design
of interfaces, testing strategy, conversion, and cutover deployment.
• Participated as a key member of the four person Business Development team that
brought Accenture the management role in implementing SAP PRA at the world’s largest
independent Oil & Gas Company; ConocoPhillips based in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
• Deployed in a lead consulting role on the implementation of SAP PRA at ConocoPhillips.
• Participated in two sequential SAP and PRA Implementations at BHP Billiton Petroleum,
one driven by the acquisition of 5$B of properties from Chesapeake Energy, and the
second driven by the $12B acquisition of Petrohawk Energy Corporation.
• Provided management consulting services to Chevron in their acquisition of Atlas Energy,
and subsequently provided consulting support in the transition of Atlas IT to Chevron’s
2. SAP and PRA environment.
• Provided management consulting services for Business Process Improvement to Shell in
the Production and Revenue areas.
• Serve as a Training lead in Accenture’s SAP JVA and PRA Academy. Have delivered JVA
Accounting training at ConocoPhillips.
• Developed Application Outsourcing capabilities and business development plans for
Accenture’s hosted service offerings
• Leveraged extensive network of C-level contacts in the Independent Oil & Gas Market to
provide input to Business Development activities and strategic planning.
• Created Target List of potential ERP and BPO clients that fit the Accenture’s portfolio
criteria
• Run client capability assessments that have led to new Consulting and Software
acquisition projects.
• Manage large client sales opportunities, direct proposal process, and close business
CGI Information Technologies and Services, U.S. South Commercial Business Unit
(01/2003 - 08/2007)
Addison/Dallas, Texas
Vice President, Consulting Services
CGI Information Technology and Services, Inc.. Is the U.S. subsidiary of CGI Group, Inc.. CGI
Group is a $4 billion per year IT Services, Outsourcing, and Consulting company based in
Montreal, Canada. The U.S. South Commercial Business Unit is a $200 million dollar division
servicing the Energy, Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Distribution and Manufacturing
Sectors.
Vice President responsibilities include directing all aspects of business development, consulting
services, outsourcing, business process outsourcing, and financial management for the Texas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas area. This included Directing CGI's U.S. wide National Oil & Gas
practice and a large government account, the Bureau of Indian Affairs/U.S. Department of the
Interior.
• Managed large account pursuit teams that won contracts in excess of $25 million and
total values over $100 million
• Directed the building of CGI's Dallas Data Center, Help Desk, and Document
Management/Imaging Center
• Developed Product Plans and Lifecycle Roadmaps for CGI's Oil & Gas ERP Software
products
• Directed business development activities and client support activities for over 300 clients
nationally.
• Created significant year over year revenue and profit growth for the National Oil & Gas
Practice and the Bureau of Indian Affairs account team
• Directed the activities of over 125 employees engaged in software development and
maintenance, consulting, data center and help desk operations, business process
outsourcing, and enterprise content management
Cognicase, Inc, Energy and Telecommunications Division (03/2002 - 01/2003)
Addison/Dallas, Texas
Executive Vice President
Cognicase, Inc. a $500 million dollar per year IT Services and Software Company based in
Montreal, Canada was acquired by the CGI Group in January 2003.
Responsibilities at Cognicase included management of the Energy and Telecommunications
Division in both the United States and Canada. This included Business Development, Consulting,
Outsourcing, and Facilities Management.
3. • Cognicase was acquired by CGI 9 months after Cognicase acquired previous employer
Applied Terravision Systems.
• Supported the acquisition integration of Applied Terravision to Cognicase.
• Was Senior Executive left in place after acquisition.
• Worked extensively in the U.S. and Canada
• Managed Corporate office and Data Center move to new facilities
• Directed the activities of over 300 employees.
• Managed the morale issues related to 2 acquisitions and divestitures in less than 1 year.
Applied Terravision Systems, Inc., U. S. Operations (07/1998 - 02/2002)
Addison/Dallas, Texas
Senior Vice President / General Manager
Applied Terravision Systems was a $36 million dollar per Energy Software and Service Company
based in Calgary, Canada with offices in Dallas and Houston, Texas, traded on the Canadian
Venture Stock Exchange.
Responsibilities included overall General Management of Applied Terravision’s business in the
U.S. and abroad. This included directing the work of 125 employees, selling, developing,
maintaining, and installing major ERP Software Solutions in the Energy Industry.
• Directed the growth of Applied Terravision Systems from $14 million dollars per year to
$36 million dollars per year in 3 years
• Directed the development of a new generation of Internet Based ERP Software for the
Energy Industry and Royalty Trust Systems, including Financial Accounting, Production
Reporting, Land Management, Contracts and Risk Management, and Revenue and Royalty
Distribution.
• Facilitated the sell of Applied Terravision to Cognicase in 2002.
• Attended Board of Director meetings and provided overall management services to the
company in both Canada and the U.S.
• Hired and developed the Management Team of Applied Terravision Systems.
• Integrated Artesia Data Systems Employees after Acquisition
Artesia Data Systems, Inc., (06/1982 - 06/1998) Headquarters, Dallas, Texas
President/CEO/Founder
Artesia Data Systems was a privately held Software and Services company providing ERP
Software, Services, and Support Solutions to Energy Companies in the U.S. and abroad.
As Founder and President of Artesia Data Systems, Inc. in 1982, I grew the company from a
single employee (myself) to over 125 employees located in Artesia, New Mexico, Dallas and
Houston, Texas, and Denver, Colorado.
• Directed the company from inception until sold in 1998 to Applied Terravision Systems,
Inc. in a multi-million dollar sale.
• Created one of the most prolific software products in use in the Upstream Oil & Gas
Industry - the Artesia and Horizon software solutions used by over 150 Independent Oil &
Gas Companies with such notable names as Devon Energy, Chesapeake Natural Gas,
EOG Resources, Range Resources, Pioneer Energy, Cabot Corporation, Bank of America,
and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Dept. of the Interior and many others.
• Exported the Artesia Software Product to several international clients such as YPF in
Argentina, OGDC in Pakistan, Apache in Egypt, and Santa Fe Energy in Indonesia.
4. • Launched a Business Process Outsourcing business for Finance and Accounting services
that is thriving today in CGI's Nation Oil & Gas Practice
• Built a Data Center in Dallas that currently hosts over 40 companies serving solutions in
an ASP and hosted environment.
• Provided Consulting and Programming service to over 150 Oil & Gas companies.
• Acquired 2 key competitors to expedite corporate growth.
• Successfully sold over 200 IBM AS/400 computers across several industries as a Value
Added Reseller for IBM.
• Recognized as an Industry Expert in Oil & Gas Computing.
• Published numerous articles in trade journals.
Yates Petroleum Corporation, Southeastern New Mexico Headquarters (02/1977 - 05/1982)
Artesia, New Mexico
Director of Information Technology
Yates Petroleum is a large privately held Independent Oil and Gas Producer based in Artesia, New
Mexico. As Director of IT I reported to the Executive Vice President and General Manager.
• Overall responsibility of all IT Service functions at Yates Petroleum
• Authored the Software that would later become known as the Artesia Data Systems Oil &
Gas Software
• Formed Artesia Data Systems as a Partnership between Yates Petroleum and myself.
Fleming Foods, Inc. , Topeka Headquarters (05/1976 - 01/1977)
Topeka, Kansas
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Fleming Foods was a multi-billion dollar food wholesaler located originally in Topeka, KS and later
relocated to Oklahoma City, OK.
As Senior Programmer/Analyst I had responsibility for all on-line merchandising systems.
• Wrote new Cost/Sell system for order-entry processing
• Was Promoted from Programmer/Analyst to Senior Programmer/Analyst within 1 year.
• Extensive work in IBM Mainframe environment
Texas Tech University Computer Center, University Campus (06/1975 - 05/1976)
Lubbock, Texas
Programmer/Analyst
Texas Tech is a large state university with 25,000 plus students. Located in Lubbock, Texas it
serves the Southwest as a leading Business and Engineering University.
• Developed COBOL Programs in support of various university functions.
• University Facility Management
• Texas Tech Red Raider Foundation
• Texas Tech Alumni Association
5. Education
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA (1994)
Degree, Entrepreneurial Studies, Special Institute
• Course developed for IBM Business Partner Program
• Special Institute designed to develop business leaders
• Attendance was an award for outstanding sales accomplishments in the IBM Business
Partner Program
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (1977)
Master of Business Administration, Course work in MBA Program, Management Info. Science
• Worked fulltime at University Computer Center
• Left Texas Tech before degree completion to enter Industry
• Completed 1 year of MBA studies
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico (1975)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting
• Minor in Information Science and Economics
• Worked as Student Computer Programmer in User Services for 4 years while in college
• Named Distinguished Alumni of the Year 1996
International Experience – Extensive work Abroad
Canada - Managed Applied Terravison Systems and Cognicase Canadian Operations
Argentina - Installed the Artesia software in 12 locations at YPF the Argentine National Oil
Company
Indonesia – Installed the Artesia software at Santa Fe Energy, Indonesia
Pakistan – Installed the Artesia software at OGDC the Pakistan National Oil Company
Russian Federation – Performed consulting work for the Russian Production Company Varyogan
Neftigaz
Quality
• Managed ISO 9001 Certification
• SAS/70 Audit Certification for both Finance and Accounting team and Data Center
Operations
• Won IBM Mark of Quality awards
• Completed Quality Management Training from the Hogan Institute of Quality in Dallas
6. Awards
• Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist, Dallas, Texas
• Dallas 100 Award, 2 years running for fastest growing companies in the Dallas area
• IBM Mark of Quality Awards
Affiliations and Volunteer Work
• Guild Member and Volunteer for the Plano Symphony
• Muscular Dystrophy Association Lockup volunteer 5 years running
• American Cancer Society block captain volunteer
• Dallas Chamber of Commerce Member
• Member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Plano, TX
7. Awards
• Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist, Dallas, Texas
• Dallas 100 Award, 2 years running for fastest growing companies in the Dallas area
• IBM Mark of Quality Awards
Affiliations and Volunteer Work
• Guild Member and Volunteer for the Plano Symphony
• Muscular Dystrophy Association Lockup volunteer 5 years running
• American Cancer Society block captain volunteer
• Dallas Chamber of Commerce Member
• Member of St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Plano, TX