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Upstream

bogota, colombia

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Ricardo J. Cuervo Energy Consultant | ESG Strategist | Oilfield Operations Expert  Based in Bogotá | Available Worldwide (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French) ⸻  Expertise • Full-cycle Oil & Gas operations (onshore/offshore): production, well testing, wireline, slickline, multiphase metering • ESG & Carbon Strategies: Scope 1–3 emissions, CCUS, biochar, decarbonization planning • Startups & Emerging Industries: Commercial strategy in cannabis, renewables, and cleantech • Academic Leadership: Assistant Professor at Universidad de los Andes (entrepreneurship & soft skills) • Business Growth: Market entry, LATAM expansion, strategic alliances, investor pitch refinement ⸻  Career Highlights • Led multi-country operations across 11+ nations (LATAM, Africa, Middle East) with Schlumberger and others • Founded and scaled Latina Energy, a boutique consulting firm in energy transition and upstream services • Delivered multimillion-dollar growth in well services, production optimization, and technology rollout • Consultant for major operators (Gran Tierra, Geopark, NG Energy) and advisory roles in ESG strategy • Teaching & mentoring executives in innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability ⸻  Who Should Call Me? • Startups or investors in energy, cleantech or cannabis • Companies navigating LATAM markets or seeking ESG alignment • Professionals needing quick insight into field operations, emissions, or market fit • Anyone needing strategic advice on growth, partnerships or technical execution ⸻ Ready to bring clarity to your technical or strategic challenge. Let’s talk.

Jose Reyes

Endicott, NY

$60.0/min N/A 1 $1/min

I graduated with a degree in Business Economics from Brown University. I am a former investment banker and entrepreneur with 7+ years of experience. I have advised and executed on over USD4.0 billion of transactions across capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. I have extensive experience building financial models, industry/market overviews, and buy/sell-side investment opportunity presentations. I left investment banking in 2013 to start my own outsourcing company, which has serviced 3 clients since inception, garnering over USD12,000 in revenues. Additionally, I am a Level 2 CFA Candidate.

Saud Khawaja

Manama, Bahrain

$500.0/min N/A 0 $8.33/min

Expert has more than 30+ years experience in oilfield service industry. After earning his Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Oklahoma in 1983, he spent a decade with Halliburton in North America and throughout the MENA region. Later he spent 14 years as co-founder of NPS—the largest regional oilfield service company in MENA region. Subsequently, Expert spent 7 years as founder of a sought-after niche petroleum consulting firm, where he advises clients across the globe. Expert is a global strategic and operational leader with experience driving bottom line impact and transformation change. Excellent management and leadership experience at all levels including at the corporate level. Proven strategic and analytical abilities at all levels including the Board room. Excellent political, commercial and regulatory experience in the international arena. 30+ years of petroleum engineering and management experience, including 14 years as Co-founder & Country Manager of NPS providing Oilfield & Drilling Services to Saudi ARAMCO.

Saurabh Srivastav

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I have an expertise in well testing and knowledge of fracturing, coil tubing, slickline and completion domain

Yogesh Giri

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Solutions-driven, dynamic, and motivated senior quality assurance professional with several years of proven expertise and experience aligning quality levels across all departments, working in close collaboration with inhouse teams and knowledge and competence centres. Dynamic and quick-thinking professional with an aptitude for conceptualising and producing stellar quality assurance strategies for highly regulated and complex biopharmaceutical markets based on in-depth research and analytics. Technologically proficient, I am well-versed in optimisation and numerous process improvement tools and platforms, including Six Sigma. Through my experience as a senior QA professional I have continuously challenged the status quo through a curious and solution-oriented approach and am motivated by creating relationships at all levels in the organisation. I am inspired to conceptualise, orchestrate, and deploy technical, innovative, and hight impact QA solutions that boost performance improvement, productivity, and creation of quality products with zero defects for clients and companies in competitive markets. My skills in driving highly impactful solutions that meet all goals for compliance, quality, cost reductions, and market advantage is well proven.