Dean Bilden is the Director of eBusiness Development for BJ Services Company in Houston, Texas and is responsible for the development and implementation of the company's eBusiness initiatives globally. Dean has been with BJ Services Company for 25 years and has held a variety of technical and management positions in U.S. Field Operations, Research and Technology, and Corporate Support. Mr. Bilden holds a BS degree in Geology from Northwest Missouri State University.
Charles Currie is Vice President and General Manager of eInitiatives for Schlumberger Oilfield Services. Charles Currie has been employed by Schlumberger Oilfield Services for 25 years in various management and marketing positions in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. He also serves as the eBusiness Committee Chairman for the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association. Mr. Currie graduated from Texas A & M with a BSEE in 1977.
Paul Krueger is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of VetcoGray, a GE Oil and Gas business. Paul joined VetcoGray in 1997 while it was part of ABB's Oil and Gas Division and was promoted to Vice President of Information Systems of the ABB Oil and Gas Division in 1998. He became the CIO of Vetco International when it was divested from ABB in July, 2004. Prior to joining VetcoGray Paul held various IS management positions for AlliedSignal and TRW. Paul has a Master's Degree in Information Systems from DePaul University and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa.
William Le Sage is the CEO and member of the Board of Managers of OFS Portal, a not-for-profit consortium of oilfield suppliers dedicated to facilitating e-commerce throughout the upstream industry. Bill has worked with many upstream Oil and Gas buyers and suppliers implementing their e-commerce solutions since 2001, which allows him a unique view of the evolving upstream e-commerce landscape as well as practical lessons learned and common challenges still facing the upstream industry. Bill holds a B.S. degree in business from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.