•Moscow State Prospecting Institute ( Moscow Geological Academy )

•1984-1991. Master of Science. Geophysical Engineer.

•Project Management Institute (PMI), Certified Project Manager.

•Heriot-Watt University

•2010-2014. Master of Science in Oil&Gas Management

•Geoscientist with more than 30 years of experience in Oil&Gas industry.

•2022 – today  MENA Exploration Team Leader

•2015-2022 Senior geoscientist in charge of exploration studies related to Mexican portion of Gulf Of Mexico (GOM). Exploration potential assessment studies, geological supervision and QC of WAZ seismic processing and legacy data reprocessing. Presented papers at international conferences for EAEG, AAPG, SEG, Petroleum Societies in Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia, Russia.

•2011-2015 Business manager for E&P consulting group for Schlumberger Russia & Central Asia, focusing on planning and delivering multi-disciplinary integrated projects for the full Upstream business cycle of Oil&Gas companies (Exploration, Appraisals, FDP)

•2003-2010 Exploration workflows and technology consultant for PEMEX Burgos basin, Project Manager for two Exploration centers,  building exploration opportunities portfolio for PEMEX and Ecopetrol.

•1998-2002 – Technical support for exploration units of PDVSA in Venezuela

•1993-1998 – Marketing manager for GeoQuest Russia and FSU. Support and client training programs.