Luke is a geologist with over 15 years international oilfield experience across various technical and management roles. Luke began his career in Australia as a research scientist, before joining Chevron Australia in 2005. Within Chevron, Luke’s technical ability and business acumen had him leading the Southern Africa Strategic Business unit reservoir management team by the age of 30, comprising petrophysicists, geophysicists, geologists and data management professionals.
Luke left Chevron to develop his own opportunities, eventually founding and seed funding Cognitive Geology in Scotland, with the intention of developing pragmatic software solutions to pain points he encountered in his career.
A specialist in scaling engineering teams, Eileen joins the Cognitive team to help take us from startup to global supplier. Eileen was instrumental in helping grow the teams at Skyscanner and Fanduel, and also spent time with ThoughtWorks - the leading agile delivery services company - helping their clients evolve engineering teams.
Eileen uses here coaching skills in helping develop people and teams, and believes in balancing growth with the ever present delivery demands on the engineering team.
Laurence is a professional director, chairing three oilfield technology companies and residing as Non-Executive Director of three others. With 37 years’ petroleum engineering experience, including leading the sale as CEO of EPS to Weatherford in 2004, Laurence has helped develop entrepreneurial companies for the best part of two decades.
Laurence brings a wealth of industry knowledge and professional connections to the Cognitive Geology Board, and has been central in the development of our corporate growth strategy.