Wayne Chen PE

Digital Fleet Manager for Guyana Digital Alliance (GDA), MODEC

Wayne Chen is the Digital Fleet Manager for Guyana Digital Alliance (GDA) at MODEC. In this role, he oversees the client’s digital portfolio across the Guyana FPSO assets. He manages the digital product lifecycle, including development and acquisition, stage-gate reviews, scaled deployment, maintenance, and sustainment.

Wayne has more than 12 years of experience in the offshore upstream sector carrying out subsea structure design, project management, and digital product R&D. His career has progressed through various technical and management roles, including structural engineer,
engineering lead, and project manager.

Wayne holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a doctorate in structural engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed professional engineer registered with Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (TBPELS).

Dr Bulent Mercan PhD, PE

Technical Advisor, 2H Offshore

Bulent Mercan currently serves as a technical advisor for 2H Offshore in Houston. He has more than ten years of industry experience in the analysis, design, and integrity monitoring of structural systems for offshore oil, gas and renewable assets. His responsibilities include project management, technical sales, and technology development. He holds a PhD in Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Professional Engineer Licence in Texas.

Bulent also serves as a part-time senior lecturer at the University of Houston. He has more than eight years of teaching experience at the UH. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in the Civil Engineering Department.

Dr Prabu Parthasarathy

Global VP - Strategic Projects, Cognite

As the Global VP - Strategic Projects at Cognite, I help combine domain expertise and digital technology to help clients across upstream and midstream industries harness the power of data and AI to optimize their operations, reduce emissions, and enhance safety. With over 20years of international experience in the Oil and Gas sector, I have a deep understanding of the technical and business challenges that our clients face, and how to deliver value by combining domain knowledge with digital technologies. Before joining Cognite, I was the VP of Intelligent Operations at Wood Group, where I oversaw a global business line that provided advanced technology solutions to the process industry.

Michiel Heuven

Vice President, Key Accounts , SBM Offshore

Michiel Heuven is Vice President, Key Accounts at SBM Offshore. He joined SBM Offshore in 2011 as Project Manager where he acquired experience in international projects. In 2015 he then took roles in Operations Readiness and Operations Management and in 2018 he was appointed Head of Operations North America & Guyana. He then moved to Commercial management in 2022 where he held positions as Global Operations Commercial Manager and VP Business Development. Michiel has over 25 years of experience in the Energy industry, having held positions for SBM offshore in the US, Singapore and Nova Scotia, Canada.

Prior to being at SBM, he worked at various Keppel shipyards around the world managing large oil and gas construction projects. Michiel has a degree in Naval Architecture from Hogeschool Inholland, Netherlands.