Chief Architect at Roxar
Oslo Area, Norway
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- Chief Architect at Roxar
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- Technology Coordinator at Roxar
- Product Group Manager - Software Technology at Roxar
- Chief Developer - Software Technology at Roxar
- Development Team Leader at Midland Valley Exploration
- Structural Geologist at Rock Deformation Research
- Education
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- University of Leeds
- University of Leeds
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Robert Smallshire’s Summary
Geological software architect, designer and developer with ten years experience working for geological consulting and software companies in within the domains of structural geology and geomodelling, backed by a Ph.D. level background and consulting experience in oil and gas structural geology. I've worked in a range of roles from consultant geologist, software developer, development manager and technical product manager.
Robert Smallshire’s Specialties:
Commercial software development in C++, C#, Python for the geosciences. Structural geology. Software development leader. Technical Product Management.
Robert Smallshire’s Experience
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Chief Architect
Roxar
(Public Company; ROX; Oil & Energy industry)
November 2009 — Present (3 months)
Leading the team of architects responsible for managing and designing the structure of Roxar's software solutions.
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Technology Coordinator
Roxar
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
July 2007 — November 2009 (2 years 5 months)
Co-ordinating technology convergence across Roxar Software Solutions, still with a big hand in devlopment Irap RMS reservoir modelling software.
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Product Group Manager - Software Technology
Roxar
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
January 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Managing the Software Technology group, developing the core of the Irap RMS reservoir geomodelling software.
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Chief Developer - Software Technology
Roxar
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)
January 2005 — January 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Chief developer within the Software Technology Group working on the Irap RMS reservoir modelling software.
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Development Team Leader
Midland Valley Exploration
(Oil & Energy industry)
2000 — 2005 (5 years )
Worked on 3DMove and QuickMove structural geology software tools implementing geological algorithms and graphics. Led the architecture, design and implementation effort to build the 4DVista geoscience visualizer. Manager of the software development team 2003 to 2005.
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Structural Geologist
Rock Deformation Research
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 3 months)
Structural geology consultant working on fault seal research, structural modelling, field mapping, data analysis, in-house software development for oil/gas, coal, and metal mining.
Robert Smallshire’s Education
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University of Leeds
Ph.D. , Structural Geology , 1995 — 1999
The Kinematics of Soft-Linked Thrust Systems. The project relied on analysis of extensive field-based observations together with novel image-processing techniques to interpret the geometry and rock deformation processes in the French-Swiss Alps. The project involved six-months fieldwork in logistically demanding terrain.
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University of Leeds
B.Sc. Hons. (First Class) , Geological Science , 1992 — 1995
Additional Information
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Robert Smallshire’s Interests:
programming languages, technology, hiking and camping, skiing, caving, mountaineering, cycling.
Robert Smallshire’s Groups:
Geological Society of London, PESGB, EAGE.
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The Geomodeling Network -
Naturally Fractured Field Characterization, Modelling and Simulation -
Basin modeling
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Oil & Gas Private Equity
Robert Smallshire’s Honors:
1997 Winner for best post-graduate presentation at Tectonic Studies Group Conference.
1996 Runner-up for best post-graduate presentation at Tectonic Studies Group Conference.
1995 Runner-up for the Moore Medal, awarded by the Yorkshire Geological Society for best undergraduate project from a North-Eastern University.
1995 Runner-up for the John Ramsay Medal of the Tectonic Studies Group for best undergraduate project
1995 Winner of the prize for best undergraduate project from Earth Sciences Department, The University of Leeds.
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