DENVER, Dec. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (NYSE:
SM) today announced that Dr. Ashwin
Venkatraman has been appointed to serve as an
independent director and as a member of the Audit Committee of the
Board of Directors (the "Board").
Chairman of the Board Julio Quintana comments: "We
are very pleased to have Ashwin join the
SM Energy Board where he will bring an extensive
academic background and business experience in technology,
artificial intelligence and engineering specific to the oil and gas
industry. The SM Energy team aggressively applies data
analytics and machine learning into their optimization plans, and
Ashwin's expertise will be a valuable addition. Please
join me in welcoming Ashwin."
Dr. Venkatraman is President and Chief Executive
Officer of Resermine, Inc., a leader in subsurface
artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions with a focus
on enhancing oil recovery, a company that he founded in 2017. From
January 2019 to December 2020, Dr. Venkatraman was
an Associate Professor of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at
the University of Oklahoma. From 2015
to 2017, Dr. Venkatraman held academic appointments as
a Postdoctoral Fellow in The Institute of Computational &
Engineering Sciences at The University of
Texas at Austin, and as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at
Princeton University. During the period
from 2004 to 2015, Dr. Venkatraman held various
positions of increasing responsibility at Shell International
Exploration and Production Inc., including Senior Reservoir
Engineer (2009 to 2015); Research Reservoir Engineer (2008 to
2009); Concept Engineer (2007 to 2008); and Operations Engineer,
Panna-Mukta Field (2004 to 2006). Dr.
Venkatraman earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees
in Technology and Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and his Ph.D. in
Petroleum Engineering at The University of
Texas at Austin.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
SM Energy Company is an independent energy company
engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and
production of crude oil, natural gas, and NGLs in the
states of Texas and Utah. SM Energy routinely posts
important information about the Company on its website. For more
information about SM Energy, please visit its
website at www.sm-energy.com.
SM ENERGY INVESTOR CONTACTS
Jennifer Martin
Samuels, jsamuels@sm-energy.com, 303-864-2507
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