Robert Scott Carskadon
works as Middle East Business Development Counselor in UAE
at Zhejiang Tormin Electrical Co.,Ltd
P.O. Box 21028
Ajman,
UnitedArab
Emirates
Mobile +971
(0)50234 9739
TEL: +971(0)6 574 0766
Executive Summary:
Oil and Gas Professional credited with bringing
innovative industry concepts to the U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates). Noted Business Development Strategist,exceptional
at optimizing organizations and systems to achieve corporate goals. Forty Four
years of experience in developing, managing and implementing pro-active
business strategies, controls and solutions, resulting in increased sales and profits.
Overall professional demeanor is accredited with excellent problem-solving,entrepreneurial
and leadership skills that manifest in a result-oriented executive.
Professional Experience:
2015-Present Tormin Industrial Lighting
International
Business Development and Strategic Planning
2012-Present JILI Trading FZE,
General
Manager
Ajman, United Arab Emirates
· Manages
the general business activities of trading and selling oilfield products and
equipment throughout the MENA region.
· Leads
team in strategic business planning on new products and equipment
· Maintains
and builds alliances over a 40 year career
2010-2014 Dragon
Offshore Industries, LLC;
Business Development and Strategic
Planning Manager
Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
· Manages operations in all project stages,
including oversight of projects ranging from $20 million to the most current
project of $250 million dollars.
· Key Team Leader and supervisor for a company that provides a range of
expert services and solutions to the oil, gas, energy and marine (on/offshore
locations):
Marine division: 32 marine vessels, 9 tankers
and various other cargo and shipping methods
Designing, building and installing offshore
platforms, topsides, pipelines and risers.
Repairing, converting, refurbishing,
upgrading and rebuilding jack up drilling rigs.
Designing and building accommodation modules,
LER, early production units and Buoy mooring systems.
· Government Liaison responsible for all
aspects of the business-to-government relationship
1991-2010 Allied Capital Resources, Inc.
President
Arlington, Texas. Serving
the Dallas-Ft Worth, Metroplex
· Financial
Consultancy Specialist- managing all aspects of the purchase, finance and sale of
businesses, and the accompanying real estate. Business sizein the range of
$150,000 to $1.5 million.
· Niche
market assisting new Americans (Arabs, Persians, Asians, Pakistanis, and
Indians) to become established in the U.S.marketplace as small business owners.
· Includes
creating and evaluating P&Ls, balance sheets, arranging all financing
(business and real estate) and licenses, etc. Requires astute understanding of
cross-cultural diversity.Assist sellersin the preservation of their wealth by
implementing creative insurance and annuity strategies.
· Insurance
and annuity Investment Specialist
· Business
development and finance advisor and bookkeeper for various retail businesses
· $20
million turnover in sales
2006-2009 Seidler Investment Group/Seidler Oil
and Gas
(Also continued Allied Capital during
this time)
Senior
Account Executive
Alvarado, Texas
· Developed
and managed client base of qualified prospects. Secured working interests
ranging from $5-14 million for oil and gas drilling located in the States of
Texas and Louisiana, U.S.A.
1989-1991 Carter Tigert, Inc.
Business
Broker Account Executive
Bedford, Texas. Serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
· Purchasing
and sales of emerging businesses. Generated$5 million in transactions a
year.
1987-1988 Organic Distributors
Business Strategist/Sales and Marketing Manager
Texas and
Arizona
· One
of the first companies in the U.S. offering non-toxic, natural and organic agricultural
fertilizers and pesticide-free, biological controls.
· Introduced
OST (Organic Soil Treatment) to the market. It was the first organic soil
treatment offered to farmers and domestic gardeners, usedas an alternative to
polluting with highly toxic chemicals. Capable of producing high yields,
natural alternative.
· Created
a new market category: environmentally-conscious, safe and effective
agricultural products. Today, hundreds of such products are on the shelves of
garden shops, grocery, big box, natural products and environmental shops,
worldwide. At the time, the concept was innovative and cutting-edge.
1985-1987 Texas Electro Seise, Inc.
Business Strategy
Consultant/Marketing Manager
Fort Worth, TX
· Groundbreaking”ESI
is a passive airborne system that identifies and quantifies in situ
hydrocarbons using micro-gravity sensors operated at specific frequencies to
identify rock density.” Specifically, it measures the horizontal component
of gravity and combines it with earth’s fair-weather electric field. The technology
is particularly good at finding pinnacle reefs.
· Participated
with oil and gas companies to locate formations using this technology and
subsequently drill numerous wells in Colorado, Texasand Alberta, Canada.
· This
economical, alternative technology is used today in conjunction with
conventional geology and seismic tools by major exploration companies,
worldwide.
1975-1985 MESCO, Middle East Services Company
Founder and President
United Arab Emirates
· Recognized
a lack of infrastructure and demand for oilfield support services in the Arabian
Gulf due to the rapid rate of growth in oil and gas industry. Positioned and
branded the company to compete with the only twomachine/specialty fabrication
yards in the U.A.E. Created a highly efficient, profitable support service company
providing innovative solutions based on western business models.
· Profitable
in the first year, quickly growing from 12 to 20 employees. Obtained
contracts without bids.
· Secured
a reputation for the company for on-time, accurate, crisis-management output
using creative approaches and out-of-the-box thinking.
· Serviced
the oil and gas industry; electrical power generation; private business; Port
Rashid; Port (Khalid) Sharjah; water departments; sheiks and local businesses.
· Became
the category leader in support services in the U.A.E. with 58 employees
before selling the Machine Shop/Fabrication Division to General Electric in
1980. Became Managing Director General Electric Apparatus and Service Division
from 1980-1984.
· Electrical
Wireline Technical Services Division created in 1978. Obtained contracts in Abu
Dhabi running electric logging services and well monitoring. Ran steering tools used in directional
drilling operations throughout the ArabianGulf Region.
· Aided
in developing viable alternative housing options to address the poor living
conditions of foreign workers in the U.A.E. at that time.
· Underlying
Principles: MESCO was a microcosm of the United Nations employing workers from
the U.S., England, Pakistan, Iraq, India, Thailand, Philippines, Egypt and
Lebanon.Management fostered a positive and productive work environment by
recognizing cultural diversities and by sustaining an equalitarian
infrastructure. MESCO gave special thought to hiring workers whose income would
support economic growth in their home villages. Viable housing, created from
steel shipping containers, was first developed and implemented by MESCO and is
now common throughout many parts of the world.
1974-1975 McDermott International, Inc.,
Anchor Operator
United Arab Emirates
· Lay
Barge 501/, a premier state-of-the-art barge capable of laying pipe ranging
from 8-52 inches. Anchor Operator positions throughout theArabian Gulf,
348 days of the year, often 12-hour days.
· Laid
the world-class 52-inch pipeline on the RasTanura Peninsula from the shore to 9
miles offshore. This pipeline was the first of its kind in the world and
continues to carry over 5 million barrels of oil a day to tankers bound for
global refineries.
Anchor Operator Derrick Barges 17/19
· Heavy
structure construction of offshore platforms and rigs from derick barges.
Performed the heaviest lift of a production facility of its time. It was also the
first time two derrick barges were used, in tandem, to execute a heavy lift.
1973-1974 Otis Engineering Corporation
Wireline Pressure Control Assistant
Dubai, United Arab
Emirates
· Pressure
Control Assistant to Operator
· Performed
downhole maintenance operations on live oil wells.
· Performed
completion operations on Oil and Water Flood wells.
· Performed
the first 4” pipe well completion in the world.
· Assisted
on the A-1 Blowout DPC well with Boots & Coots International Well Control.
1972-1973 Greece, Crete
· Assistant
to hotel designer, sourcing materials, providing
originalconcepts and executing
projects for a resort developer.
1970-1971 Otis Engineering Corporation
Wireline Pressure Control Assistant
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
· Pressure
Control Assistant to Operator
· Preformed
downhole maintenance operations on live oil wells.
· Performed
completion operations on oil wells.
1964-1968 Gulf of Mexico Oil Rigs
Galley Hand/Cook
Small
Business Owner/teen years:
restored and rebuilt washers, dryers and sewing
machines for resale. Gross Profitaverage
per item: 3000%
Expertise Profile:
Licenses: Real Estate-General Sales License, State of
Texas
Insurance, General Lines Agent for
Life, Accident, Health and HMO,
State
of Texas
Skills: Microsoft Office Programs: All
Intuit Programs: QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro, Point of Sale
Other: bookkeeping, profit and loss
statements, balance sheets,
Sales/Marketing, commodity/options
trading, networking
Interests: Economics, finance, commodity trading, history,
cooking, natural health, sports, golf, fishing and fitness. Active and important member of a community
baseball league, average age 30. Twenty-five year member and Past President of
the St Vincent’s DePaul Church Men’s Club, a charitable organization. In 1997,
received the Dwight LeBlanc Award, the highest award given by the club. Member
of the Devine Mercy Choir, St. Michael Catholic Church, Sharjah