J. Brian Searles, President
J. Brian Searles holds a BBA degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame. Searles started his career with KPMG Peat Marwick specializing in Computer Auditing followed by experience at Samsonite Corporation as an international EDP auditor. Searles has been the CFO and COO of oil & gas exploration and production companies. Searles joined Paradigm Technologies in 1984 and held positions in charge of Customer Service & Support, head of Research & Development, and CFO prior to his appointment as President in 1988. In 2000, Petroleum Place purchased Paradigm Technologies, and Searles continued to head up its software subsidiary, P2 Energy Solutions, until 2003.
Wilmer (Bill) W. Thieme, Senior Vice President
In addition to working as a Project Manager on conversion and implementation projects with Trinity Management Consulting, Thieme also heads the Information Technology department at Trinity Petroleum Management. His extensive knowledge of the Excalibur Oil and Gas software results from his role of writing the original software and from serving as the leader of the software development team from 1979 through 2005. Thieme has more than 30 years of Data Processing experience.
Joe Craven, Vice President, Business Development
Joe Craven brings more than 30 years of sales and sales management to Trinity’s business development. He has a BBA in Marketing from the University of Iowa. Joe’s background includes sales experience in a Fortune 500 computer company and over 20 years in the oil and gas software business. He joined Paradigm Technologies (became P2 Energy Solutions in 2000) as a sales representative in 1988 and then served as VP of Sales from 1991 through 2005. From 2005 until joining Trinity in 2007 he was Director of North American Sales for Bolo Systems.
Sherry Pitt, Vice President
Sherry Pitt is engaged as a Conversions, Mergers & Acquisition and Security Project Manager. She holds a degree in Computer Technology and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Pitt’s extensive background includes more than 30 years in information systems, 25 years in oil and gas (accounting, software development, and implementation), and 10 years managing large software development teams. Pitt’s skill sets include business process review and requirements definition, software analysis, design, specifications, testing and implementations, data conversions, software implementation, and customer service and support, including training.
Raymond Flake, Vice President
Raymond brings a highly diversified skill set to the Trinity Management Consulting team. Raymond is a Project Manager, overseeing custom programming projects, and providing technical support assistance to Trinity Management Consulting's customer base. With more than 28 years of oil and gas systems industry experience, Raymond has been a Systems Analyst, Programmer, and Director of Information Technology with a wide range of E&P companies including Pennzoil, Tesoro Petroleum, Hondo Oil & Gas, and Noble Energy, Inc. He has handled the data integration and conversions for multiple acquisitions & divestitures, and supported the Excalibur Land, Production, Gas Control and Financial applications. Raymond’s background also includes managing security, SAN, VoIP, WAN and VPN’s for complex operations. Raymond holds a B.A. degree in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University.
Darrell G. Jones, Senior Consultant
Darrell earned a BBA in Accounting from the University of Texas in 1977 and Texas CPA certificate in 1982. He held various O&G accounting staff, supervisory and management positions with Transco Exploration Co and Howell Petroleum Corp prior to becoming Controller of BlueSky Oil & Gas Inc. Darrell joined Gathers Software in 1982 providing customer implementation and programming services for the Gathers O&G software and then, as product Director, managing the staff responsible for all customer services and software development. Darrell’s involvement with the Excalibur O&G software began in 1987, joining Paradigm Technologies as R&D Manager responsible for software development, then Customer Services Manager, and from 1991 to 2008 the Paradigm/P2 Energy Solutions Vice President responsible for the management of the Excalibur business line operations. Throughout his 21 year Paradigm/P2 tenure Darrell continued to be directly involved with customer implementation, data conversion, and software development projects with emphasis on the Excalibur financial modules and a particular focus on the Asset Management system for which he was lead business analyst, product manager, and company-wide subject matter expert.
Don Bara, Senior Consultant
Don Bara is a programmer analyst specializing in custom programming projects. His extensive programming experience in the oil and gas industry encompasses more than 30 years of programming specializing with the UNIDATA/PRIME/UNIVERSE operating system, UniData System Builder, and HP UNIX System Administration training. Bara’s oil and gas experience includes more than 20 years with the Excalibur Software Suite, both at Hallwood Energy Company and P2 Energy Solutions.
Joe Grande, Senior Consultant
Joe is working on custom programming and reporting using both Oracle and .NET technologies. Grande has more than 8 years of oil & gas IT and software development experience working with back office accounting systems, specializing in Oracle applications. Beginning as a software developer with Oracle Corporation in 1998, Grande made substantial contributions to the internationalization of the Enterprise Upstream software (known then as Oracle Energy). By the end of 2005 as a senior developer at P2 Energy Solutions, Grande designed and developed several business solutions and supported multiple customers while adapting Enterprise Upstream to changing business needs in the property management and revenue accounting areas of the energy industry. Joe holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado.
Tim Hintz, Senior Consultant
Tim holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems, and is currently working toward his Project Management Professional (PMP) designation. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Tim has been involved in all aspects of the software development life cycle. His experience includes providing services for domestic and international joint venture accounting, financial accounting, land management, and production revenue accounting. He has held senior positions including team lead, project manager, and account manager. Tim has expertise in JD Edwards financial accounting as well as fixed assets. Tim is also a certified SAP Materials Management consultant.
Scott Kramer, Senior Consultant
Scott is actively engaged in training, support and data conversion projects for lease records, division orders, production and gas control software. Having been active in the upstream industry since 1980, he started as an independent landman but chose to develop his interest in software for the industry. Scott joined Paradigm Technologies in 1988 where he was actively involved with implementation, ongoing support and software development of the Excalibur software. After leaving Paradigm, he held the position of COO for e2 Business Solutions, a provider of gas control services for oil and gas producers. After e2 Business Solutions and prior to joining Trinity, Scott was the VP of Business Development at LandWorks, Inc. LandWorks provides land management and GIS products to the energy industry. Scott holds a B.S in Aviation Management from Embry Riddle Aeronautical Institution.
Tim Leake, Senior Consultant
Tim Leake is responsible for implementation, training, and conversion projects with the Excalibur Software. He has more than 24 years experience in the oil and gas industry including work as a Landman for Gulf Oil Corporation, Chevron USA, Forest Oil Corporation, Gary-Williams, and Basin Exploration. He holds a BS in Minerals Land Management from the University of Colorado. Leake’s software experience spans more than 10 years as Land System Product Director for P2 Energy Solutions, Excalibur Software. Leake is skilled in conversions, sales demonstrations, software implementation, special project management, training, and the ability to translate client needs into functional software design.
Jayne Manuel, Senior Consultant
Jayne Manuel is a programmer/analyst and project manager specializing in custom programming and software support. She has more than 30 years programming experience, including more than 25 years in the oil and gas industry. Jayne has extensive experience in systems analysis, design and programming as well as data analysis and conversion, customer service and software support on the PRIME INFORMATION, PICK and UNIDATA database management systems. She was instrumental in the first installation of the Excalibur Oil and Gas software in the Houston area in the early 1980s with Tomlinson Interests and has been actively involved in the development and support of the Excalibur software since then with Paradigm Technologies and P2 Energy Solutions prior to joining Trinity Management Consulting.
Susan Mulhern, CPA, Senior Consultant
At Trinity, Sue Mulhern is actively engaged in training and supporting the Excalibur software. Mulhern, a CPA, holds two masters degrees from the University of Colorado in business administration and accounting. Mulhern has more than 18 years oil and gas industry accounting and 12 years oil and gas software support and design. She is experienced with multiple oil and gas industry software systems, including systems using the UniData and Oracle databases. Other skill sets include data analysis and reconciliation, operations and financial reporting, customer service and support, training, data conversions, software analysis, design, specifications and testing, and writing and editing documentation.
Jodie Tribelhorn, Senior Consultant
Jodie Tribelhorn is responsible for implementation and conversion projects on Excalibur and Bolo systems. She has more than 16 years experience in oil and gas accounting with Tom Brown and KN Production. She also has 9 years experience in oil and gas software support for systems using the UniData database, including Excalibur and Bolo. Her other skills include data analysis, operations and financial reporting, and program analysis. She has a BS in Accounting and is an inactive CPA.
Anthony (Tony) Ursetta, Senior Consultant
Tony Ursetta is a Project Manager and Programmer/Business Analyst with over 28 years of information technology experience. He has an extensive background working with Database Integration and data conversion projects related to mergers & acquisitions along with data extraction expertise for property divestitures. Tony has worked with general accounting systems, has a multi-currency system background, and has spent over 19 years working with the Excalibur Energy Management System software. He has worked on application development, customer support and training projects over the course of his career.
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