Lee Jordan, Ph.D.
GATE Energy CEO
Supporting the operational excellence of the GATE Energy team of companies in supporting project management, engineering, commissioning, field services and production staffing for the energy value chain.
Grant Gibson
GATE Energy Founder & Chairman of the Board of Directors & Director of Singapore
Grant started GATE back in 2000 with his brother Jonny. “I have the honor of leading a great team of professionals to build a legendary company known for Doing it Right the First Time.”
Raymond Turner
CFO
Raymond Turner is an accomplished senior executive with a dynamic blend of financial and operational experience. As CFO, Raymond is responsible for GATE’s financial and accounting strategies, policies and best practices essential for success.
Karthik Annadorai
President & CRO
Karthik’s focus is growing the firm internationally, overseeing the level of value and service that our clients have come to expect from us, and maximizing value to our shareholders.
Jorge Garduno
President of Viking Engineering
Jorge Garduno has a broad range of experience in the oil industry with the majority of his experience in deepwater developments and specializes in the areas of Subsea Well Operations, Production Engineering, Flow Assurance, Subsea Engineering, and Operations Readiness. He leads Viking's strategic plans and firm's direction as well as integration with GATE Energy.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Mark Myhre
President of GATE Energy Commissioning
Mark is focused on growing the strength in depth of our teams while developing and implementing the strategy that will guide the evolution of GATE’s commissioning delivery in the years to come.
Crystal Yoes
President of BlueFin Pipeline, Process and Industrial Services
Responsible for the strategic vision of the BlueFin Pipeline, Process and Industrial field services business unit.
Phone: 337.551.6975
Charles “Chuck” Centore
President of GATE Energy Project Management & Engineering
Charles "Chuck" Centore is an experienced business executive with a track record of understanding core business drivers and developing effective strategies that enhance profitability, mitigate risk, and increase shareholder and company value.
Matt Downs
Director of Business Development
Matt Downs is a commercial leader with more than 25 years of experience helping industrial organizations achieve sustainable growth through strategic business development, engineering collaboration, and disciplined commercial execution.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Hesketh Streeter
Executive Vice President
Hesketh is an international C Level Oil and Gas executive who has 47 years of knowledge and expertise in all sectors of the industry. He focuses on the future strategic direction, senior client management interaction, and integration of Viking’s core service areas, to access new business opportunities. He also develops a strategic advisory, performance, and risk management unit to complement the Viking expert technical capability that delivers reliable, innovative, and cost-effective solutions to challenging operational and integrity issues.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Steve Bradley
Quality Assurance Director
Steve has over 40 years of experience working in the Upstream and Midstream sector of the Oil & Gas industry. His expertise is in drilling and completion equipment, with his specialty being in OCTG’s and threads. He has conducted Vendor Audits/Assessments for compliance to both ISO 9001 and API Q1 of many OCTG manufacturers and processors around the world.
Phone: 281.870.2476
Nick Haddad
Operations Manager | Quality Assurance
Nick is a quality professional who has been in the quality arena for more than 14 years. He currently holds certifications as an AWS Certified Welding Inspector and ASQ Certified Quality Inspector. Additionally, previously held his NACE CIP Level 1 and NDE Level II MT, PT, and UT Level 1.
Cesar Almazan
Lab Metallurgical Specialist
Cesar has half a decade of experience working in RD and metallurgical labs across Houston. He is currently pursuing a degree in Engineering and Material Science.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Alvaro Chan, P.E.
Failure Investigations Manager
Alvaro Chan, P.E., is a Materials and Mechanical Engineering Consultant with Viking Engineering and brings more than 25 years of experience in metallurgy, materials engineering, failure analysis, laboratory testing, and technical consulting. Throughout his career, he has supported the energy industry in engineering, product development, asset integrity, and operational reliability roles across North and South America.
Sampath Bukkaraju, P.E.
Engineering Manager | Viking Digital Services
Sampath Bukkaraju is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas with over 16 years of experience in the management and execution of deep water, shallow water and onshore projects in GoM, Permian, South Texas, West Africa, Caribbean Waters and Offshore Brazil.
Barry Cresap, P.E.
Director | Well Engineering
Barry has over 20 years of oil and gas experience, primarily working as a lead / senior drilling engineer over a variety of campaigns and rig types including land rigs, jack-ups, semi-submersibles, and drillships. His engineering experience spans across both conventional and unconventional designs and operational practices including deepwater, shelf, and horizontal drilling.
Phone: 281.870.8455
John Hillier, P.E.
Well Engineering Advisor
Professional Engineer with over 40 years of industry experience. Employers have included Exxon (2 yrs), UPRC (11 yrs), Sonat E&P (5 yrs), Devon (10 yrs) and VIKING (12 yrs). Work has been primarily related to drilling and production operations and has included assignments in both domestic and international work locations with positions ranging from staff engineer, supervisor, drilling superintendent, and drilling manager.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Carl K. Johnson
Well Engineering Advisor
Carl attended Marietta College where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Parveen Sachdeva, Ph.D.
Engineering Manager | Renewables & Special Projects
Parveen Sachdeva has over 18 years of oilfield experience. His expertise is in critical well design, flow assurance modeling and thermal analysis of wellbore heat transfer.
Phone: 281.870.8455
Jaime Avendano
Senior Drilling Engineer
Jaime Avendano is a Senior Drilling Engineer with 27 years of experience in land and offshore operations across the Gulf of Mexico, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.
Phone: 281.870.8455