Mr. Ochterbeck attended UC Santa Barbara and received his B.S. in Physical Geography in 2006. Since graduation he has been working for Landmark Graphics, Houston in his client’s real-time well design, execution, and collaboration center supporting both deep-water Gulf of Mexico and Brazil planning and drilling operations. Mr. Ochterbeck recently co-authored a technical paper on the benefits of early collaboration among drilling engineers and earth scientists when designing and operating complex wells. He is attending the program part-time focusing on Geology and is completing his internship project with Chevron. Chris was the recipient of a BP Scholarship Award. Chris accepted a new position at Halliburton in their Sales Division.