Author Profile

Simon Cushing
Sr Director Analyst
6 years at Gartner, 29 years' experience
Location: United Kingdom | Language(s): English, Spanish (working knowledge)
Roles and Responsibilities
Simon Cushing is a Research Director in the Energy and Utilities team, focused on the upstream oil and gas industry. Mr. Cushing has more than 28 years international oil and gas experience in IT consulting, operations management, business development and leadership.
Background
Previous Experience
Mr. Cushing joined Gartner from a firm specializing in data and information management, upstream modeling and production management technologies where he ran the Professional Services organization and the Solutions Group providing strategy consulting. Having begun his career offshore with Schlumberger, Mr. Cushing worked in geophysical surveying before joining Halliburton where he held consulting, operational management and business development roles. He has specialized in the application of digital and information management technologies to business performance. As a consultant, Mr. Cushing has advised oil and gas companies of all types across the asset life cycle in areas including data and information management, enterprise architecture, upstream interpretation and modeling technology, and digital oil field technologies. Mr. Cushing's leadership roles have included Head of Professional Services for an oil and gas consulting firm and Head of Solutions where he established the company technical strategy and managed strategic consulting. He has extensive experience working with supermajors, national oil companies and independents in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.
Professional Background
- Halliburton, Operations Manager, Managing Consultant, Business Development Manager, 11 years
- Schlumberger and Others, Field Engineer, Seismologist, 5 years
- Venture Information Management, Head of Professional Services and Head of Solutions, 12 years
Education
- B.S. (2:1), Geophysical Sciences, Lancaster University
- M.S., Petroleum Geology, Imperial College, London
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Use-Case Prism: AI in Oil and Gas -
24 August 2023
Tool: Gartner Essential Frameworks for Energy and Utilities -
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Forecast Analysis: Enterprise IT Spending Across Vertical Industries, Worldwide
- 06 November 2023 - 09 November 2023 IT Symposium/Xpo
- 28 November 2023 - 30 November 2023 IT Symposium/Xpo
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