Top 10 Energy CIOs - 2025

Ryan Kelley has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer since January 2022. Prior to joining Par Pacific, Mr. Kelley served as both Chief Information Officer and Chief Procurement Officer for Motiva Enterprises, LLC.

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Challenges Facing the Energy Sector

By: Ryan Kelley, Chief Information Officer, Par Pacific Holdings

“It is critical to broaden our network and have a balanced group of individuals to bounce ideas and discuss career growth opportunities.”

Olivier Lhommet leada the digital transformation of the company with the introduction of mobile devices on 60+ offshore drilling vessels, the successful migration to Office 365, Microsoft Azure for data centers, Azure data lake gen 2 for business intelligence source, and the architecture and rollout of the analytics at the edge project across the offshore assets

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Navigating Industry Challenges and Embracing Technological Advancements

By: Olivier Lhommet, chief information officer at Valaris Limited

“The strategy and role that a CIO should have in order to run their organization in a seamless manner involves staying informed about trends and potential changes in regulation and customer needs.”

IT Professional with progressive experience in the design, architecture and project management of business intelligence tools. Hands-on leader with an excellent customer service record for meeting and exceeding expectations. Adept at creating and growing teams that bring business value and positively impact the bottom line.

Sr. IT Executive offering 35+ years practical and progressive career successes in the Development of Business Aligned IT Strategies. Experienced in C-Suite and Board presentations relating to technology & cybersecurity strategies with a focus on how those strategies delver business value. Passionate about effective leadership and developing highly effective leadership teams.

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Technological Trends in the Oil and Gas Industry

By: Joe Carroll, Chief Information Officer, CITGO Petroleum Corporation

“In the energy industry, cybersecurity is becoming increasingly important. Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated, and organizations must ensure that they are secure and ready to respond in the case of a cybersecurity event.”

David Myers is an operational and IT executive with over 25+ years of combined experience in oil and gas, operational consulting, retail, and financial services. For the last 4.5 years, he has served as the Chief Information Officer at Diversified Energy, where he is responsible for acquisition integration, IT, cloud/infrastructure, operational technologies.

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Driving Scalability by Transforming into Cloud

By: David Myers, Chief Information Officer at Diversified Energy

“To drive change in an organization, hiring good and capable leaders is crucial to your success.  We would not be successful without a good team.”

Chantale Rondeau is an accomplished Technology & Cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of experience in the Energy and Aerospace industries, including leading large scale Digital Transformation projects and M&A transitions

David Harmon is the Chief Information Officer at Oil States International. Oil States International, Inc. is a global products and services company predominantly serving the drilling, completion, subsea, production and infrastructure sectors of the energy industry.

Martina Schoultz is the Global Chief Information Officer at Gilbarco Veeder-Root. Gilbarco Veeder-Root is the global leader in technology solutions, from the forecourt to the c-store. At Gilbarco, we're the industry leader because we understand the fueling industry, our customers and what today's business needs demand.

Over 20 years experience defining, designing, implementing, supporting and auditing enterprise systems and processes. 17 years upstream oil & gas experience focused on process, system and data optimization to integrate and accelerate through the value chain.

Pedro Buhigas serves as Kodiak's Chief Information Officer. Before joining Kodiak in 2021, Pedro served as Chief Information and Technology Officer at Basic Energy Services, Vice President – Information Technology at TETRA Technologies, and Stallion Oilfield Services

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Harnessing AI's Potential in the Energy Industry

By: Pedro Buhigas, chief information officer at Kodiak Gas

“I strive to make the business more efficient by leveraging technology and technology-assisted processes.”