Professional Profile

Kevin Morris - PMP, BBA

Senior Director

KMorris@PMIAdvisors.com
P: 800-816-9630 x 720

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Kevin is an experienced Program/Project Manager offering 28 years of success, leading all phases of projects. With Shell, he delivered over 25 business portfolio projects globally having impacted every business unit and function in Shell, including Upstream and Downstream. These projects consisted of single asset sales, full country exits and taking a company (Shell Midstream Partners) to IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, he managed the business and functional workstreams, as well as the IT workstream. Kevin is viewed as an expert in the acquisition and divestment community in program management and IT.

EXPERIENCE

Shell Oil US, Houston TX   -    

    Acquisitions and Divestments Senior Project Manager/Americas

Highlights:

  • Delivered over 16 business portfolio transactions that touched every business unit and function in Shell, including Upstream and Downstream; as well as led and participated in multiple Value Assurance Reviews, Pre-Investment Reviews and Pre-Deployment Reviews
  • These transactions have consisted of single asset sale, full country exits, and taking a company to initial public offering (IPO)
  • The transactions have brought anywhere from $1M to over $1B in value per transaction to Shell
  • Through the successful on-time delivery, reduced cost of delivery and enabled the business to realize the overall value of the transaction and moved on to seek other business opportunities

Responsibilities:

Support the business using the Opportunity Realization Standards (ORS), which includes, but is not limited to, the following processes:

  • Opportunity Framing Workshops
  • Due Diligence
  • Data Room
  • PCI, PCN, GIP/GDP, SPA/PSA
  • Management Presentations
  • Identifying commercial levers
  • Buyer workshops
  • Planning the transition
  • Close the deal
  • Transitioning the business to the buyer

     Senior Project Manager

Successfully delivered numerous technical and non-technical IT projects for Shell Downstream in the following areas:

  • Cutover Manager for US Lubes eRouter EDI Reconnect to GSAP
  • Managed Fast Lubes Global Program
  • Integrated new credit card processor and delivered gift card to 2500+ Jiffy Lubes stores
  • Retrofitted Jiffy Lubes POS to Malaysia Autoserve
  • Globalized Jiffy Lubes POS and delivered for Jiffy Lubes entry into China
  • Led and participated in multiple Pre-Investment Reviews and Pre-Deployment Reviews

     Project Manager

Successfully delivered numerous technical and non-technical IT projects for Shell Downstream in the following areas;

  • Included in this were over 10 business portfolio transactions:
  • Pipeline/Terminal Divestiture – Everything East of the Rockies - $1B
  • Various Pipeline applications including eNoniniation Energy/Xchange
  • Pipeline Handheld integrated with to SAP for field technicians to perform maintenance and inspections
  • Tax Systems – integrated newly developed tax system into SAP
  • GI@SSI Deliver – Managed the rollout of GI to SSI
  • Delivered EDI solution to Martinez and NORCO Refineries
  • Various Upstream Mergers, Divestitures and Asset Realignments

 

Automated Business Solutions, Inc. Houston TX

     Owner / Consultant

  • Outsourced Slick 50 Products Corp IT Services
  • Worked with Quaker State Corp. to merge Slick 50 Products Corp’s distribution and accounting system into Blue Coral Corp’s distribution and accounting system
  • Worked with Quaker State Corp. on Expansion of WAN to Incorporate Slick 50 and Blue Coral into a Frame Relay WAN
  • Designed installed and supported WANs and LANs for multiple clients

 

Xnet, Inc., Houston TX

     Project Manager

  • Managed small to medium size projects
  • Outsourced Slick 50 Products Corp IT Services
  • Designed, installed and supported network servers, for multiple clients
  • Configured internet servers

 

Slick 50 Products Corp. Houston TX  

     Technical Systems Supervisor

  • Managed Communications/EDI department and PC support
  • Designed and implemented LAN/WAN
  • Developed and published hardware and software standards
  • Databases Administrator, UNIX Administrator, and Programmer

 

Overall Strengths:

  • Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels in the organization
  • Proven Program/Project Manager
  • Well respected and liked in the business and IT community at Shell and external
  • Extensive network built in the business units, functions and IT community at Shell
  • Proven track record of delivering on commitment
  • Great customer relations
  • Thrive in highly political, risky and pressure situations
  • Highly effective project manager with strong business and technical acumen
  • Great interpersonal skills helping individuals feel valued
  • Positive attitude and a good sense of humor
  • Ability to build trusted relationships
  • "Can do" attitude and always ready to take on challenging work

 

EDUCATION 

  • B.A., Computer Information System, Northeast Louisiana University
  • PMP August 2005
  • Masters Certificate in Project Management, George Washington University

 

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