McDermott: Trends in Offshore Oil & Gas - GineersNow GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 021, McD | Page 36

November Rain is what I played to help my daughter sleep when she
was six months old (she’s 24 and a solicitor in London, so no obvious
psychological side effects)
If you weren’t in your current position in McDermott, what
would be your dream job and why?
Teaching heat transfer and thermodynamics at a university. Or
an archeologist specializing in the Indus valley civilization and
Mesopotamia, both the earliest civilizations known to us and both at
their peak 2,500 BC, so 4,500 years ago.
If you could have dinner with anyone in the world – past or
present – who would it be and why?
Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi on the same table. How, in
the face of such brutality, they could both maintain their belief in non-
violence.
Do you speak any languages other than English? Which ones?
If not, what language would you most like to learn?
Speak passable Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi – languages of the Indian Sub-
continent and am learning Spanish.
Biggest priority for you and your team (McDermott) right now?
To be recognized as the most innovative engineering company in the
energy space.
If you had a crystal ball, where would you like to see
McDermott 10 years from now?
Number one in deepwater subsea and shallow water offshore oil and
gas and top tier in the offshore energy space.
Two things you think McDermott does better than anyone
else?
Deliver safely
Three words you think our customers would use to describe
McDermott?
Safety, reliable delivery, and quality.
If you were a customer of McDermott, what would your
expectation be of the company?
Deliver as promised safely.
Best advice you have ever been given (career or other)?
There are stars beyond what your eye can see.
Best advice you ever gave someone (career or other)?
Follow your dreams.
What would you like it to say on McDermott”s 100-year
birthday cake?
The best years are ahead of us.
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Oil Gas Leaders • May 2017