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Frank joined the W Energy team in 2020 and currently serves as Associate Vice President of Sales. He has 14 years of experience in various sales roles and enjoys helping clients across the oil and gas industry achieve strategic transformation. Frank earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Baylor University.
Whitney joined W Energy Software in 2013 and currently serves as the Vice President of Human Resources. She is passionate about building strategies and initiatives focused on solving business and people challenges. Whitney earned a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Rogers State University and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management from Oklahoma State University.
Vipul Bansal brings in 20+ years of technology experience helping organizations build scalable solutions. In his role as VP of Engineering, Vipul leads the platform engineering teams delivering robust ERP solutions and plays a critical role in helping W Energy remain at the forefront of innovation. Prior to joining W Energy, Vipul was Head of Engineering for Seven Lakes Technologies building truly cloud-native SaaS solution for oilfield production, field operations and production accounting. Vipul received his Master’s from Wayne State University and holds a Bachelor’s in engineering from Sardar Patel University.
David has over 20 years of experience in Upstream Oil & Gas spanning the IT strategy, design and implementation disciplines as well as extensive experience in data warehousing, business analytics, revenue accounting, production accounting and land applications. He earned a BA in Business Administration and Management and his MBA from Baylor University.
Andy has 30 years of oil and gas experience which have been focused on technology leadership roles. He has extensive experience in commercial software delivery, product management, and product life cycle. Mr. James joined W Energy Software in January 2023, prior to which he served 10 years at IHS Markit where he led the global software development organization for the upstream oil and gas business. Key contributions include leading the geoscience software organization, migration of key platform technologies to the cloud, and Agile development transformation. Mr. James also spent 20 years in global roles in London, Holland, and Houston with Halliburton, including stints with KBR, Halliburton Integrated Solutions, and finally Landmark Graphics.
Michael earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky and holds an MBA from the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. He began his career at LaSalle Bank in Chicago, later transitioning to an asset management firm, leading efforts to optimize internal processes and manage data flow across the organization. Michael has over 20 years of experience in FP&A, accounting, information systems management and capital markets.
Mike holds B.S. degrees in Business Administration, Computer Science and Communications from Minnesota State University. He has been an executive and operator in the IT Technology space for 25+ years and was most recently CEO at Optanix, a leading technology and managed services provider. While under Crest’s leadership, Optanix achieved unprecedented growth before eventually exiting successfully through its acquisition by ATSG. Before Optanix, he was CEO of Arcserve, a leading provider of data protection and availability solutions and carve-out of CA Technology. He brings experience from leading go-to-market efforts to guiding companies through organizational change and growth.
Rachel Collins joins W with over 30 plus years of value-driven organizational change experience. Prior to W, Rachel was general manager of Gilbarco Veeder-Root (A VNT operating company). Most recently, Rachel served as Senior Vice President at Aurea Software (ESW Capital/Trilogy), where she oversaw acquisitions and promoted the company’s most significant take-private initiatives, including FedRamp and JIVE software and . Rachel is responsible for over a billion annual recurring revenue from 2013 to 2019. She is also the founder of an industry-leading java development and middleware integration consulting firm for the technology sector.
Rachel graduated from LSU as Cum Laude with a B.S. in Information Systems and Decision Sciences. Also, a May 2019 graduate with Magna Cum Laude honors from Colorado State University, with a Master of Finance.
