Walter Castro, MBA is an accomplished business development, sales and operations manager in the oil, gas, and energy resources industry. He has amassed extensive expertise in identifying and defining business opportunities and challenges, developing solutions through creative engineering, and maximizing profitability through strategic application of technology.

Through his specialized work in Wireline Services and reservoir evaluation, Walter has excelled in business performance analysis. He has effectively managed operations in varying environments, including land, offshore and remote locations, and organizations of different sizes, such as National Oil Companies, International Majors, local companies, and global corporations. With strengths ranging from significant technical experience to growing market share through brand development and building competitive advantage for maximum margins and returns, Walter is a valuable asset to any company.

Walter's international experience and versatile expertise are remarkable. He has worked and lived in various countries such as Italy, USA (Texas, Louisiana, Florida, California, Pennsylvania), México, Nicaragua, France, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Perú, and Malaysia. He brings his organizational and coordination expertise in integrated services and multi-company strategic alliances and joint ventures. Walter has hands-on experience in operations, engineering, technical sales, marketing, business development, contracts development and cost optimization, IS projects, joint ventures, and project management in the oil and natural gas industry.

Walter's expertise in Wireline oil and gas services is broad and technically detailed. His experience ranges over Formation Evaluation Services such as Resistivity, Nuclear, Sonic, Magnetic Resonance, Dielectric, Resistivity & Sonic Imaging, Formation Fluid Testing and Fluid/Rock Sampling, Geophysical/Seismic, Reservoir Evaluation and Production WL logging, Completion and Mechanical services, Perforating systems, Operation Deployment & Risk Reduction systems, Hostile Environment services, Data Delivery, Pipe Recovery, LWD, and MDW.

Furthermore, Walter's geoscience and reservoir engineering applications expertise includes Wellbore positioning, Geomechanics and pressure management, Formation Evaluation & Mineralogy, Geological Characterization, Geophysical Services, Production monitoring, Wellbore Integrity, Wellbore Imaging, Formation Testing, Petrophysics, and Cement Evaluation. He is an expert in designing drilling, reservoir evaluation, completion, and production programs for maximum/optimum ROI/Margin Returns in unconventional shale formations, specifically Engineered Completions.

Other areas where Walter has excelled include market analysis, business planning, financial performance direction, business strategies, tactics, and compliance.