Welcome, let’s learn more about our two show co-hosts.
Mark LaCour
In his career, Mark has sold over $305 million to the oil & gas industry and has had over 2200 meetings with almost every oil & gas company that you can name. He’s done business in the North Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the UK, Middle East, Mexico, Canada, Norway, Scotland, Brazil and in the good ol’ US of A. He is the Director of Public Relations for the American Petroleum Institute (the API) Houston chapter, the largest group representing the oil & gas industry to congress. And he has a well-earned reputation as an industry “insider” and independent 3rd party market researcher. He is an author, sits on several oil & gas boards, has one of the top oil & gas presences in social media and when he not volunteering his time teaching STEM’s at local schools he helps other companies sell their products and services to oil and gas companies at modalpoint.com.
Patrick Pistor
Patrick Pistor is the founder and managing director of Lean Oilfield, LLC. He has diverse experience in the oil and gas industry and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. He is focused on business process improvement and digital marketing management for the oil and gas industry.
Patrick has worked for several offshore drilling contractors in operations, sales and marketing, process improvement and QHSE in the Gulf of Mexico, the Black Sea, Angola, Australia and Singapore. He is a member of several oil and gas industry organizations, and is the Director of Communications for the International Association of Drilling Contractors – Houston Chapter board of directors.
Patrick is dedicated to sharing his knowledge of best practices in the oil and gas industry with the global oil and gas community. If you need to increase the number of qualified leads you get online or improve your business processes, you can contact Patrick at leanoilfield.com.
