Curtis Cheatham

Curtis Cheatham has over 30 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry. Curtis began their career in 1989 as Manager of Drilling Engineering and Technical Services at Baroid Corporation. In 1995, they moved to Dresser Industries as Manager of Strategic Marketing. In 1998, they became Director at Westport Technology Center International. From 2001 to 2017, they were President of CiCi's Wise Owls Drilling Engineering Consultants, LLC. In 2005, they joined Weatherford as Chief Drilling Engineer in Geoscience Development, where they were an Adviser for Geoscience Development in drillling engineering analysis software, real-time drilling optimization, and Managed Pressure Drilling. Curtis was also Team Leader for Torque and Drag analysis. In 2017, they joined Corva as Vice President of the Corva Research & Development Team and Senior Drilling Engineering Advisor.

Curtis Cheatham attended Rice University from 1970 to 1975, where they earned a B.S. and Masters in Mechanical Engineering.