Jon Ludwig

Jon Ludwig is a proven, entrepreneurial professional with experience ranging from startups to building and managing teams within large organizations.

He founded Novi Labs to apply predictive analytics to hard engineering problems in unconventional oil & gas planning workflows after seeing from a firsthand perspective the challenges engineering teams faced when designing wells. As president of Novi, Ludwig is focused on taking care of Novi’s customers and aligning product strategy to customer needs. Prior to Novi, Ludwig was a Director at Hess Corporation. While with Hess he partnered with the Bakken Subsurface team to found the Predictive Analytics/Big Data program, which is now a cornerstone capability associated with the Hess LEAN manufacturing process for unconventional development. While with Capgemini, Ludwig started, staffed and grew a market leading systems integration consulting practice.

Prior to that, he was a partner at iPath, a boutique system integration firm that became one of EMC’s top systems integration partners in North America. Ludwig’s practice became the growth driver at iPath, leading to its acquisition by Perficient (NASQAQ: PRFT). Post-acquisition, Ludwig continued to serve as Managing Director. Ludwig holds a degree in finance and economics from The University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business.