Dayanara Betancourt, MBA

Dayanara Betancourt, MBA has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Dayanara began their career in 2000 as a Reservoir Engineer at Petrolera Ameriven (PDVSA - Chevron Texaco - Conoco Phillips). In this role, they served as a team member dedicated to Hamaca Field development plan located in Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt. Her responsibilities included reservoir simulation, reserves evaluation, reservoir surveillance, well planning, and regular presentations to internal and external stakeholders.

In 2007, Dayanara joined Halliburton as a Reservoir Simulation Engineer, followed by a promotion to Reservoir Simulation Engineer Sr. and then Project Manager / Reservoir engineering advisor. In this role, they provided reservoir engineering technical expertise to several clients in the US and abroad. Her services included field development plan for several assets, development plan optimization and uncertainty analysis, reservoir characterization, economic and acquisition evaluation. Dayanara was responsible for project definition to delivery, from business development to project management and reservoir engineering evaluations.

Most recently, in 2020, Dayanara began working as an Independent Consultant at Halliburton. In 2021, they became an Account Manager at Tachyus.

Dayanara Betancourt, MBA has an extensive educational background. Dayanara obtained a Master in Business Administration degree from Universidad de Oriente (VE) in 2005, after studying there from 2002 to 2005. Dayanara also obtained a Petroleum Engineer degree from the same university between 1993 and 1999. In 2020, they enrolled in Thinkful to pursue a Data Science degree, which they are currently still pursuing. Additionally, they have obtained 5 certifications from various institutions, such as LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Stanford University, between March and August of 2020.