Abstract

Does digital transformation offer value, or is this topic just the latest fad that will fade away soon enough? Oil & gas consultants frequently discuss digital transformation with oil & gas producers. Oil & gas trade publications are publishing more articles about digital transformation.

Yogi Schulz will describe the following:

• Value of digital transformation that has led to heightened interest.
• Operational irritants that are digital transformation opportunities.
• Reasons why digital transformation is beneficial and not the latest fad that will fade away.
• Best practice approaches to implementing more digital transformation.

Yogi Schulz will describe practical approaches to implementing digital transformation and realizing benefits. His presentation will discuss these digital transformation topics:

1. Common business issues
2. Digital transformation definitions
3. Digital transformation goals
4. Digital transformation opportunities
5. Digital transformation benefits
6. Trends enabling digital transformation
7. Future digital developments
8. Lessons from digital transformation successes and failures

Yogi Schulz founded Corvelle Consulting. The firm specializes in project management and information technology-related management consulting in the upstream oil & gas industry. In recent years, Yogi has advised on using data analytics for business value.

Mr. Schulz has 40 years of Information Systems experience, of which over 35 have been spent as a consultant. He holds a B. Comm. from The University of Calgary. He is a member of PMI and CIPS and holds its ISP designation.

Yogi has presented at many conferences, including oil & gas conferences. Yogi writes a monthly blog at ITWorldCanada.com and Engineering.com. Yogi served as a member of the Board of Directors of the PPDM Association. He has written monthly columns for Computing Canada and The Calgary Herald that address IT management issues.