• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Hussein Shel

Microsoft Corporation

Azure Global, Principal Program Manager

Hussein Shel, Program Manager of Microsoft Azure Big Compute, Oil and Gas, has been working closely with high-performance computing clients around the globe, including Chevron, Exxon, Shell, Repsol, Schlumberger. Mr. Shel also helped grow the oil and gas vertical through direct customer engagement, independent software vendor recruiting and enablement, field training, and product feedback. Prior to joining the Azure Global Industry team and Azure Big Compute R&D, he served as Account Technology Strategist dedicated to the Royal Dutch Shell account. In this capacity, he led multiple efforts around big data and analytics across upstream, trading, and retail. Previously, Mr. Shel was Chevron’s Global Drilling & Completions (D&C) Enterprise Architect, where he led the development and management of D&C’s overall business, information, application, and technology architecture. He also developed D&C’s big data and analytics program—Data Lab—to develop and deploy D&C solutions leveraging machine learning. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shel led the development of Chevron’s North America Unconventional Assets Target Architecture and helped shape the end-to-end IT landscape for unconventionals across multiple business units in North America. Mr. Shel has also served as Program Manager for the Upstream Workflow Transformation program of the Chevron Mid-Continent Business Unit (MCBU), and he helped define and design the overall architecture and solutions for MCBU’s digital field business solutions as it relates to production and operations.

Sessions With Hussein Shel

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 11:35am - 12:35pm (CST) / -

    Is Data the New Oil?

    Panel Technology/Innovation

    For over a century, oil has been one of the most valuable commodities and helped to create the modern global economy. As companies find new ways to derive value from analyzing the data associated with finding, producing, processing, and marketing this commodity, it too is becoming a key resource and source of competitive advantage. What steps are companies taking to ensure ownership and access to the data generated by their assets, and what new opportunities are emerging from it?

  • 09:00am - 05:00pm (CST) / -

    Agora Pods: Afternoon Sessions