Patrick Bangert
Chief of AI
Occidental Petroleum
Patrick Bangert is the VP & Chief of AI for Oxy (Occidental Petroleum), and a Co-Chair of the San Francisco CDAO Community. With a PhD in mathematics, Patrick Bangert founded algorithmica technologies serving the energy sector in predictive maintenance and process optimization. After exiting, Samsung Group had him lead the AI team, pursuing multiple applications across consumer and medical devices. Moving to the professional services sector, he led two business units at Searce running a portfolio of AI and data analytics projects. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking and baking cakes or cookies.
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Give us a brief overview of the path that led to your current role.
When I started, I used to think technical problems needed technical solutions. Then I learned to incorporate domain knowledge. Later, communication and project management joined. Change management came after that. Lately, I've come to value trusted relationships highly. The path is one of personal improvement over time on which I've tried to learn what elements in what combination lead to lasting business outcomes that are a win-win situation for all involved. It's the learning that drives me and the strong desire to leave an impact.
What is one of your guiding leadership principles?
Transparency. Trust. Loyalty. Practicality. Everyone should know what's going on, have faith that the team has their back, generate faith that they will have the team's back, and do work that moves the needle in the messy real world.
What is the greatest challenge facing CDAOs today, and how are you addressing it?
Managing a portfolio of projects with diverse aims and technologies is the main challenge and we are solving it by creating maximum transparency so that each participant can see the big picture and understand how they, and their project, fit into it.
What is the key to success for someone just starting out as a CDAO?
Create relationships of trust with key stakeholders who must be identified.
How do you measure success as a leader?
When you say, "I've got this," the questions stop. The prime job of the leader is to generate trust in all directions. This involves several elements including delivering results and doing what you say. Trust must be developed not only in the leader but the whole team and the team itself must also trust the leader.
What is the value of being a member of the Evanta community?
Access to a tremendous group of peers who have been there and done that, and who share their experience and knowledge freely. It has led to good decisions being made and bad decisions avoided. The network generates good ideas and validates ideas you have had previously. Evanta is like a concierge to the network, helping to find the right peer for the right challenge. It's the best actively managed network I know.
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