Oil & Gas Advisory
Optimize your strategic direction and digital projects for defensibility in a transparent industry.
Beyond Benchmarks to Business Value
ISG is a global leader in sourcing and advisory transactions, with a proven track record of supporting the largest global oil and gas companies. Our experienced advisors provide actionable insights that drive efficiency and align outcomes to measurable business value.
Our mission is to help clients achieve operational excellence. As the market leader in IT sourcing transactions, both in volume and value, we've built an unparalled foundation of data, analytics, and market intelligence. This has enabled us to assemble a comprehensive and unique set of data, analytics that covers not only quantitative metrics like rates and pricing, but also qualitative views on personnel productivity, contract SLAs, contract lengths, service quality, as well as the sourcing trends shaking up the industry. All of this gives us unmatched insight into operational, financial and commercial best practices. We make these insights actionable by setting up a custom dashboard that compares your contracts with best practices and give recommendations on the supporting KPIs and SLAs that drive business value, customer experience and performance.
Talk to us about how we can help you get more value out of your partner ecosystem and technology investments today.
Provider Research
ISG's full research report on the Utilities industry is a 60+ pages, thorough comparison of needs, trends and providers in the industry. To access the full report and a complimentary briefing on it, contact us!
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Client Stories
Meet Our Team
Dale Hearn
Partner
Dale Hearn
Over the past decade with ISG, Dale has shared with clients his expertise in corporate finance, strategic planning and technical operations, including scope-of-work and service-level agreements. He is extremely proficient in contract negotiations. His IT experience covers mainframe, data centers, systems integration, midrange servers, managed network services, end-user computing and help desk. He has helped complete acquisitions by coordinating tax, legal, finance, accounting and senior management teams. His clients benefit from his market intelligence insights in the IT industry and identification of strategic service providers. Dale has an MBA with a concentration in finance.
Sam Barringer
Director
Sam Barringer
Sam Barringer is a results-driven consulting leader with over 17 years’ experience helping organizations maximise the value of their technology investments.
As co-lead of ISG’s EMEA Benchmarking capability, Sam partners with CIOs and CFOs to drive measurable improvements in IT efficiency, effectiveness, and experience.
A firm believer in the Peter Drucker principle — “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” — Sam applies data-driven insights and ISG’s market intelligence to deliver sustainable performance gains and informed investment decisions.
Shannon Collins
Business Development Executive
Shannon Collins
As a member of ISG’s Business Development Executive team for the Energy Industry, Shannon brings her 25+ years of experience to clients to help meet their strategic objectives. She offers ISG clients comprehensive negotiations experience and her proven expertise and extensive knowledge of the outsourcing industry.
Herve Ferrouillat
Partner
Michael Gale
Partner
Michael Gale
As Partner and Regional Leader, ANZ and Asia Pacific, Michael has overall responsibility for all of ISG’s APAC services. He also takes an active role delivering and leading engagements for key clients. Michael is a seasoned technology and management consultant and provides a unique view of technology and business process sourcing industry across Asia Pacific. His experience and industry insights help deliver client value and drive ISG’s success in the region.
Sven Geissler
Partner
Sven Geissler
Sven’s international background and experience in outsourcing IT services has helped numerous ISG clients through the entire sourcing lifecycle. He has supported many large, multinational transactions in the manufacturing, utility and retail sectors, guiding teams through every phase of the sourcing cycle, from development of sourcing strategies to creation of the RFP, due diligence, negotiation, transition and transformation. Sven’s depth of knowledge assures a complete assessment of all outsourcing transactions, including the financial aspects involved in the transfer of personnel, third-party contracts and assets as well as the holistic design of technical and service management solutions. He has the experience to help clients see market and commercial opportunities, even in the most complex situations.
Glenn Gifford
Director
David Locke
Business Development Executive
David Locke
David is Client Partner and Managing Director in the UK ISG Business. At ISG, he is privileged to lead, motivate and support talented colleagues in building solutions that have enabled his clients to become the most competitive in the world. With over 20 years’ experience in business and technology, David is renowned for his ability to build businesses, enable clients and develop markets.
Brad Thompson
Business Development Executive
Brad Thompson
As a Business Development Executive, Brad brings 30+ years of experience in the IT services industry to help shape clients’ strategies and plans to drive business efficiency and growth. Brad approaches clients without an agenda and listens intently to understand their concerns, challenges, and opportunities to ultimately craft a solution that meets the clients where they are and takes them where they want to go.
