Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> January 17, 2013

Interview with the Senior Vice President, Operations Shared Services: Cenovus Energy Inc. (CVE)

Zieglgansberger, Drew
Drew Zieglgansberger, Senior Vice President, Operations Shared Services, for Cenovus Energy Inc., is responsible for the oversight and management of all operations shared services throughout Cenovus. This includes operations training, regulatory and environmental compliance and applications, transportation regulatory, technical services, community relations, military liaison, project controls, camp operations, earthworks, geophysical acquisition, drilling, supply chain management and business excellence. Mr. Zieglgansberger began his career as a drilling rig roughneck in the early 1990s before establishing his own oilfield services consulting company. He joined one of Cenovus’ predecessor companies in 1999 as Drilling Coordinator for the SAGD pilot project beginning at Foster Creek. He has over 18 years of oil and natural gas experience in drilling, completions, stakeholder relations and managing capital projects and operations. Mr. Zieglgansberger has an advanced executive certificate from Queen's University and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Canadian Heavy Oil Association. He is currently enrolled and taking the Global Energy Executive MBA course through the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and a picture of the things you’re doing at the present time?

Mr. Zieglgansberger: We’re a Canadian