Ashley Pedersen

"Ashley worked for me in our Operations organization for nearly three years.  During that time, she displayed a knack for developing and integrating multiple ideas into concrete processes and systems that unlocked tremendous value for our company.  Ashley also brings a high energy entrepreneurial style of leadership to motivate and inspire every level of the organization to think differently about our results.  She effectively and consistently works and influences well above her assigned roles.

Most recently, she developed a framework to integrate new methods for innovation, continuous improvement, and project management within our company’s entire operations.  Her program led to multiple successful projects that improved business performance and contributed to the company achieving the lowest operating costs and best safety performance on record. Ashley has unlimited potential as a problem solver, innovator, teacher, and leader.  She demonstrates the rare ability to inspire others, create and implement big ideas, and achieve real and lasting results.  I highly recommend Ashley for innovation, continuous improvement, project management, and leadership roles.  She learns quickly, can operate at multiple levels, and delivers results."
Brian Pugh, Chief Innovation Officer at BPX Energy

"In 2013, I was accepted into Colorado Oil & Gas Association’s EnGen program. This is a one-year, curriculum-based, highly selective leadership development program tailored to emerging leaders in Colorado’s Oil & Gas industry. While this program shaped me as a professional, the most influential exchange was meeting Ms. Ashley. I’ve been honored to bear witness as Ashley has thoughtfully, methodically and mindfully navigated her career path from Production Engineer to Continuous Improvement Engineer to Operational Change Manager. Evolving and growing in every position she accepts, she is a brilliant mind to cross paths with. From a technical, creative and leadership perspective, Ashley has unlimited potential in this world. She has an intuitive yet logical approach with regards to dealing with conflict resolution and the humans who work on her team. Ms. Ashley is a big picture thinker who can quantify even the slightest of anomalies." 

Meghan Nyberg, Owner at RME Consulting

"Working under Ashley, I was able to accomplish some of the best technical work of my career. Ashley aligned stakeholders and cleared roadblocks enabling her team to work unencumbered which resulted in high productivity and quality output. She continually implemented improvements (both business and work processes) utilizing her Lean and 6 Sigma expertise and educated dozens of colleagues enabling them to do the same. Each day I was excited to work with Ashley to drive hard while at the same time knowing she deeply cares about each individual and prioritizes their well-being and development."
Brian Nelson, Carbon Engineer at BPX Energy

"It is rare that you come across standout talent like Ashely. I had the pleasure of working with Ashley for five years collaborating on projects and launching new continuous improvement programs at oil and gas companies.  

She has been successful in every role she has taken on because of her passion, work ethic, technical competency, and communication skills.  Her ability to juggle multiple projects was unlike any I have seen before and made a dramatic difference in the productivity level in every team she worked on.  I was always in awe of Ashley’s ability to command a room and get people on board with ideas, even people who were initially on completely different pages. No matter how tense a meeting, Ashley made sure everyone left with a smile and on the same page." 

Jaime Schunk, Operations Manager at BPX Energy

"Ashley has unique combination of change management skills.  A lot of people have great technical solutions or make the deep personal connections that enable change.  Ashely has both of those!!  She uses those special abilities to make business impacts through innovation or continuous improvement that are significant to any business at any level."
Shawn Holzhauser, VP Development at BPX Energy

"Ashley Pedersen is one of the best managers I have ever had the privilege to work with in my oil and gas career. She is the manager that everyone in the business unit relied on for organizational change and improvement. She has the unique ability to see issues and problems quickly. She then develops sound solutions for the business. Her management approach is excellent. She invested quickly in her team and co-managers to not only meet the challenges, but also develop the skills of her team. 

She is a brilliant mind in engineering and Agile teamwork. She was called on routinely by the business to coach and train others in the Agile work method. Ashley will be an asset to any team. She is very compassionate and not only listens to the concerns of her team but builds a level of respect and trust that is sorely missing in many organizations."
Leslie Malone, Engineering Manager at BPX Energy

"Ashley has a comprehensive set of broad Change Management skills, from detailed project management, oversight of technical deliveries, through to continuous improvement quality lifecycle management. Whether a AGILE approach or LEAN/Six Sigma is needed, Ashley has the ability to flex accordingly, and coach and mentor others along the way.   I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Ashley to any organization that requires a strong leader that is capable of taking ownership of deliverables and driving collaboration across many cross functional teams towards common goals and innovative solutions."
Grant Matthews, CTO at BPX Energy

"I have worked with Ashley Pedersen in her capacity as a Petroleum Engineer in the Greater Natural Buttes Field in Vermal, Utah and in my opinion Ashley is very competent, reliable and disciplined in her profession. She has always treated her peers and others with a great deal of respect, she’s a team player and aggressively works to complete the objectives in a timely manner. She is well respected by others and would certainly add a great deal of value to any organization."
Jeff Duncan, Production Superintendent at Oxy (previously Anadarko Petroleum)