BS Mechanical Engineering 1985
David R. Bert, P.E. is vice president of Drilling-Eastern Division for Chesapeake Energy Corporation in Oklahoma City. Prior to joining Chesapeake in early 2008, Dave served in various drilling, completion, production and midstream operations leadership capacities at BP, including Wells Team Leader for Arkoma and Thunder Horse projects.
David has over 26 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, working both domestic and international (North Sea, Vietnam, Canada). He started his career with Mobil Corporation in western Oklahoma, California, and Gulf of Mexico before moving to Amoco/BP and has had a wide variety of technical and leadership assignments with increasing responsibilities. David has responsibility for all Marcellus and Utica Shale drilling operations (35 rigs), drilling engineering and construction support activities within Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC.
David graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Oklahoma in 1985, a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Southern California in 1993 and is a licensed professional engineer. He serves as chair of the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering’s Board of Advisors at The University of Oklahoma. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, has authored numerous SPE technical papers and has been awarded several patents for oil and gas well technology.
David currently serves as the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s Technical Committee Vice-Chair. He is an Eagle Scout. David and his wife, Susan, have two teenage daughters and reside in Edmond, Okla.
Dr. Barney L. Capehart is a professor emeritus of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he taught for 32 years. For the last 30 years, energy systems analysis has been his main area of research and publication. He is the co-author of 11 books on energy topics, and over 50 energy research articles in scholarly journals. He worked with the Florida Legislature to write and pass the Florida Appliance Efficiency Act of 1987. He is given credit as the person most responsible for creating these appliance standards that have saved Florida electric and water utility customers over three billion dollars.
He currently teaches energy management seminars around the country and around the world for the Association of Energy Engineers. He is a member of the Hall of Fame of the Association of Energy Engineers; is listed in Who's Who in the World; and in 1988 he was awarded the Palladium Medal by the American Association of Engineering Societies for his work on energy systems analysis and appliance efficiency standards. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
He was the Editor of the Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology, 3 volumes, 190 articles, July 2007, and he is also the lead author of the Guide to Energy Management, 7th Edition, 2011. The Guide to Energy Management is the most widely used textbook in the US for university, college and professional education courses in the field of energy management.
