Rick Kopps
About Rick Kopps
Rick Kopps is a Subsea Specialist and the Subsea Power and Processing Technology Development Team Manager at Chevron, with extensive experience in subsea engineering and project management.
Title
Rick Kopps is the Subsea Specialist and the Subsea Power and Processing Technology Development Team Manager at Chevron.
Company
Rick Kopps currently works at Chevron. He has been leading the Subsea Power and Processing Technology Development Team at Chevron since May 2008. His roles in Chevron also include Gendalo-Gehem-Ranggas Project - Subsea Facilities Manager from 2006 to 2008, and Lobito Tomboco Project - Manifold & Jumper Engineer & Offshore Installation Manager from 2004 to 2006.
Previous Positions
Rick Kopps' career spans several companies in the subsea engineering industry. He worked at Marathon Petroleum Corporation as Advanced Senior Subsea Facilities Engineer from 2001 to 2004, and at ABB Offshore Systems Inc. as Subsea Systems Engineer from 1998 to 2001. Prior to that, he served at Camco Products and Services as Sr. Design Engineer from 1995 to 1998, and at FMC Corporation as Design Engineer from 1991 to 1995.
Education and Expertise
Rick Kopps holds a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering and a Minor in Mathematics from the University of Houston. His educational background has equipped him with a solid foundation for his extensive career in subsea engineering and technology development.
Roles and Responsibilities
Rick Kopps is responsible for establishing alignment between ETC technology development strategies and business unit plans at Chevron. He coordinates MCP technology development efforts and utilizes Chevron’s technology qualification process to assess and progress needed technologies. Additionally, he facilitates technology collaboration with other operators, ensures all technology development and strategic research programs have well-developed business and execution plans, and oversees program progress, cost management, and budget forecasting. Kopps focuses on building organizational capability and developing a center of excellence within his team.