George Telford is senior vice president of professional services. Mr. Telford has in excess of 20 years experience with software development and implementation in the upstream oil and gas business. As a consulting practice director at Oracle Corporation and later as director, consulting for Novistar, Mr. Telford oversaw several implementations of the Oracle Energy products, including implementations at Phillips Petroleum, Conoco, Dynegy and others. In his role as senior vice president, professional services for Novistar, he managed a group of 100+ personnel providing accounting services to clients using the Oracle Energy products. Mr. Telford was a founder and vice president of Triangle Software Systems from 1984 to 1991 where he led the design, development and support for Triangle's upstream oil and gas product. When Ernst & Young acquired the Triangle Software systems products in 1991, Mr. Telford continued his responsibilities as a partner with Ernst & Young Canada.