Piers Cooke-Yarborough is a Subject Matter Expert and Senior Competency Specialist for the subsurface technical disciplines, particularly Geology, Petrophysics, and Geophysics. He worked for ConocoPhillips, and its predecessor companies, for 30 years in a succession of exploration and production subsurface technical, asset management and senior management roles in each of the Europe-Africa, Asia-Pacific, and North American divisions, prior to a global geoscience managerial role at company headquarters. He has a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Bristol, a M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot Watt University, and an MBA from Henley Management College. Piers has worked on a number of projects in IHRDC’s major business lines of Instructional Programs, Competency Management, and e-Learning Solutions. He has over 20 technical publications, and has taught many courses in Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas throughout his career.