1. January 6th
, 2010
To Whom It May Concern
Dear Sirs,
Re: Reference for Ms. Patricia McConnell
It is with great pleasure that I provide this employment reference for Ms. Patricia
McConnell. During 1999 to 2003, when I was the Manager of Petroleum
Engineering/Joint Ventures (North American Operations) for Talisman Energy Inc., Pat
reported to me as the Coordinator of Field Support. Her duties included training staff on
software applications; project management; technical support of field staff and
preparation of annual Department Computing Budgets.
Pat has excellent knowledge in computer software applications used by Talisman,
especially the Microsoft products. She was able to disseminate this to her colleagues
through formal training courses and one on one support. We received excellent feedback
from course participants. Pat is an excellent team player and through her efforts had been
able to resolve computing issues at the field level, by coordinating efforts with Calgary
Information Technology Support. She assisted the field successfully in evaluating and
implementing maintenance software including Maximo and Atlas.
Pat was totally dedicated to providing computing support to her colleagues at Talisman.
She made extra efforts and trips to the different field offices and made sure there was
follow up on action items. It was a pleasure to work with her and I would highly
recommend her for similar job functions.
Please contact me at 403-648-3246 if you have questions. I will be happy to provide
further information.
Yours Very Truly,
Phillip Chan
Vice President Advisory Services
AJM Petroleum Consultants