Mr. Donald Schlater is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 50 years’ experience in Engineering, Sales and Management. He was a Captain in the US Air Force, worked for ExxonMobil, Shaffer, Aker solutions, Castrol and retired from BP as Senior Technical Adviser. He has worked and lectured on 6 continents. He is a member of ASME, SPE, API, and a founding member of Society for Underwater Technology and holds both BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University, His hobbies include tennis, golf and traveling with his family.