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Bill Barger is President of Advanced Project Solutions (APS), incorporated as APSolutions LLC.  APS is a unique project management consulting firm providing owner-focused project best practices to the oil and gas industry.  Bill is recognized as an industry expert in best practices for developing the front-end of projects, providing extensive knowledge in the development and implementation of project system work processes.  He has global experience in this area, working with majors, independents and national oil companies.

Prior to founding APS, Bill was a Master Analyst with Independent Project Analysis, Inc. (IPA), an industry leader in benchmarking capital projects.  At IPA, he provided management analysis and consultation for more than 200 upstream projects worldwide.  Working in some 20 countries, Bill has evaluated projects ranging in size from a one-quarter million to $3 billion, and also led benchmarking studies that assessed companies’ effectiveness at developing and executing capital projects.

Bill started his career at Exxon, conducting structural analysis and design for major offshore platforms, and leading research on the major factors driving upstream project cost and schedule performance.  He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and an MBA.