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John W. McDonald is vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron Corporation, a position he assumed in January 2008. He is the corporate officer responsible for Chevron's three technology companies: Energy Technology, Information Technology and Technology Ventures. In this role, he manages the research, development and integrated application of technology throughout the company's worldwide business activities. McDonald is a member of Chevron’s Strategy and Planning Committee and Management Committee.
Previously, McDonald served as vice president of Strategic Planning for Chevron Corporation. He was responsible for advising senior corporate executives in setting strategic direction for the company, allocating capital and other resources, determining operating unit performance measures and targets, and reviewing and undertaking significant mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.
McDonald, a U.S. citizen, was born in Ontario, Canada in 1951. In 1975, he earned an honors bachelor's of science degree in geophysics from the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
McDonald began his career with Texaco in 1975 as a geophysicist in the company's Calgary office and went on to hold positions of increasing responsibility at various locations around the world.
In 1991, he served as strategic adviser in the Strategic Planning group and in 1992 was assigned to Texaco's executive offices as assistant to the chairman of the company. In 1994, McDonald served as assistant division manager of Texaco Exploration and Production's onshore division, based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in 1996, was named vice president of exploration and production, offshore division, also in New Orleans, Louisiana. In this role, he was responsible for all Gulf of Mexico exploration and production activities, including deepwater operations.
In 1998, McDonald was named vice president, Production, for Texaco International with responsibility for Europe, based in London, England. In 1999, he was named managing director, Texaco Ltd., after the consolidation of all of Texaco's European exploration and production activities in the United Kingdom, Denmark and Poland.
Upon the merger of Chevron and Texaco in October 2001, he was named managing director of ChevronTexaco Upstream Europe, a strategic business unit of ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum Inc., based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
McDonald has been an active member of numerous business and civic organizations, including serving as president and executive officer of the United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association and as a member of the United Kingdom Industry/Government Forum, known as PILOT. McDonald also is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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C. L. Max Nikias, a nationally recognized leader in multimedia and Internet technologies, was appointed the Provost of University of Southern California in July 2005. Prior to that he served as the Dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Before becoming dean in 2001, he was the founding director of the school's Integrated Media Systems Center the sole National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for multimedia and Internet research.
As a result of his research achievements in digital signal processing, which lies at the core of multimedia technologies, he was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1991, when he was 38. His research interests also include biomedical engineering, digital communications and military radar and sonar. He holds eight patents, has published more than 100 academic articles, 180 conference papers and three textbooks. He also has a security clearance and continues to serve as a defense consultant.
Nikias joined USC in 1991 as a professor of electrical engineering, and served as associate dean from 1992 to 2001. He previously held academic appointments at Northeastern University in Boston and the University of Connecticut in Storrs. He graduated from the National Technical University of Athens in 1977 with a degree in electrical and mechanical engineering. He earned his M.A. and his Ph.D., in 1982, in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
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Emeritus Sponsor
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Don Paul, former Vice President and CTO of Chevron Corp. Previously, Paul served as Vice President of Technology and Environmental Affairs for Chevron Corp., a position he assumed in 1996, and was responsible for Chevron's worldwide health, safety, and environmental policy and compliance. Paul began his career with Chevron in 1975 as a research geophysicist with Chevron Oil Field Research Co. in La Habra, California. He has held a variety of management positions of increasing responsibility in both upstream operations and technology, including President of Chevron Petroleum Technology Co. and President of Chevron Canada Resources Ltd.
Paul is a member of the external advisory boards for the Energy Laboratory and Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences of the Massachusetts Inst. of Technology and the School of Earth Sciences Advisory Board of Stanford U., Board of the Councilors, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California. He is a member of the Natl. Research Council of the U.S. Natl. Academy of Science and served on the 1997 Presidential Panel on Federal Energy R&D. He holds a BS degree in applied mathematics, an MS degree in geology and geophysics, and a PhD degree in geophysics, all from the Massachusetts Inst. of Technology.
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