Kevin Paylow

Current

Innovation & Commercialization Leader at Halliburton

Past

Global Personnel Resource Coordinator at Halliburton
Market Analyst at Halliburton
Knowledge Broker at Halliburton

Market & Business Specialist at Halliburton
Soldier at US Army

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Education

University of Alaska Anchorage
WBU - Alaska Satellite Campus
University of Washington

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Connections

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Industry

Oil & Energy

Kevin Paylow’s Summary

I spent the last eight years working in marketing, operations and knowledge management roles in the upstream oil industry. I have enjoyed championing the KM effort with multiple stakeholders (up, down, across and outside the organization), aligning the KM effort with organizational strategy and finding new ways to ensure KM remains relevant and provides value to numerous stakeholders. My most fulfilling accomplishments were those that leveraged KM tools and communities of practice to drive and improve innovation.

Innovation is a particular passion. I oversaw the creation and iterative improvement of an enterprise-wide online system to collect ideas and opportunities from employees. I continue to work with similar-minded colleagues to improve the way we make decisions on submitted ideas and identify stage gates in the RD&C process where KM tools (and more importantly the ‘wisdom of the crowd’) can be applied to identify stakeholder needs and improve product/service design and commercialization. Beyond the ‘bits and bytes’, I continue to explore methods like ‘innovation games’ to improve collection, assessment and testing of insights, prototypes and new business models.

At times (okay, frequently) I can drive my colleagues and managers a bit crazy with my unorthodox perspectives and passion for open, candid dialogue. But I believe these traits are what make me a valued member of the team.

Kevin Paylow’s Specialties:

Knowledge management, innovation, marketing, strategy, problem solving, corporate storytelling

Kevin Paylow’s Experience

Innovation & Commercialization Leader

Halliburton

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

February 2008 — Present (6 months)

The best job ever! Strategic innovation and commercialization role focused on identifying, assessing and deploying the right technologies to the right markets (or internal user groups) at the right time. Coordinate efforts and facilitate cross-functional work amongst stakeholders inside and outside the product line and company. Specifically support the Baroid Fluids Services product service line.
Global Personnel Resource Coordinator

Halliburton

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HAL; Oil & Energy industry)

February 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Strategic manpower planning role designed to bridge the gap between operations and human resources. Emphasis on creating, championing and overseeing staffing processes and tools to build the future organization. Activity geared towards positively affecting talent management goals (recruitment, retention, training, competency assessment, etc.).
Market Analyst

Halliburton

(Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

Primary emphasis on collecting, analyzing and distributing market intelligence. Participation in business unit strategy development and marketing projects. Strong activity supporting the knowledge management effort and developing/championing new innovation / RD&C processes and tools.
Knowledge Broker

Halliburton

(Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

2003 — 2006 (3 years)

The second best job ever! Dedicated knowledge management role actively involved in 'getting the right information to the right person at the right time.' Primary emphasis on facilitating discussion, creating/sustaining/leveraging a social network to meet business needs, administering KM tools, creating new processes and value propositions, 'selling the vision' up-down-and-across the organization and aligning the KM effort with business strategy. Published several papers and presented at internal and external conferences.

Key participant in several marketing projects and innovation / RD&C process improvements.
Market & Business Specialist

Halliburton

(Public Company; Oil & Energy industry)

2000 — 2003 (3 years)

Business development position supporting local sales team. Drive proposal generation, regional market analysis and reporting, and participate in local strategy and planning proceses.
Soldier

US Army

(Military industry)

1989 — 1998 (9 years)

Active Duty / Personnel Management / 1995-1998 / Fort Wainwright (Alaska)
Active Duty / Infantry / 1992-1995 / Fort Ord (California), Fort Lewis (Washington), and Panama
Nat'l Guard / Infantry / 1989-1992 / Washington State