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Matt Vivian
Episode 198

Matt Vivian

What The Funk?

December 22, 202554m 56s

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Plymouth roots, Detroit suburbs, and a water ski club team romance somehow turn into running a huge Eagle Ford production machine, plus parenting, hockey nights, and still finding time to chase a 14er. Matt Vivian from bpx energy shares how he went from Shell training to startup chaos to leading 1400 plus wells, why bottom up daily habits beat top down chaos, and how LinkedIn went from lurking to actually connecting with people again.

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00:00 Mid December catch up
01:17 Michigan roots and school
03:10 Getting into energy
03:30 Caroline, water skiing, family
11:14 Shell start, Houston to Denver
13:22 Questar and Bakken years
16:36 Startup grind at Rimrock
20:24 Sale, reset, and next move
22:16 Joining bpx in Eagle Ford
25:28 How bpx fits with BP
29:05 Role scope and growth
31:00 Daily priorities and reports
35:54 Weekends, trust, time off
40:18 Tech and AI habits
41:36 Life outside work
44:55 LinkedIn shift
50:59 Looking ahead at bpx and BP

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