Current Debate Speaker: Paul Siegele

Paul Siegele

• Chief Technology Officer & President Chevron Energy Technology Company

Paul K. Siegele is Chief Technology Officer and President of Chevron Energy Technology Company (ETC), located in Houston, Texas. ETC provides research, development and technical services to Chevron’s worldwide operations.

Siegele was born in Tokyo, Japan, in April 1959. In 1980, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the California Lutheran University, and in 1990 he received a Master of Science degree in geology from the California State University at Northridge.

Siegele began his career in 1980 as a petroleum geologist in Texaco’s Los Angeles division. He has held numerous technical and managerial positions, and a variety of exploration assignments in North and South America, the Middle East and Asia. He has served as exploration manager for the North America Exploration and Production Co. in New Orleans, and was named vice president, deepwater exploration/projects in June 2005. Prior to his current position, Siegele was vice president of Strategic Planning, a corporate role for Chevron.

Siegele is a member of the President’s Council for Lutheran World Relief.   He previously served on the University of Houston Energy Advisory Board, the Houston Technology Center Board, the Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee, the McCombs School of Business Advisory Council at the University of Texas in Austin, and on the boards of Inroads Louisiana and Offshore Energy Center.