Team Categories: Product Development and Testing

Jess Nichols is Commissioning and Operations Manager for AFGlobal. He is responsible for the assembly operations, factory acceptance and system integration testing of all AFGlobal MPD system offerings. Jess oversees the operations group that conducts rig site installation, commissioning and operation of our topside and subsea pressure control equipment. He also directs the API 16A, API 16RCD and internally developed testing programs on our test rig. Over the last 10 years,...

Kareem Ameen is the Control Systems Product Manager for AFGlobal. He is responsible for the development, engineering, and operation of the company’s hydraulic and digital control systems. He joined AFGlobal in 2015 as Control Systems Manager, leading efforts to provide advanced drilling equipment control systems and technology.

Prior to joining AFGlobal, Kareem held escalating engineering leadership positions developing and executing new technology, process automation systems, industrial IoT systems and...

Alex MacGregor is the Advanced Drilling Systems Manager for AFGlobal, managing the team working on the detailed design of subsea managed pressure drilling (MPD) equipment. During the past 12 years, he has worked extensively on both continuous circulation and managed pressure drilling technologies, developing the ASME BMEA award-winning Active Control Device from the initial concept to operational success.

Alex is an inventor on numerous patents that are key to...