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10 Baker Hughes engineering leaders
These ten current and former Baker Hughes engineering leaders have held chief engineer, senior director and engineering director roles at Baker Hughes, across subsea, well construction, completions, chemicals and digital engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams in oil and gas companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Darren Bane
LinkedInExperience: CIM (Completions, Wireline, Pressure Pumping) Engineering & Technology Director · Baker Hughes
CIM (Completions, Wireline, Pressure Pumping) Engineering & Technology Director at Baker Hughes since April 2025. Former Baker Hughes roles include Global Completions and Wellbore Intervention Technology Director (2019–2025), Product Line Director (2016–2019) and Product Line Manager (2012–2016).
Federico Funghi
LinkedInExperience: Digital Engineering Director · Baker Hughes
Digital Engineering Director at Baker Hughes since August 2023, a role the profile places in Engineering and Technical at Director level. Former Baker Hughes roles include Principal Mechanical Engineer (2017–2023) and Innovation Leader, EMBA (2015–2023), and the profile also lists gas turbine senior mechanical engineer at GE Oil & Gas (2014–2017).
Joseph Sheehan
LinkedInExperience: Engineering Director Sustaining Engineering · Baker Hughes
Former Engineering Director Sustaining Engineering at Baker Hughes (2017–2023) and former Engineering Director Upper Completions and Data Management (2023–2024), where the profile describes managing $1M+ budgets and defining long term technology roadmaps. Other former Baker Hughes roles include Engineering Manager Completion Tools (2012–2017), and the profile also lists Sr Engineering Manager at Weatherford (2024–2025).
Lee M. Howard
LinkedInExperience: Engineering & Technology Director · Baker Hughes
Engineering & Technology Director at Baker Hughes since April 2026; the profile describes leading the Global Upstream Chemicals Engineering and Technology team. Baker Hughes roles also include Early Technical Engagement Director since February 2025 and former Technical Service Delivery Director (2022–2025), Digital Execution Director (2019–2022) and Engineering Excellence Director (2018–2019).
Partha Ganguly
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer · Baker Hughes
Former Chief Engineer at Baker Hughes (2020–2021) and former Executive Director, Global Technology & Engineering Leader (Chemicals) at Baker Hughes (2022–2025), where the profile describes serving as CTO for the Chemicals business, responsible for R&D, Tech Sustaining and Commercial Tech support. Executive Director, OFSE CTO Office at Baker Hughes since January 2025.
Patrick Droillard
LinkedInExperience: Valve Nuclear Engineering Director · Baker Hughes
Valve Nuclear Engineering Director at Baker Hughes since January 2025, a role the profile places in Engineering and Technical at Director level. The profile also lists Aftermarket Engineering Manager (2014–2026), Application Engineering Manager (2012–2014) and Engineering and Quality Manager (2009–2012) at GE Oil & Gas.
Paul W. White
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer Subsea Production Systems, Services & Offshore · Baker Hughes
Chief Engineer Subsea Production Systems, Services & Offshore at Baker Hughes since September 2017; the profile says this Chief Engineer leads the Chief Engineer's office for the business. The profile also lists Director - Subsea Technology (2012–2017) and Product Director - Subsea (2007–2012) at GE, and Global Technical Director at Vetco Gray (2005–2007).
Robert Comer
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering and Technology - Drilling and Completion Fluids · Baker Hughes
Director of Engineering and Technology - Drilling and Completion Fluids at Baker Hughes since August 2023, a role the profile places in Engineering and Technical at Director level. Former Baker Hughes roles include Research And Development Manager (2020–2023), Operations Manager - Pressure Pumping Angola (2020) and Strategic Sourcing Manager (2017–2020).
Roberto Peña
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - I&S Engineering · Baker Hughes
Senior Director - I&S Engineering at Baker Hughes since December 2021; the profile describes leading the global Engineering & Performance Management function of more than 100 professionals and driving multi-regional project execution. The profile also lists Director of Wells Engineering (2021) and Director International Projects (2019–2021) at Viking Engineering | Specialty Engineering & Lab Services.
Sven Krueger
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering and Technology, Well Construction · Baker Hughes
Director Engineering and Technology, Well Construction at Baker Hughes since March 2025, a role the profile places in Engineering and Technical at Director level. The profile also lists Managing Director Baker Hughes Germany since 2020 and former Baker Hughes roles as Director Technology Drilling Services (2020–2025) and Executive Director Automation and Digitalization, GM (2018–2019).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an engineering team at an oilfield equipment and services company decide which technologies to fund and which to sustain?
- 02What does a chief engineer's office review before a new product is released to customers?
- 03How do engineering leaders work with operations and field teams when a product needs to change after deployment?
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