Herb retired from Shell after 33 years in a variety of technology and upstream management positions. His last assignment was CIO for the upstream head office, which included technology and exploration organizations with priorities on high performance computing, information management and software engineering.
Herb also served on leadership teams associated with technology organizations as well as initiating the Shell Gamechanger enterprise innovation process. He is serving and has served on a variety of boards.
Previously, Herb was Chairman of the board of POSC (later renamed Energistics), on the board of the OpenSpirit Corporation, the advisory board of the Rice Alliance as well as the board of the Hermann Park Conservancy.
Herb enjoys cycling, golf and reading.
Herb received his PhD in Chemical Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Math from the Australian National University.