Peidong Zhao
Senior Software Engineering Manager at Elk Range Royalties
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolPeidong Zhao is a Senior Software Engineering Manager in Dallas with a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering and seven years of experience blending data analytics, machine learning, and reservoir engineering to drive valuation and diligence automation. He progressed from reservoir engineer to senior engineer and now manager at Elk Range Royalties, applying research-grade modeling to production software. His work on reserve prediction and fracture complexity has led to two publications and a U.S. patent, reflecting a rare mix of academic rigor and practical field experience in unconventional well completions. Comfortable solving multi-disciplinary problems, he pairs strong engineering fundamentals with domain-specific insights—often translating complex subsurface physics into deployable analytics that improve asset decision-making.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Petroleum Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Petroleum Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinBachelor of Science (BS) Petroleum Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS) Petroleum Engineering at Penn State Universityhigh school Beijing Concord College of Sino-Canada, high school Beijing Concord College of Sino-Canada at Beijing Concord College of Sino-Canada
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Github Skills (6)
python6
django6
espn2
spotfire2
tibco1
cross-platform1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
peidongzhao/SPE-201351-MS
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:33 commits, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 month
peidongzhao/python-api-challenge
Jun 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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