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David Rassin is Senior Counsel and Director of Ethics and Compliance at Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. in Houston, TX.  He directs Patterson-UTI’s Global Anticorruption Program and works closely with the Company’s international operations and business development staff.  Prior to joining Patterson-UTI, David held positions as an anticorruption and compliance attorney at KBR and at CB&I.  He started his legal career at a law firm in Houston, Texas practicing commercial law and litigation.  He is a graduate of Tulane Law School and the University of Calgary.  When not working, David can be found at home, cleaning up after his dogs.

Ellen Smith is Managing Counsel & Global Trade Compliance Director for Baker Hughes, where she leads a global team of trade compliance professionals responsible for daily import, export, trade sanctions and boycott compliance advice, as well as program development, implementation and administration.    Most of Ellen’s career has been focused on Legal Regulatory Compliance – with 6 years in Oilfield Services, 8 years in Apparel and 4 years in private practice.  Ellen earned her undergraduate degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and received her JD  from The John Marshall Law School, in Chicago, Illinois.

Marianne Ibrahim leads anti-corruption and compliance efforts at Baker Hughes Incorporated including internal investigations and audits of foreign subsidiaries, joint ventures and commercial sales representatives in high risk and emerging markets, Fraud and FCPA risk analysis, and compliance due diligence on merger and acquisition targets.  She manages the global investigative database and Ethics Help Line.  She assists the Chief Compliance Officer in the development, implementation and monitoring of compliance efforts including policy, controls, communications and special projects. Prior to Baker Hughes, she was a commercial litigator and assisted companies in various industries including oil and gas.  She has traveled to over 70 countries and enjoys working in a global jurisdiction.

Ryan Rabalais is the VP & Chief Compliance Officer of Paragon Offshore. In this capacity he is responsible for the company’s Corporate Compliance program, principally dealing with anti-corruption efforts as well as managing the company’s Enterprise Risk Program. He earned his law degree from the University of Houston and a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M after serving four years in the US Marines. Before Paragon, Ryan worked at Noble Drilling, BHP Billiton and Baker Hughes Inc.

Shamoil T. Shipchandler is the Regional Director for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Fort Worth Regional Office, where he is responsible for leading all aspects of the SEC’s enforcement and examination activities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas.   Mr. Shipchandler is formerly a Deputy Criminal Chief with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas, where he was the Attorney-in-Charge of the Plano Office, served as the Asset Forfeiture Chief, and prosecuted complex white collar criminal cases. During his tenure with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Shipchandler obtained convictions in the areas of securities fraud, tax evasion, bank fraud, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, computer sabotage, and public corruption. Representative cases included the prosecution of 40 defendants in a mortgage fraud scheme in 2011, for which Mr. Shipchandler received the Department of Justice’s Director’s Award; the prosecution of defendants in a $400 million Ponzi scheme in 2012; the prosecution of the former mayor of a Texas town for public corruption in 2013; and the negotiation of the largest corporate immigration fraud settlement in history in 2013, for which Mr. Shipchandler was awarded the DHS Secretary’s Silver Medal.   Mr. Shipchandler was a partner with the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani prior to joining the Commission, and an associate with the law firm of Covington & Burling before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Mr. Shipchandler graduated from Middlebury College and Cornell Law School, and clerked for Judge Roger B. Andewelt of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Vanessa started at Baker Hughes as the FCPA Due Diligence Compliance Counsel in January 2015. Reporting directly to the Chief Compliance Officer, she is responsible for the implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of the non-U.S. third party FCPA Due Diligence compliance program. In that role, she also collaborates frequently with the attorneys at Baker Hughes that manage FCPA investigations and audits, trade compliance, immigration and, most recently, supply chain. Prior to Baker Hughes, she was an attorney for Sysco for 11 years with the last three years of her time at Sysco leading the corporate compliance program which included FCPA, policy management, environmental compliance and other compliance areas.

Charles is responsible for managing, evaluating, and enhancing Kinder Morgan’s compliance program. His responsibilities also include advising senior management and boards on significant compliance, legal and regulatory issues; working with trade groups on compliance and regulatory matters; conducting investigations; developing and presenting training modules; conducting risk assessments; and interfacing with regulatory agencies on investigations and audits.