Kurt Yaeger is a Process & Systems Consultant in the Program Management Office at Occidental Petroleum (Oxy), focused on enterprise planning, rig scheduling, and capital program standardization across U.S. onshore assets. He brings over 16 years of experience spanning offshore and onshore operations, program management, and integrated capital planning. At Oxy, Kurt serves as a subject matter expert in planning and scheduling systems, bridging field execution with portfolio-level capital discipline. His work centers on developing scalable planning frameworks, scenario-based scheduling, and data-driven tools that enhance schedule confidence and support critical business outcomes. His background includes deepwater Gulf of Mexico operations, maintenance and turnaround planning, and multi-year drilling and completions programs. He is particularly interested in applying analytics and optimization to complex scheduling challenges, with a focus on uncertainty, risk trade-offs, and cross-functional alignment.