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Back in Trinidad continuing with Valaris Rig Start Up Workshops

Some places feel a little like coming home. This week, @Kris Callen and @Devendra Rajcoomar are back in Trinidad, continuing Rig Start Up Workshops with the @Valaris crews.

For Raj, it’s especially meaningful to be back in his home country, working alongside the people and communities that shaped him. For Kris, Trinidad has become a familiar place after many visits over the years, building relationships and delivering workshops with offshore crews who are committed to doing the job safely and efficiently.

We’re grateful to continue partnering with Valaris and look forward to another great week of learning, collaboration, and strengthening safe and efficient operations together.

SafeAndEfficient RigStartUp Trinidad

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Kris's Bio

After 20 years of working with clients involved in high-risk operations around the globe, Kris founded The Callen Group in April 2017 in order to focus solely on developing and promoting high-performing operational cultures that lead to safe and efficient operations.

He founded Performance Coaching International, served as president from 2005 – 2009, was Senior Vice President at The REACH Group from 2009 – 2017, and is a highly respected Senior Leadership and Safety Facilitator. In addition, he was highly involved in the mergers of Global Marine and SantaFe, Hercules, and TODCO as well as Talisman’s North Sea Operations transfer from Total. Kris remains on the cutting edge of advances in the area of behavioral safety, predominately in the Oil and Gas Sector.

Kris’ career has taken him to 90 countries training over 35,000 people. He has been intimately involved with the development and implementation of Behavioral Safety Processes with Enterprise Offshore, Orion Drilling, Hercules Offshore, as well as the former GlobalSantaFe which is now Transocean. In 2019 Kris authored the book “Commit to Safe and Efficient Operations” published by PennWell. This book outlines a clear roadmap for bringing many cultures together and simplifying the safety tools that are used day in and out.

Kris holds dual Bachelor of Science degrees from Belhaven University, Jackson Mississippi, in Accounting and in Business Administration. He is passionate about creating a performance culture where safety and efficiency go hand in hand. He currently divides his time between Lafayette, Louisiana, Tampa, Florida, and Houston, Texas, and has four grown sons: Braxton, Taylor, Joshua, and Noah.