Phil Schwarz
Phil Schwarz is the Industry Strategist for Energy at OpenText. With two decades of energy industry experience, Phil has become a trusted SME, having supported operators, EPCs, service providers, and OEMs across the entire value chain. Phil is an engineer by education and has a MBA, M.S. in Economics, and a Graduate Certificate in Smart Oilfield Technologies. He resides in the Anchorage, Alaska area and loves to hike and enjoy the outdoors.Top 5 tech predictions for the energy and resources sector in 2025
Information management trends set to elevate human potential to safely deliver energy and essential commodities to the world
What is asset information management?
Modern work is changing how capital project, operations, and maintenance teams work and how they collaborate with partners, as well as engineering, procurement and construction…
July 10, 2023 • 5 minute read
Creating a new normal for operations and maintenance
Operations and maintenance teams in asset-intensive industries such as utilities, resources, oil and gas, chemicals, and metals and mining are learning to live in the…
July 08, 2023 • 2 minute read
The 3-minute test for energy companies
It’s been 25 years since Bill Gates declared, “Content is king.” And how right he was. Today, content truly reigns supreme, with on-demand access at…
July 05, 2023 • 4 minute read
The total experience imperative for Utilities
Many Utilities now realize that a poor customer experience (CX) can put their organizations at risk, whether it’s reputational risk, or regulatory, financial or compliance…
May 19, 2023 • 5 minute read
Energy asset information deserves to be seen
The “great white whale.” That’s how McKinsey & Company refers to the quest by energy companies to get value from digital technologies. Like Captain Ahab’s…
April 20, 2023 • 4 minute read
Top 5 information management predictions for the industrial process sector
Hello from Alaska! Around this time last year, I shared my predictions on trends impacting the oil & gas and utility industries. This year, I am…
January 06, 2023 • 5 minute read
Climbing the world’s tallest mountain: Energy sustainability
Hello from Alaska! I recently returned from an invigorating and inspiring OpenText World in Las Vegas earlier in October. Coming back to Alaska, I was…
October 27, 2022 • 4 minute read
Transitioning to a sustainable energy future
Around the world, energy costs are spiking to record-high prices and aren’t expected to subside anytime soon. In fact, according to the World Bank, the…
September 26, 2022 • 4 minute read
Improve information management to reduce incidents in industrial processing
“I believe as an industry we can eliminate catastrophic process safety incidents.” Wise and bold words from Kenan Stevick, lead advisor with consulting company Pilko…
May 31, 2022 • 4 minute read
Top predictions for the Utilities industry in 2022
If not such as wild ride as the oil & gas sector, the global Utilities industry witnessed its own share of volatility in 2021. The…
January 06, 2022 • 4 minute read
Top information management predictions for the Oil and Gas industry in 2022
After a wild ride in 2020, when prices momentarily went negative, the oil and gas industry rebounded throughout 2021. Bank of America expects Brent Crude to…
January 06, 2022 • 4 minute read
The costly goldilocks approach to Energy maintenance
For Energy companies, providing reliable and effective services depends on reliable and effective maintenance to ensure assets are — you guessed it — reliable and…
September 07, 2021 • 3 minute read
