John Sheldon is a mechanical engineer with a masters degree in computing science. His experience is primarily in the area of progressing cavity pumping equipment optimization, artificial lift equipment reliability analysis, and project management.
Services
John Sheldon has experience in providing the following services to clients.
Progressing Cavity Pumps
John has experience with progressing cavity pumping systems and has written numerous papers on the topic. He has experience with C-FER's PC-PUMP design software and has taught numerous PCP courses.
Equipment Reliability
John has experience running complex statistical analyses on equipment characteristics and operational data to investigate the impact of key factors on equipment reliability performance metrics.
Project Management
John has experience managing complex engineering reliability data analysis projects, large experimental testing projects, and industry leading engineering software products.
EXPERIENCE
2022-Present
Consultant
JOHN SHELDON CONSULTING
Formed a consulting company when I moved to Ottawa to enable me to continue to support clients achieve their engineering, software, and project management goals.
2018-2022
C-FER TECHNOLOGIES
Engineering Manager
Manager of a multidisciplinary team of highly qualified Engineers and Software Developers engaged in executing technically challenging equipment reliability engineering projects and the development of specialized engineering software products.
Equipment Reliability and Software
2017-2018
Team Lead
Engineering Services
C-FER TECHNOLOGIES
Managed team supporting software and engineering artificial lift projects for oil and gas companies, focusing on equipment production and reliability optimization.
2007-2017
Research Engineer
C-FER TECHNOLOGIES
Supported progressing cavity pump design and optimization projects, including managing software products, multiple client equipment reliability projects, and teaching technical courses.
EDUCATION
2025
Certification
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
Project Management Professional Certification
2004-2007
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Master's Degree
Master of Science - Computing Science
Thesis: Oil Sand Screen Modelling Using Linear Regression
1998-2004
Bachelor's Degree
McGILL UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Mechatronics Option
Minor in Software Engineering