MEET OUR TEAM
We are Committed to Your Success
CARLOS MARTINEZ
Founder & CEO
Carlos is the President and Founder of Innate Intelligence. His primary practice areas are ERP Project Advisory and Information Technology Strategy.   Visionary leader and entrepreneur with thirty-one years of professional consulting experience in the implementation of enterprise-wide software applications and business transformation solutions in the upstream oil and gas industry.  During his career with EDS and PriceWaterhouse, Mr. Martinez performed various consulting roles including systems engineer, management consultant, and Principal Consultant.  Mr. Martinez was the President and Founder of Strategic Systems & Products (SSP) where he developed the vision and achieved SAP solution certification for the READYUpstream All-In-One solution.  He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management from the University of Puerto Rico, a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas, and has completed Executive Education at the Harvard Business School. He is also a Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the SMU COX School of Business.
CATHY TOMPKINS
Information Technology Transformational Advisor
Cathy Tompkins is a transformational C-suite level executive with more than 30 years of experience inside Fortune 500 companies and a deep energy and technology background. Her primary practice areas are Information Technology Strategy and Organizational Design.  She is an award-winning CIO who has guided organizations through periods of significant change to achieve their strategic objectives. In her most recent role Cathy served as the Senior Vice President - Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for Chesapeake Energy. During her 15-year tenure she led the organization through a period of unprecedented growth followed by a significant industry downturn and an equally substantial shift toward efficiency, cost leadership and digital innovation.  She is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and is currently an Adjunct Professor of Information Systems at the University of Oklahoma.
RICKY POLLOT
Upstream Accounting Advisor
Mr. Pollot is C-suite level executive with more than 25 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. Mr. Pollot began his career in public accounting with EY where he spent 13 years serving clients, both public and private, primarily focused on the upstream oil and gas industry. After leaving EY as an Audit Senior Manager, Mr. Pollot served in various positions of increasing responsibility with Mustang Fuel Corporation, including Director of Exploration and Production Accounting. Mr. Pollot then went on the serve as the Chief Accounting Officer of both PetroShale Inc. as well as White Star Petroleum. While at White Star Petroleum, Mr. Pollot was the executive sponsor of one of the first implementations in the United States of SAP’s S/4HANA oil and gas software. Mr. Pollot has significant experience in operational and financial reporting, staffing and development of accounting teams, and development and application of accounting policies and procedures. Mr. Pollot is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Oklahoma.
MARK FERMAN
Data Analytics Transformation Advisor
Mr. Ferman has a diverse background of IT and oil and gas experience, including more than 35 years in the upstream and downstream markets. His primary practice areas are Data Analytics and Information Technology Strategy.  After graduating from Marshall University, Mr. Ferman went to work for Columbia Gas Transmission where he was responsible for engineering the information systems through the pipeline industry’s open transportation transformation. He later became the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology for Columbia Natural Resources.  Mr. Ferman has entrepreneurial experience as the former Columbia executives started a new oil and gas venture, Triana Energy. Chesapeake Energy purchased Triana and Mr. Ferman became Vice President of IT - Applications and Data. During this time, he had responsibilities for application and digital transformation, including an SAP implementation and championing Big Data for the corporation. Utilizing his digital transformation experience, he has been a spokesman for Cloudera,’s data engineering and analysis practices. Mr. Ferman has also served on the advisory board for Oklahoma University’s Information Technology Department.
TOMMY EUBANKS
Advisory Board Member
Mr. Eubanks has widespread experience in the petroleum industry specifically in the areas of operational finance, software and consulting over the last forty years.   He currently serves as an advisor on our Advisory Board.  After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado, he worked for industry companies Chevron and Ladd Petroleum (a wholly owned affiliate of GE). Mr. Eubanks joined PriceWaterhouse in 1989, became Partner in 1994 and was instrumental in the design, build and implementation of PW’s Production and Revenue Accounting software (PREMAS). He was involved in the sale of PREMAS to SAP which became marketed as SAP PRA. Mr. Eubanks served as CEO of PWC’s BPO Solutions which was the largest Finance and Accounting outsourcing service at its inception in 1999 initially performing these services for BP North America in a transaction exceeding $1.4 billion. These services were sold along with PWC’s consulting business to IBM in 2002 where Tommy became a Vice President. After retiring from IBM. Tommy served for two years as Senior Vice President of Services at P2 Software where he oversaw implementations of P2’s Finance, Land and Operational software solutions.   Tommy has also served as President of COPAS (Council of Petroleum Accounting Societies) and taught Revenue and Gas Plant Accounting at the Petroleum Development Institute (PDI) at the University of North Texas.