Management Team

Mr. Denis Biglin co-founded APS in 1993, and has over 30 years of experience in MWD, LWD and downhole tool design. Mr. Biglin holds numerous patents and was the principal inventor of APS’s patented rotary pulser. Mr. Biglin’s experience includes design, development, marketing and commercialization of many MWD, LWD and drilling products, including pulsers, turbine alternators, wave propagation resistivity tools (WPR™), LithoDensity and Neutron Porosity tools (iPCD™), Drilling Motors and Rotary Steerable Systems. Mr. Biglin started his career in the oilfield as a MWD/LWD field engineer for Teleco Oilfield Services and later joined Teleco’s RD&E department. Mr. Biglin gained international experience managing the engineering and production departments for Baker Hughes’s Asia-Pacific regional repair center in Singapore. Mr. Biglin has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and an MBA from the University of New Haven.

Mr. Weiner has substantial senior management and corporate counsel experience in the energy and other industries. He has been associated with APS since 2002 and also served as Vice President and General Counsel at Teleco Oilfield Services, Inc., through its acquisition by Baker Hughes.

Chris Abbamonte joined APS Technology in 2006. Prior to joining APS he spent six years as a Senior Commercial Banker at First International Bank, specializing in financing manufacturers. His expertise includes structuring financing transactions aimed at maximizing cash flow in rapidly expanding companies. He has a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and a Master's of Science in Accounting & Taxation from The University of Hartford. His responsibilities at APS include management and oversight of all finance, accounting, procurement, production and distribution functions.

John Hickey has over 25 years of experience in MWD and LWD field operations, tool and system design, and consulting engineering with APS Technology, Baker Hughes INTEQ, Teleco Oilfield Services and several environmental engineering consulting firms. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Penn State and an MS in Environmental Management. Mr. Hickey's experience includes operations, development and petrophysical support of several generations of propagation resistivity tools and other MWD and LWD devices and systems. At APS since 2006, he is responsible for the development and commercialization of the company's MWD and LWD product line and support of the customers using these products.

Mr. Brown has over 30 years of experience in a variety of engineering, applications engineering, sales, operations and product line management positions in the downhole drilling tool business with Reed Tool Company, Andergauge Drilling Systems and National Oilwell Varco. Additionally, Mr. Brown was active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Drilling Engineers, where he served on the technical program committee and held leadership positions for many years. He joined APS Technology's Houston office in 2006. Mr. Brown is principally responsible for the management of Western Region Sales and certain key national accounts.

Dirk Bosman joined APS in September, 2008 and is based in Dubai where he is responsible for the Asia Pacific / Middle East / North Africa Region and the APS Dubai support centre. Mr. Bosman started his career in the oilfield services sector in 1988 with Teleco and has since worked for both Baker Hughes and DuPont. His experience includes the testing and product launching of LWD and rotary steerable systems, operations, and product line management. He is a graduate of Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and holds a BSc in Chemistry. Mr. Bosman has worked in various international locations and has been based in the Middle East and Asia Pacific since 1993.