Eve Sprunt

A Generalist vs. a Specialist

Eve Sprunt is business development manager, Chevron. Previously, as University Partnership and Recruitment manager, she focused on developing multifaceted strategic relationships involving recruiting, research, and public affairs with 18 leading universities around the world. Earlier, she held several technical and management positions—senior technical adviser for Chevron Technology Ventures, manager of the Advanced Energy Focus Area, and technology coordinator in Health, Environment, and Safety, managing the corporation’s global climate change policy. Sprunt worked for Mobil for 21 years and held a variety of roles in upstream new business development. In addition, she worked in R&D in a wide range of technologies, including formation evaluation and production engineering. Sprunt has a PhD in geophysics from Stanford University. She received her master’s and bachelor’s of Science degrees in Earth and Planetary Sciences from MIT. Sprunt served as SPE president in 2006, is an SPE Distinguished Member, was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer during 1998–99, was program committee chairperson of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition in 1988, and has served on the SPE Board of Directors. She holds 23 patents and has authored 28 technical articles, edited two books, and has written more than 120 editorials for petroleum-industry publications. Sprunt is a founder of the Society of Core Analysts. Eve Sprunt, Business Development Manager, Chevron