OFFSHORE. excellence. Award for Innovation in Oil & Gas Project Management Software

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1 OFFSHORE excellence Award for Innovation in Oil & Gas Project Management Software We are honoured to be recognized for providing innovative software to benefit the oil and natural gas industry. Yogesh Khandelwal, President and Chief Executive Officer of GeoAMPS Best Global Piling & Ground Engineering Contractor & Best-in-Class for Commitment to Excellence Alongside constantly delivering results, awards such as these are also a testament to our success. Mark Williams, Van Elle Limited

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3 Award for Innovation in Oil & Gas Project Management Software geoamps geoamps is the premier provider of software solutions to manage land rights and infrastructure assets. Their main mission is guided by their core values, which will enable them to remain the technology leader in the land rights and infrastructure management industries. They are committed to providing quality products and best-in-class service. Due to their commitment to quality, innovation and customer service, they were recently presented our award for Innovation in Oil & Gas Project Management Software. We spoke to Yogesh Khandelwal, President and Chief Executive Officer of geoamps, to find out more about the company and how the geoamps team and he feel about winning this title. Company: geoamps Web address: Address: 3821 Attucks Drive, Powell, OH Telephone: We are honoured to be recognized for providing innovative software to benefit the oil and natural gas industry. We are proud of our software products and pleased that a growing number of organizations, including leaders in their respective industries, are utilizing geoamps to decrease costs and bring operational efficiencies to their projects. geoamps solutions are aimed at bringing efficiency, standardization, transparency and predictability to organizations of all sizes with a pricing model to fit all budgets. Organizations that utilize geoamps enjoy significant ROI. Our customers find that they are able to realize on average 35 percent savings on project costs through efficiencies. That translates into substantial savings for projects that involve investment of millions of dollars. We are especially pleased to be recognized for providing this level of savings through innovative products that benefit a variety of industries, including the oil and gas industry. By staying true to our mission, geoamps is now the industry leader in software solutions to manage land rights and infrastructure assets. The geoamps product line has been expanded considerably to encompass land management needs in a number of industries. Today, there are 11 industry-specific software products. These include a separate geographic information system (GIS) viewer, which can be offered as a standalone product or added as an option to any of geoamps other software products. Each of these products is highly configurable to meet the specific needs of the client. geoamps standardizes and automates processes through a proven software solution. Our products are available across multiple technology platforms - Web, mobile, detached and GIS - for optimal flexibility and deployment. The Web platform is the core component of the suite of products and can be utilized as a standalone product or combined with any other geoamps software product. geoamps also offers data migration services, which migrates an organization s records and data, stored in a variety of formats, into a centralized Web database to ensure easy and reliable access. geoamps products and services are constantly being enhanced through a research and development process that engages clients and industry experts. Our software has been proven effective in saving costs on midstream pipeline projects in the oil and natural gas industry. These are especially complex land services projects for pipelines stretching hundreds of miles. Our software is also effective in managing mineral rights in oil and gas exploration and production. With our software, oil and gas companies are able to manage fast-paced lease acquisitions and costly drill schedules, as well as workflows of crews onsite. Large industries tend to be cyclical in nature. That is true for the oil and gas industry. In recent years, the industry enjoyed phenomenal growth, even as sources of alternative energy were being developed. That process was indicative of changes in the industry and how Western nations, historically large importers of oil and gas, accelerated energy development domestically. The industry is experiencing further change due to the drop in oil prices. geoamps provides software solutions that help companies adapt to such market and price fluctuations. Offshore Excellence Awards 2015 / 5

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5 geoamps played, and continues to play, a significant role in that development. Our customers include some of the largest oil and gas producers in the world. Their projects require many miles of pipeline. In order for those long, linear projects to be completed, property right of way must be acquired, tracked and managed. geoamps is the go-to software to manage land rights and infrastructure assets. Efficiencies made possible through using our software have made geoamps the market leader in software solutions for the midstream industry. Those efficiencies are especially important today as the oil and gas industry experiences pricing challenges in the current market cycle. In order to continue a robust exploration and production schedule, oil and gas organizations are pursuing ways to complete those projects as efficiently as possible. The current trend in the market, and what geoamps offers, make working in the oil and gas industry both challenging and rewarding. There are many strong aspects to our business. For example, we know the industries we serve. Besides the oil and gas industry, geoamps currently serves organizations in the land services (right of way), utilities, mass transportation, renewable energy and survey industries. Through engagement with our clients and industry leaders, we maintain a rigorous research and development process that leads to product enhancements in two-week iterations. The geoamps method is based on innovation, quality and speed. We work hand-in-hand with industry experts to offer comprehensive and innovative products for the industries we serve. We produce unique solutions for common challenges in each industry. We are also able to configure our products to meet the unique needs of each client. geoamps provides comprehensive training with each implementation of our software solution. Because geoamps software is configured to the client s specific needs, training time is minimal. Training typically takes two to five days and is scheduled onsite, at the geoamps home office or even remotely, as determined by the client. We provide training videos, webinars and extensive user guides that are easy to understand. geoamps goes the extra mile to ensure our clients are comfortable with our product and that the product is performing to their satisfaction. We provide Product Support services 24/7 for the length of the contract. Our Product Support is second to none. geoamps customers experience a 99.9% uptime rate with minimal to no interruption in service. But in the unlikely event that a problem does occur, our Product Support team is there 24/7 to help. We are available around-the-clock, because we realize that speed is essential for our clients as they compete in the marketplace. Regarding our competitors, geoamps offers the only software on the market that allows clients to manage all land management needs within the same software. Historically, organizations have had to sometimes use 18 different software programs to manage all the information that can be centralized in a single install of geoamps. This is a service unmatched among U.S. companies and even among Canadian software providers. In addition, geoamps configures its software to meet the needs of each client, another service that sets the company apart from the competition. Each client provides different services and thus requires different capabilities from their software system. Rather than offer software and leave it to the client to adapt their operations to the software, we offer a software system that can be configured to the client s business processes. This is a capability that geoamps competitors, some of whom have been in the business many more years, do not provide. This approach reduces the need for extensive training and frustration among users of the software. geoamps software was built to include configurability that would reduce turnaround time for adjusting the software to new or revised business processes. All of these lead to better return on investment for clients and make geoamps their logical choice. In several head-to-head evaluations, geoamps was favoured 9-to-1 to our closest competitor. geoamps introduced mobile technology to the land rights industry. We wanted to bring mobile capability to replace predominantly paper-based processes in that industry. Now, mobile capabilities are the market standard. By introducing this capability, it positioned geoamps well ahead of the competition. geoamps mobile capability accelerated growth of our client base. Because geoamps software is Web-based, landmen can access and update project information on mobile devices. This capability enhances project efficiency, as geoamps software enables average savings of 35 percent on project costs. Projects in the oil and gas industry and other industries geoamps serves are oftentimes in remote areas, many miles from the company office. Agents working in the field need the ability to access the centralized Web database to receive and upload information. They need to be able to receive notifications of inspections and other workflow. Mobile technology allows agents to complete work in the field, saving travel time and work duplication. geoamps also offers Offshore Excellence Awards 2015 / 7

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7 detached capability, which provides the ability to access the Web database even in areas that lack Internet access. The system provides sync-on-demand capability once connectivity is restored. This also is a capability that sets geoamps apart from its competitors. From our headquarters in the Columbus, OH area, geoamps is making a major impact in the energy, utilities, land services and transportation industries in Canada as well as the United States. Although a U.S firm, geoamps products and services have been so well received by industry-leading companies in Canada, especially in Alberta, there are plans to open a geoamps office in Calgary. This expansion across the border is no accident. It is the result of a concerted effort to develop a software product that addresses the unmet needs of Canadian organizations. Because geoamps software has both Canadian and U.S. capabilities, it can be utilized for projects in either country or those that straddle the border. As of early 2015, nine Canadian organizations have become geoamps clients. Going the extra mile toward configuration made the geoamps solution more attractive to Canadian companies, especially for service companies acquiring land rights for large projects. geoamps software is a highly intuitive tool for tracking and management of Crown lands. Unlike other software providers, geoamps tracks Crown land at the tract level. That includes occupant and landowner contacts, stakeholder management, consents, payments and the addition or removal of tracts from the project. geoamps software is unmatched in Crown land disposition tracking, even among Canadian software providers. The software helps project planners navigate the strict national and provincial regulations regarding Crown dispositions. geoamps software alerts planners to requirements for each project type, such as pipelines, utility lines or transportation. It helps companies meet those requirements, including necessary landowner contacts, project mailers and the payment of fees. geoamps GIS capability assists with project planning and compiling the required legal description of each tract. The Offshore Excellence Award is a natural result of the growth of the global economy. That is especially true for the oil and gas industry, which is global in nature. And the industry s impact on the global economy is sure to grow. Companies must provide products and services that meet the needs of global industries. Through innovation and quality of our products and services, geoamps is addressing those needs. We are especially proud of this award, because it affirms the quality of our products and services and the work done by our outstanding geoamps team. Looking to the future, we anticipate continued growth by increasing our customer base in the United States and globally. Although no timetable is set, we look forward to one day opening an office in Calgary. In addition, we intend to take our company public. geoamps flagship product is our initial software product offering, rowamps. rowamps is software specially designed for the right-of-way industry. Whether the project involves construction of oil or natural gas pipeline spanning many hundreds of miles, a new road or railroad line, new utility lines, a wind farm, solar panel field, hydropower or geothermal facility, or any other energy-related project, acquiring and managing right of way is essential to the project s success. rowamps provides a centralized database for managing all land rights and infrastructure asset information for one or multiple projects. The rowamps solution allows organizations to manage right-of-way projects and land assets in a real-time, paperless environment that enables collaboration, efficiency and error reduction. rowamps provides detailed coverage of all right-of-way processes. By utilizing geoamps software, including rowamps, organizations realize measurable cost savings in their capital projects and ongoing operations through efficiencies. As is the case with all 11 geoamps software products, rowamps is a secure, Web-based system that can be coupled with an optional mobile or detached platform for agents in the field. All geoamps products come with optional GIS capabilities, delivering an integrated geospatial view of an organization s projects. The GIS viewer is also available as a standalone product. Our software products increase the speed of project completion. It gives our clients a quicker time to market. Our software streamlines business processes, resulting in shorter project timelines. geoamps cloud-hosting services have proven effective in standardizing processes across an organization. With geoamps, our clients enjoy greater efficiencies and lower project costs. Offshore Excellence Awards 2015 / 9