Jeff Lembcke

Chief Technology Officer at TAQA (Industrialization & Energy Services Company)

Houston, Texas, United States

About Jeff Lembcke

Jeff Lembcke is Chief Technology Officer at TAQA (Industrialization & Energy Services Company). Location: Houston, Texas, United States.

CTO, EVP-CTO, Vice-President of Engineering, Chief Engineer 40+ years of functional expertise in Engineering, Research & Development, Product Development, Engineering Systems, Engineering Processes, Product Management, and Portfolio Management. Named Inventor on 50+ patents. SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Strategic Planning and Execution: Implemented systems, processes, and KPIs that improved on-time delivery of technology programs from sub-50% to 95% in just 18 months. Significant role in the development and implementation of end-to-end Product Development and Commercialization process to improve time to market on technology programs from market need to full commercialization. Transformation Execution: Successfully managed headcount reductions from 950 to 450 over a 24-month period that spanned a Chapter 11 event with no impact to operational performance. Lead a SKU rationalization initiative that removed 500,000 SKUs from an active count of 1.3M. Mergers & Acquisitions: Was responsible for the technical due diligence for over forty acquisitions in four years. Post-acquisition, successfully developed a cohesive, coordinated, engineering team from the far-flung set of diverse resources. API and ISO Technical Committees: 35-year career working on technical committees, authoring product standards, and being the voting member representing my organization. People and Leadership Development: Known as an employee advocate and mentor. Consistently prepared staff for continuing advancement and promotional opportunities. Successfully developed and implemented career paths and competencies for technical disciplines. Culture Shaper: As the functional lead for Engineering, developed and implemented action plans that addressed major areas for improvement identified in a company wide Organizational Health Index survey of all employees.

Skills

  • Upstream
  • Oilfield
  • Petroleum Engineering

Additional experience

  • Member Board of Directors

    Oliden Technology

    Started November 2025

Education

  • Bachelor of Science (BSME), University of Oklahoma
  • Master's degree (MBA), The University of Tulsa