EAG Spotlight: Allison Hendrix

Our spotlight is Allison Hendrix! Allison is a Senior Manager, Data Analytics at EAG with 12 + years of oil and gas experience, specifically in Enterprise Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence Reporting, Visualization, Analysis, and Data Automation. She is the product owner of EAG’s latest product solution: EAG Foundations, and has modernized enterprise-wide reporting and analytics, supported operations and engineering, and provided executive-level advisory services on consolidated reporting solutions. 

Her strong technical expertise has transformed the way her clients leverage reporting, resulting in greater efficiencies and insight across the enterprise. In her spotlight, Allison shares her experience at EAG, a cool hobby, and thought-provoking life motto she lives by! Read the full story below – 

 

1. How would you describe EAG?

EAG is a place where knowledgeable, hard-working professionals can come together and get stuff done. Everyone here is an expert in their areas and cares about supporting each other in their projects. Besides being experts, EAG has some of the coolest people in the industry, making every day exciting and fun. 

 

2.  What has been one of your proudest moments working at EAG?

I recently got to present at the Quorum Qnections 23 conference in Las Vegas. Being able to show so many people what we have been working on for the last couple of years at EAG has been a high-point in my career – not just at EAG!  

 

3. What advice do you have for prospective candidates that want to join EAG?

One of the priorities and traits to succeed at EAG is being, “Hungry”. Research and learn as much as you can about your subject area and never stop.  

 

4. What’s one thing – either industry-related or not – you learned in the last month?

I have had the chance lately to brush up on some advanced SQL items: functions, stored procedures, etc. 

 

5. What do you like to do in your free time? Any favorite places you like to visit?

My free time lately has been spent expanding my garden and enjoying the new varieties of plants growing this year.  

 

6. Tell us something that might surprise us about you.

I know how to knit and used to sell the knitting patterns I designed. 

 

7. How do you balance your career with other priorities?

Lately, I have gone back to tracking my tasks and personal priorities on sticky notes. This helps me relax at the end of the day because I know the items that absolutely needed to get done are done and the rest can wait for tomorrow. 

 

8. Who or what inspires you and why?

Since I have been gardening so much lately, I have been inspired by my plants this year. We had a late frost this year and my little seedlings just kept growing. There were a bunch of caterpillars that chewed them to the stem, and they just grew back even stronger. It helps me remember that we can both survive and thrive when life does not go our way.  

 

9. What is your life motto or favorite quote?

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast – important to remember to slow down and do things right the first time! 

 

10. What’s your superpower? (What are you confident in knowing that you’re good at)

My superpower is being able to breakdown a problem into smaller and more easily understood steps. This is useful when I start a big project.  Being able to explain technical ideas to business users and get agreement on direction means we can deliver what’s actually needed.