Mr. Nichols serves as Director of GIS and Integrity Management for
Centric. He manages the Geographic Information Systems databases,
geospatial web applications, dashboards, and mobile applications for
Centric.
Chris works closely with the Business Development team identifying
strategic growth opportunities as well as maintain geospatial
applications and interfaces utilized by the team. Additionally, Mr.
Nichols and the GIS team works with Operations to build mobile
integrity and work management applications as while updating and
maintaining the asset data for the Operations group.
Before joining Centric, Chris worked as a consultant for various Oil
and Gas companies throughout the Americas. He built and maintained
GIS systems from the ground up, designed and built custom iOS and
Android pipeline integrity mobile apps, and created Integrity
Management Plans to satisfy regulatory requirements.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Systems
from Sam Houston State University. Outside of work he applies spare
time to his hobbies which vary from high-powered model rockets and
microcontroller applications to home and automotive renovation.
Though, Mr. Nichols mostly enjoys spending his spare time with his
family and friends.