Ali Merchant

All-In Manager

👉🏼 My mission is to help ambitious managers become better leaders. 

I can help your managers in three ways:

1️⃣  Leadership workshops: 60-90 minute monthly workshops depending on your company's needs. Popular workshops include: 

1. Remote productivity, performance, and resilience
2. Building Psychological safety in a remote world
3. Delivering, asking, and receiving feedback virtually
4. Learning to become an effective coach.


👉🏼  "This is the best feedback training I have attended on this topic. I really like Ali's style and how he goes thru examples and breaks it down" - Sales leader


2️⃣ First-time manager training: A 5-week virtual program designed to get your first-time managers up and running. Topics include:

1. Understanding the role of leader
2. Building one on one connections 
3. Building Psychological safety
4. Delegate or DIY
5. Understanding feedback mechanics
6. Learning to become a coach.


👉🏼 “With becoming a manager recently, these sessions have really helped” - Engineering manager


3️⃣ Director and VP level coaching: Your leaders want someone who's a coach + consultant + mentor. Having coached for a decade, I know when to play each role.


👉🏼 "Ali's dedicated his career to developing leaders and it shows in his ability to effectively coach me." - Customer support leader.

Founder

Digestive Health Foundation

Board Member

Everwise

Advisor and Mentor to Managers in Saas organizations

Mentor

Marin Software

Head of Learning and Development

Forbes Coaches Council

Contributing Writer 

Gap Inc.

Senior Manager, Learning & Development, Supply Chain

iProspect

Director, Training and Development North America

Client Services Manager

Training and Innovation Manager

Training and Innovation Specialist

Search Marketing Specialist

Microstrategy

Production Consultant

WebMD

Software Engineer

I help managers become leaders in 12 weeks or less.

There are 1 of 2 reasons you're reading my profile.


Reason 1: You're a manager who wants to become a better leader.

OR

Reason 2: You're a senior leader looking for leadership training for your managers.


If you're looking to become a better leader. I offer training and coaching services:
▪️ Training: https://www.allinmanager.com/Lead-confidently-in-six-weeks
▪️ Coaching: https://www.allinmanager.com/leadership-coaching


If you're a senior leader looking to bring me in to train your teams. This page will help:
▪️ Training: https://www.allinmanager.com/corporate_cohort


Two more things:

1. I write about leadership daily. (500+ posts with 44,000+ followers). You can hit follow, and I'll show up in your feed.

2. I also write a weekly newsletter that goes to 10,000+ leaders. You can subscribe here: https://www.allinmanager.com/leadership-newsletter. 

If you're wondering who's this guy?

I'm the founder of All-In Manager: https://www.allinmanager.com/

We're a boutique leadership development company.

I started AIM for one reason — To help ambitious managers become leaders. We do that through training, coaching, and content.

Before starting AIM, I spent 16 years running Learning & Development departments for public companies, iconic technology brands in Silicon Valley, and the biggest Ad agencies on the planet.

Feel free to DM me and say 👋.

Chevron

Suriname exploration well - Noble Regina Allen jackup rig

Field Engineer - Exploration

Provide technical support during planning and execution of high-impact exploration wells offshore South America, collaborating with international and cross-functional teams to ensure successful drilling operations in both operated and non-operated ventures.

- Drilling Operations Engineer, Brazil pre-salt exploration (Shell NOJV)
- Drilling Engineer, Suriname exploration well design & planning

Drilling Engineer - South America Exploration

• Executed medium-complexity S&T UCR development wells in the El Trapial field, ensuring alignment with internal requirements and adherence to drilling program.
• Accountable for work execution and Incident-Free Operations at rig site, providing first-hand engineering support during operations.
• Transitioned to experienced FDE role after 1 year, performing tasks with no supervision and serving as night DSR when needed.

Field Drilling Engineer - Argentina UCR

• Provided technical support for high-impact, high-complexity exploration wells in pre-salt offshore Brazil, ensuring adherence to local regulatory and environmental requirements.
• Led the development and implementation of a high-impact digital solution using Agile principles, now utilized by key stakeholders for strategic business development conversations.
• Enhanced visibility and decision-making around key exploration wells by creating a template dashboard within Power BI for monitoring and reporting daily drilling operations.

Drilling Engineer - Brazil Pre-Salt Exploration

• Supported high-complexity extended reach drilling (ERD) development wells offshore Brazil, ensuring adherence with ANP SGIP regulations
• Collaborated cross-functionally and monitored daily drilling operations for efficiency
• Developed expertise in offshore drilling operations and regulatory compliance

D&C Analyst - Brazil Deepwater

D&C Intern - Brazil Deepwater

• Collaborated cross-functionally and monitored daily drilling operations to develop expertise in offshore drilling operations

D&C Summer Intern - Brazil Deepwater

Group of Technology in Energy and Petroleum

Scientific research on drilling-related challenges of Brazil pre-salt wells, as participant of the Chevron-sponsored University Partnership Program (UPP).

Scientific Research - Drilling Engineering

The University of Tulsa

Scientific research on drilling engineering topics under the supervision of Dr. Stefan Miska at the Tulsa University Drilling Research Projects facility.

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Responsible for running exercise classes and private tutorials for Engineering students enrolled in Linear Algebra.

Teacher Assistant

Petroleum Engineer with 7+ years of experience in well engineering and operations across offshore and Shale & Tight UCR projects in South America. Currently supporting planning and execution of high-impact exploration wells as a Drilling Engineer at Chevron’s South America Exploration Hub.

I bring structured thinking, attention to detail, and a strong commitment to performance and process safety. My career has spanned Deepwater exploration and development (both operated and non-operated assets), extended-reach drilling in UCR, and cross-functional collaboration with diverse teams. I’m fluent in Portuguese (native), English, and Spanish, and thrive in multicultural, multidisciplinary environments.

I’m passionate about leadership, digital transformation, and continuous learning. My long-term vision includes progressing into supervisory and management roles, gaining exposure to international assignments, and contributing to enterprise strategy through both technical and cross-functional lenses. I’m also actively engaged in D&I initiatives and industry organizations, representing Chevron in national and global forums.

🎯 Interests: well engineering and operations, frontier exploration, data analytics, and business intelligence.

📌 Highlights:
- Brazil’s delegate at the 6th World Petroleum Congress Youth Forum (Russia, 2019)
- Panelist at Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference (2020, 2022)
- Co-chair and Chevron representative at the IBP Youth Committee
- Deputy representative for Brazil in the WPC Young Professionals Committee


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