Ben Kokenge is a seasoned technology executive with over 30 years of experience driving IT strategy and infrastructure within the oil and gas industry. His expertise spans the full corporate lifecycle, from scaling high-growth private equity (PE) startups to managing global operations for multi-national energy leaders.

Before joining Sabinal Energy, Ben was a foundational member of four highly successful PE-backed ventures: Spinnaker Exploration (2000), Common Resources (2007), Common Resources II (2010), and Common Resources III (2014). Collectively, these organizations achieved more than $4 billion in asset sales.

Ben’s career is defined by his ability to bridge technical innovation with operational scale. He previously served as the Director of Operations for PGS GeoBank, managing a global seismic data repository, and as IT Manager for Spinnaker Exploration, where he engineered one of the industry's most advanced data processing systems—a 2.5-petabyte high-performance computing (HPC) center.

A proven leader in M&A integration, Ben played a critical role in overseeing the transition of Spinnaker to Norsk Hydro, and subsequently, Norsk Hydro to Statoil. Following these mergers, he served as the IT Head for North and South America at Statoil. Ben began his career as a researcher for the Department of Defense and a Field Engineer for Schlumberger in the Piceance Basin.