Our History

AP-Networks Path

AP-Networks was built on the idea that the best practices in heavy industry were out of reach for the overwhelming majority of firms. Our founders, George DeBakey Jr. and Brett Schroeder, formed AP-Networks to provide those firms with the tools and services they needed to implement those practices across a site or across an entire company. Over two decades, AP-Networks has worked with hundreds of clients on thousands of capital project and STO events — and with every new event, our databases have grown. Today, we deploy the latest cloud-based platforms, artificial intelligence/machine learning technologies, and maintain the world’s largest dataset around capital projects and STOs in industry.

Growing Our Influence

Early in our history, we focused primarily on oil, gas and petrochemical industries, but today our reach goes much further. Having proven our value in these high-intensity sectors, we have expanded to include other industries where the planning and execution of events is critical to ensure profitability and competitiveness. As we look towards the future, our strategic vision to transform capital project and STO event planning and execution remains unchanged, even as we adapt to the ever-changing expectations of heavy industry. The combination of our unrivaled databases, industry-experienced team of AP-Networks professionals and cloud-based software tools can be leveraged around the world by heavy industry professionals to Aim Higher, and Aim Smarter.