In the cutthroat world of corporate power plays, trust is the most dangerous game of all. When Chevron’s top brass—CEO Mike Wirth and Senior Executive Mark Nelson—bring in tech-savvy outsider Les Copeland as their new Chief Information Officer, they believe they’ve hired a visionary to lead the company into the digital future. But behind the polished resume and confident smile lies a dark agenda. Secretly in the pocket of rival corporations, Copeland is on a covert mission to dismantle Chevron from the inside—targeting and eliminating the very employees whose decades of knowledge and loyalty built the company’s foundation. Loyalties are tested, careers hang in the balance, and a once-mighty empire teeters on the edge in this gripping corporate thriller about betrayal, greed, and the high price of ambition.
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@e6 while the optics aren’t good… this is not really against the rules.
What’s truly a conflict of interest, though, is that LC is paying his old boss at GM, HP, Dell, and WalMart, and approving costs to create a solution to manage the IT portfolio.
NONE of those expensive EY consultants from his previous stops have any project management experience for the SOW that he signed. So it really is about paying it back for his old boss who helped him along in his career.
LC is trying to hire the head of data and cyber from his old companies and promoting those roles to 29 when they have been 27 (EN) and 28s.
It’s always about hooking up his pals.
The movie title could be
Chevron: Where Ethics Are Merely a Suggestion
Ok so they are bringing back their friends… while the optics aren’t great, it is not illegal.
What take the cake is that all of these EY consultants work for Randy Mott, who was Les’s friend, mentor, and former boss. He’s approving expenses at millions of dollars per month and lining the pockets of his former boss. That’s the part that is not as well known.
It is important to note that L.C. and his buddy K.G. have shared tenures at multiple companies since 1997, frequently moving at nearly the same time.
CIO L.C
- GM 2012-2024
- HP 2005-2012
- Dell 2000-2004
- Walmart 1997-2000
CIO Advisor K.G. (Originally a contractor) now reporting as an employee to L.C as director of ITOF , replacing the retiring R.S
- GM 2012-2024
- HP 2005-2012
- Dell 2001-2005
- Walmart 1986-2000
KG had 23 EY contractors reporting directly to him at one point. This raises a red flag, as it is my understanding that contractors from different firms typically do not report to one another. In most cases, all contractors in such scenarios would report to a Chevron employee (i.e EY contractors should report to Chevron employee). Many are now continuing to report to KG since he was converted to an employee.
The second red flag is that 8 of the 23 contractors have overlapping tenures with both LC and KG at previous companies.
Below is a list of contractors reporting to K.G. through EY, whose tenures overlap with those of L.C. and K.G. at prior companies:
S.K.
GM: 2012–2024 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
J.N.
GM: 2019–2024 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
HP: 2007–2019 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2005–2012)
Dell: 2000–2007 → Overlaps with L.C. (2000–2004) and K.G. (2001–2005)
H.D.
GM: 2012–2019 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
HP: 2008–2012 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2005–2012)
R.P.
GM: 2014–2024 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
G.F.
GM: 2012–2015 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
HP: 2005–2012 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2005–2012)
Walmart: 1997–2005 → Overlaps with L.C. (1997–2000) and K.G. (1986–2000)
B.L.
GM: 2014–2024 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
GM: 1998–2011
- E.
GM: 2014–2023 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
Dell: 2005–2014 → Overlaps with K.G. (2001–2005)
R.F.
GM: 2012–2018 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2012–2024)
HP: 2006–2012 → Overlaps with L.C. & K.G. (2005–2012)
Dell: 2001–2006 → Overlaps with L.C. (2000–2004) and K.G. (2001–2005)