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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Texas based President operating in the Energy space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Martin Dunagin
Vice President, Corporate Tax of Hess Corporation
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About Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Alex Sagebien
Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety of Hess Corporation
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About Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Kevin Wilcox
Vice President and Exploration and Production Controller of Hess Corporation
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About Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Richard Lynch
Senior Vice President, Global Drilling, Completions and Development of Hess Corporation
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About Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Brian Truelove
Senior Vice President, Offshore of Hess Corporation
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About Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Brian Truelove
Senior Vice President, Offshore of Hess Corporation
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About Hess Corporation: Hess Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and drilling company.
Shantanu Agarwal
President & Co-Founder of Susteon
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About Ank Aha!, Sustaera, Susteon: Susteon to develop a direct air capture (DAC) technology for capturing and converting carbon dioxide directly.
William J. Way
President and Chief Executive Officer of Southwestern Energy Company
Effective October 1, 2011, William J. Way joined the company as its Chief Operating Officer responsible for all of the company’s exploration and production (E&P) operations. A native of Houston, Mr. Way earned his undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University and has an MBA from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Way joined BG Group plc in 2007 as Senior Vice President, Americas, with responsibility for E&P, Midstream and LNG operations in the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile, Bolivia, Canada and Argentina as well as BG’s global shipping business. Mr. Way began his career at Conoco in 1981 and, over the course of his more than twenty-seven year tenure, he held a wide range of senior leadership positions in E&P, LNG, Midstream and Shipping operations in the United States, Scotland, United Arab Emirates, and Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Way is a Registered Professional Engineer with the State of Texas and serves as a Director for several secondary educational organizations.
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About Southwestern Energy Company: Southwestern Energy is a production company that engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas.
Jim Dewbre
Senior Vice President – Land of Southwestern Energy Company
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About Southwestern Energy Company: Southwestern Energy is a production company that engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas.
Frank Bruno
Vice President Business Development of Power Kiosk
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About Power Kiosk: Connecting Buyers And Sellers Of Gas And Electricity
Steven Sterin
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Andeavor
Steven Sterin is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer for Tesoro Corporation. Mr. Sterin joined Tesoro in 2014, bringing more than 15 years of financial leadership in the chemicals industry to his role. As CFO, Mr. Sterin guides the Company’s financial strategies and leads more than 650 employees in the following areas: controller, corporate analytics, credit, internal audit, investor relations, taxes, treasury and information technology. Prior to Tesoro, Mr. Sterin was senior vice president and chief financial officer for Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty material company, for seven years. During this time, he was also president of Celanese’s Advanced Fuel Technologies business. Mr. Sterin joined Celanese in 2003 as director of finance and controller for the company’s chemical business and also served as corporate controller and principal accounting officer before being appointed CFO. In 2012, the Dallas Business Journal recognized him as CFO of the Year for large public companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Prior to Celanese, Mr. Sterin spent six years with global chemicals company Reichhold, Inc. in a variety of financial positions, including director of tax and treasury in the Netherlands, global treasurer and vice president of finance for one of the company’s divisions in North Carolina. Mr. Sterin holds a Master of Professional Accounting degree and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting, which he earned concurrently at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a certified public accountant in Texas.
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About Andeavor: Andeavor, a Fortune 100 company, is an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products.
De La Rey Venter
Executive Vice President of Shell Oil Company
De la Rey Venter is the EVP for Integrated Gas Ventures at Shell, accountable for a large part of Shell’s natural gas assets. He started his career in the mining industry. Since joining Shell in 2002, he has held many diverse positions around the world including VP Commercial in Qatar, EVP Gas & Power Africa, Global Head of LNG and EVP Upstream Joint Ventures. He holds degrees in Accounting, Finance and Investment Management and an MBA from IMD. Mr. Venter currently resides in Houston with his wife and son. He enjoys reading, classical music and traveling with his family and serves as board member of the Houston Grand Opera.
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About Shell Oil Company: Shell Oil Company is an oil and gas company that explores and produces energy products.
Mary Lowe
President & CEO of Maralo LLC
Mary Lowe is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Maralo, LLC, (formerly Maralo, Inc.), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company and ranching operation, since 1973, and a Member of its Board of Directors since 1975. Mary is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Range Resources Corporation since April 2013. Mary also serves on the board of trustees of Texas Christian University, the board of the Performing Arts Center of Fort Worth, the board of the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and the board of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Mary previously served on the board of Apache Corporation (1996-2002), an oil and gas exploration company.
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About Maralo LLC: Maralo is an oil and gas mineral company.
John F. Young
President and CEO of Energy Future Holdings
John F. Young is president and CEO of Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Dallas-based energy company with a portfolio of competitive and regulated businesses, including TXU Energy, Luminant and Oncor. EFH, a Fortune 500 company, is the largest power generator, retail electricity provider and electric delivery business in Texas. Under Young’s leadership, the company has completed a $10 billion investment in capital improvements, adding 2,200 megawatts of new clean-air generation, making environmental upgrades on all its coal units, transforming the electric grid with smart technology, providing millions of dollars in low-income assistance and creating innovative, market-leading products and services to give customers greater choice, control and convenience. EFH and its employees also partner to serve communities and in the past five years have contributed more than $14 million to the annual United Way/TXU Energy AidSM campaign. Prior to joining EFH, Young was executive vice president of finance and markets at Exelon Corporation, one of the nation’s largest electric companies, with responsibilities for the finance functions and the trading and marketing organization, the Power Team. Young’s previous leadership responsibilities at Exelon included the role of president of Exelon Generation, where he managed the company’s nuclear, fossil and hydro operations as well as the Power Team. He joined Exelon Power as chief operating officer and was soon named president of the operating unit.
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About Energy Future Holdings: Energy Future Holdings Corp. is a Dallas-based, privately held energy company.
Jennifer Hartsock
Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Baker Hughes
Jennifer Hartsock is vice president and chief information officer overseeing the corporate information technology organization at Cameron International. Hartsock joined Cameron in March of 2015 after spending 17 years with Caterpillar. She served most recently as group CIO for their construction industries segment where she led business-aligned IT strategies, business application support and development, global SAP support centers of excellence, and business transformations. Hartsock graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor’s degree in applied computer science. She has also completed the management for the 21st Century (Mini-MBA) program at Bradley University, the Caterpillar Leadership Development Program and is a certified Caterpillar Six Sigma Black Belt.
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About Baker Hughes, Cameron: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Belgacem Chariag
President, Global Products and Services of Baker Hughes
Belgacem Chariag is President, Global Products and Services for Baker Hughes Incorporated. Previously, he served as President (and Vice President) of Eastern Hemisphere Operations since 2009. Prior to joining Baker Hughes, Chariag was Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment, and Security for Schlumberger. He also headed Schlumberger’s businesses in Egypt, East Africa, and East Mediterranean. Chariag held a variety of leadership and management for the company, including President of Well Services and Marketing Vice President for Europe, Caspian, and Africa as well as a variety of field operations, technical support, and management positions in Angola, Tunisia, the UAE and Qatar. Chariag earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas.
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About Baker Hughes, Ecovyst: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Jack Hinton
Vice President, Health, Safety, and Environment of Baker Hughes
Jack Hinton is Vice President, Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) for Baker Hughes Incorporated. With 38 years of experience, he is widely known across the industry for strategic insights that are efficient, effective, and yield step-changes in HSE management. Before Hinton joined Baker Hughes in 2005, he was a dean and professor at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research for two years. He previously spent 26 years at Texaco serving in leadership roles that included Director of Environment, Health, and Safety; and Vice President of International Petroleum. Hinton presently sits on the Management Committee of the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, is a member of the Kazakh-British Technical University Business School Advisory Board, and serves as Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. He holds a Doctorate degree in occupational health and a Master of Science degree in environmental science, both from the University of Texas. Hinton also received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry from Trevecca Nazarene University.
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About Baker Hughes, Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Andy Esparza
Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer of Baker Hughes
Andy Esparza is Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Baker Hughes Incorporated. He has more than 30 years of HR management experience, specializing in helping organizations improve their HR strategies. Esparza previously served as an executive HR consultant, providing services to chief executive officers and senior executives. He worked at Dell Inc., from 1997 to 2010 where he served in various leadership roles including Chief HR Officer, Vice President of Human Resources for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions, and Vice President of Staffing. In addition to his human resources experience, Esparza is a member of the boards of directors for the Campanile Foundation at San Diego State University and the Andy Roddick Foundation. Esparza earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from San Diego State University.
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Richard Williams
President, North America of Baker Hughes
Richard Williams is President, North America for Baker Hughes Incorporated. He previously served as President of the U.S. Land and Gulf of Mexico regions. Since joining Baker Hughes in 1975, he has held positions of increasing responsibility, including executive roles in operations for the Completions and Drilling Fluids product lines, and has provided a broad base of global experience across the hydrocarbon asset life cycle. Williams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix and an Associate of Science degree in petroleum technology from Lincoln College. He is on the boards of directors of the Center for Offshore Safety and the National Ocean Industries Association and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Independent Petroleum Association of America, and Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association.
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Julio Lera
President, Latin America of Baker Hughes
Julio Lera is President, Latin America of Baker Hughes Incorporated. Before this appointment, he was Managing Director and Vice President of Latin America for the company. Lera joined Baker Hughes in 1983 and held responsibilities as Vice President of the Centrilift product line in Latin America from 2007 to 2009 and Managing Director and Vice President of the Southern Cone Geomarket from 2009 to 2013. He has more than 30 years of experience in strategy, operation, manufacturing, marketing, and sales. Lera earned a degree in civil engineering from Catholic University of Buenos Aires and a degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Buenos Aires.
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About Baker Hughes: Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.
Morag Watson
Vice President of BP
Morag Watson is the Vice President of Digital Innovation at BP. In this role, Morag leads a team focused on identifying the application of emerging digital technology innovation to meet business requirements. She works closely with the BP business segments and functions to accelerate the efficient adoption of new technologies and deployment at scale. Morag’s expertise has been instrumental in the Technology Innovation system at BP from ideation to development, application and standardization Most recently, Morag served as the Director of Global IT Operations and Infrastructure for the America’s region. She also held a senior business unit leadership role in BP’s Alternative Energy business responsible for exploring and developing a new part of the renewable energy portfolio, focusing on low carbon power opportunities. Prior to this, Morag was the CIO and Vice President of the Exploration and Production business of BP where her responsibilities included being accountable for all aspects of digital technology and infrastructure supporting the Upstream activities worldwide. Over Morag’s twenty five-year tenure at BP, she has held other leadership positions including a wide range of roles in strategy, planning, and architecture in addition to the development of leading edge technologies. Outside of the technical arena, she was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and later Vice President, for the North America Commercial Fuels Marketing business. Morag’s diverse skills and experiences have taken her to roles based in many different countries, including the US and UK, as well as Venezuela and Colombia Morag’s career has seen numerous accolades, including the BP Upstream Technical Achievement Award in 1999 and 2000, BP IT Helios Award in 2001, and the BP Performance Innovation Award in 2003. In addition, she was externally recognized by winning the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) award for Top Women in Technology. Morag currently serves on the board of Intel Capital, Price Waterhouse Coopers Exchange and BPs Diversity & Inclusion Council. She is also the Executive Sponsor of BP Women International Americas Business Resource Group which is focused on creating a greater pipeline of talent and opportunities for women in technical industries through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) program. Morag holds an MSc in Management from Stanford University where she was sponsored by BP under the Sloan Program, a BSc in Mathematics and Computing from Aberdeen University and an LTCL from the Trinity College of Music in London.
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About BP: BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world.
Susan Dio
Chairman and President of BP America of BP
Susan joined BP in 1984 from the University of Mississippi with a degree in chemical engineering. Prior to her current role as president and chairman of BP America, Susan was chief executive of BP Shipping, based in London, with responsibility for moving 200 million tons of oil, gas and products around the world each year. Responding to the demands of a changing energy marketplace, Susan reset the organization’s strategy and oversaw the recent renewal of the BP fleet, including the commissioning and delivery of 26 highly efficient new tankers. Susan also has extensive experience in BP’s refining and marketing operations, serving as head of audit for those operations worldwide from 2013 to 2015. Before that, she ran the Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia. Between 2006 and 2010, she was plant manager of BP’s Texas City chemicals business.
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About BP: BP delivers heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world.
Gretchen Watkins
President, Shell Oil Company of Royal Dutch Shell
Gretchen Watkins is the President of Shell Oil Company, where she oversees the strategic integration of all Shell businesses in the United States and leads the U.S. Country Coordination Team. She also serves as Executive Vice President of Shell’s Upstream Unconventionals business, overseeing the exploration, development, and production of Shell’s unconventional oil and gas portfolio, which includes assets in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. Gretchen most recently served as the first American and female Chief Executive Officer of Maersk Oil. She entered the industry nearly 30 years ago as a Facilities Engineer, and went on to commence an international career that has included senior executive roles at BP, Marathon Oil, and Maersk Oil in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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About Royal Dutch Shell: Royal Dutch Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies.
Charlie Gates
Executive Vice President of Power Operations of Calpine
Charlie Gates joined Calpine as Executive Vice President of Power Operations in April 2016. Previously, Mr. Gates had served as Senior Vice President and Chief Fossil/Hydro Officer for Duke Energy Corporation since August 2014. He had been Duke’s SVP of Power Generation Operations since July 2012, when Progress Energy merged with Duke. Mr. Gates had served in a similar capacity for Progress since January 2012 after being promoted from Vice President of Fossil Generation for Progress Energy for the Carolinas and Florida. He was previously General Manager of Progress Energy Florida from the time the company merged with Carolina Power & Light Company in 2001 to 2006. Mr. Gates began his power industry career with Carolina Power & Light in 1982 as an associate engineer and moved up through increasingly responsible positions to become General Manager of five fossil-fuel plants in 2000. Mr. Gates’ other industry leadership roles include serving as Chairman of the Generation Council for the Electric Power Research Institute. He earned bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University and in political science from the University of North Carolina.
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About Calpine: Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
W Thaddeus Miller
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Calpine
W. Thaddeus Miller joined Calpine Corporation in August 2008 as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Mr. Miller brings almost 30 years of legal experience to Calpine, with more than 25 years having been in the energy industry. He recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Texas Genco Inc. until 2006. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Miller was a consultant to Texas Pacific Group, a private equity firm. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Orion Power, an independent power producer. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Miller was Vice President of Goldman Sachs & Co., where he focused on wholesale electric and other energy commodity trading. Before joining Goldman Sachs & Co., Mr. Miller was a partner in a New York law firm. Mr. Miller earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and his Juris Doctorate from St. John’s School of Law. In addition, he was an officer in the United States Coast Guard.
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About Calpine: Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
Kevin McMahon
Sr Vice President Internal Audit & Chief Compliance Officer of Calpine
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About Calpine: Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
Todd Thornton
Senior Vice President, Origination and Development of Calpine
Todd Thornton has served as Calpine’s Senior Vice President of Origination and Development since May 2014. In this role, he leads development and origination activities throughout our central and eastern regions. Previously, Mr. Thornton was appointed to the position of Vice President of Commercial Development in January 2013, responsible for greenfield and brownfield development efforts. From 2009-2013, he served as Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, responsible for corporate and project finance, treasury operations, investment analytics, debt compliance and commercial credit. Mr. Thornton joined Calpine in 2000 through Calpine’s acquisition of SkyGen Energy, where he served in various financial roles. Mr. Thornton earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Northern Illinois University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
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About Calpine: Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
Steven Schleimer
Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs of Calpine
Steven Schleimer has been Calpine’s Senior Vice President for Government and Regulatory Affairs since January 1, 2014.
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About Calpine: Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
Jeff Koshkin
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer of Calpine
Jeff Koshkin has served as Calpine’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since August 1, 2015.
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About Calpine: Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources.
Martin H Truong
Senior Vice President of General Counsel & Secretary of SunEdison
Truong has served as SunEdison’s Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since April of 2013 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in May of 2014. Mr. Truong joined SunEdison in February 2008 and has held various roles of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as SunEdison’s Assistant General Counsel with legal responsibilities for Emerging Markets, Solar Materials and intellectual property licensing and monetization. Mr. Truong’s extensive energy industry and leadership experience will enable him to provide valuable guidance to our board of directors.
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About SunEdison: SunEdison is the largest global renewable energy development company.
Zhanna Golodryga
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital & Administrative Officer of Phillips 66
Zhanna Golodryga is SVP of services and CIO for Hess Corporation, a leading global independent energy company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. Golodryga, who joined the company in 2012, leads the IT and services function. In 2014, Golodryga was promoted to her current role, which added responsibility for managing the company’s service organizations, including global supply chain, global business transformation program and global office services. She is also responsible for information management, enterprise architecture, infrastructure and cybersecurity across the business. Golodryga has worked for more than 30 years in information technology, 28 of which were in the oil and gas industry. Before joining Hess, she served 11 years as VP and CIO at BHP Billiton Petroleum.
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About Phillips 66: Energy manufacturing and logistics company
Alex Volkov
Vice President & Head of Global LNG Marketing of ExxonMobil
Alex Volkov is Vice President (VP), Global LNG Marketing, ExxonMobil Upstream Oil & Gas Company. In his role, he has global responsibility for ExxonMobil’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) portfolio and marketing of LNG for ExxonMobil’s projects and joint ventures. Prior to this, Alex was VP, International Gas, ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing and Chairman, ExxonMobil Gas Marketing Europe. He was responsible for ExxonMobil’s natural gas marketing activities in Europe, Russia, Caspian region, Malaysia, Thailand, and Australia. Before this, Alex was VP of Exxon Neftegas Limited in Moscow, Russia, where he was responsible for ExxonMobil natural gas marketing activities, including commercialization of Sakhalin-1 gas resources.
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About ExxonMobil: ExxonMobil is an international oil and gas company, providing energy that helps underpin growing economies.
Khaled Al Mogharbel
President of Schlumberger
Khaled Al Mogharbel is president of the Drilling Group, a position he assumed in July 2013. Prior to his current role, he held various regional management positions including president for Schlumberger Middle East from August 2011 to June 2013; and previously, vice president and managing director for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Earlier in his Schlumberger career, Al Mogharbel held various management and engineering positions from 1997 to 2002 in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, and UAE. In 2002, he was assigned wireline operations manager for China and Japan. Later in 2004, he was assigned general manager for Syria, Jordan and Lebanon; and in 2007 he was assigned global career planning manager based in Paris, France. He began his career with Schlumberger in 1993 in wireline operations in Saudi Arabia. Al Mogharbel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is an active member of SPE since 1993.
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About Schlumberger: Schlumberger is a supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions.
Don Patrick
President, Cardinal Contractors – East Construction Services of Primoris Services Corporation
Mr. Patrick has been promoted to President of Cardinal Contractors, Inc. of Primoris as of November 30, 2015, prior to accepting this position Mr. Patrick served as President of Cardinal Mechanical since joining the Primoris family in December of 2005; he will continue to serve in this capacity as well as President of Cardinal Contractors, Inc. Prior to joining Primoris, Mr. Patrick served as Program Director of the District Energy Division of TEPSCO for 9 years and has been associated with Petrochem Construction since March of 1975 with Brown and Root (5 years) and Belmont Constructors, Inc. (18 years) in Houston, Texas and surrounding areas.
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About Primoris Services Corporation: Primoris, through various subsidiaries, has grown to become one of the largest construction service enterprises in the United States
Philip Asherman
President & CEO of CB&I
Philip Asherman is President and Chief Executive Officer of CB&I. Mr. Asherman was named to this position in 2006. Philip has more than 35 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry. Philip began his career in 1979, serving in a variety of project operations, business development and senior management positions, including a number of regional executive positions in Europe, South America and Asia. In 2001, Philip joined CB&I as a Senior Executive in Amsterdam and was promoted to Executive Vice President that same year, reporting directly to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Philip was elected to his current position by the Board of Directors in February 2006 and was elected to the Supervisory Board of Directors in July 2006. Philip is a Member of the Board of Advisors for The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and serves as an Advisor for the university’s Council on Emerging Market Enterprises. Philip is a Member of the Board of Directors at American Petroleum Institute and the National Petroleum Council. Philip also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at Arrow Electronics Inc. and the National Safety Council. Following active duty in the United States Air Force from 1970 to1974, Philip graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida. Philip earned a Master’s degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and he has completed advanced management programs at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and at the Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona.
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About CB&I: CB&I provide technology and infrastructure for the energy industry, focusing on safety and quality standards.
Chris Kendall
President & Chief Operating Officer of Denbury Resources
Christian S. Kendall, President and Chief Operating Officer, joined Denbury in September of 2015. Kendall joined Denbury from Noble Energy, Inc., where he most recently served as a member of Noble’s executive management and as part of its operations leadership team as Senior Vice President, Global Operations Services. Prior to that, Kendall served as Vice President, Gulf of Mexico (2011-2014), and as Business Unit Manager and Vice President, Noble Energy Mediterranean Ltd (2007-2011), having been with Noble since 2001. Kendall began his career with Mobil Oil Corporation in 1989 and, in total, has over 27 years of oil and gas industry experience in domestic and international operations roles. Kendall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Civil Specialty, from the Colorado School of Mines.
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About Denbury Resources: Denbury Resources Inc., is a domestic oil and natural gas company.
Mark C. Allen
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Denbury Resources
Mark C. Allen, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Mr. Allen served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer until June 30, 2009. Before joining Denbury in April 1999, Mr. Allen was Manager of Financial Reporting for ENSCO International Incorporated from November 1996 to April 1999. Prior to November 1996, Mr. Allen was a manager in the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse LLP. Mr. Allen also served as a director of Genesis Energy, L.P. between June 2006 and February 2010 and Encore Energy Partners GP LLC between August 2010 and December 2010.
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About Denbury Resources: Denbury Resources Inc., is a domestic oil and natural gas company.
Brad Kerr
Senior Vice President– Development, Technical and Innovation of Denbury Resources
Brad Kerr, Senior Vice President – Development, Technical and Innovation, joined Denbury in June of 2014. Mr. Kerr has 31 years of oil and gas industry experience, serving in various roles at Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) and at Exxon Mobil Corporation. His responsibilities included providing operational and technical leadership, new technology implementation and reservoir engineering for diverse oil and gas exploration and development projects, including enhanced oil recovery and unconventional drilling projects in Alaska, West Texas, the Rockies, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Prior to joining Denbury, Mr. Kerr was employed by Shell, where he held a variety of senior operational and technical leadership roles, most recently as Director, South China. Mr. Kerr received his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Davidson College.
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About Denbury Resources: Denbury Resources Inc., is a domestic oil and natural gas company.
Dan E. Cole
Vice President of Marketing, Commercial Development and Governmental Relations of Denbury Resources
Dan E. Cole, Vice President – Commercial Development and Governmental Relations, joined Denbury in October 2006. Prior to joining Denbury, Mr. Cole was Director of the Mississippi/Alabama Business Unit for Plains Marketing, LP since April 2004, and Manager, Gulf Coast Region for EOTT Operating for the prior eight years before it was acquired by Plains Marketing. Mr. Cole has more than 35 years of marketing, transportation and supply experience in the natural gas and crude oil industry. Mr. Cole received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University.
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About Denbury Resources: Denbury Resources Inc., is a domestic oil and natural gas company.
Jim Matthews
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Denbury Resources
Jim Matthews, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, joined Denbury in January 2012. Mr. Matthews was a partner with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins LLP from 2001 until joining Denbury in 2012, with a primary focus on representing companies in oil and gas finance transactions. Mr. Matthews served as Managing and Administrative Partner of Vinson & Elkins’ Tokyo office during his last three years with the firm. Mr. Matthews holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University, a Master’s degree from Ohio University and a Juris Doctor degree from Emory University School of Law.
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About Denbury Resources: Denbury Resources Inc., is a domestic oil and natural gas company.
Earl C. Austin, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer of Quanta Services
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About Quanta Services: Quanta Services provides engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for comprehensive infrastructure needs.
Kenneth M. Fisher
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Noble Energy
Mr. Kenneth M. Fisher, Ken CPA serves as President at SOS Security Incorporated. Mr. Fisher has been the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Noble Energy, Inc. since November 16, 2009. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of SOS Security Incorporated. Mr. Fisher has over 25 years of financial, operations and general management experience working with public and private companies in a variety of industries, that have been involved with complex energy and capital-intensive businesses. He served as Executive Vice President of Finance for Upstream Americas at Shell. He served as the Director of Strategy & Business Development for Royal Dutch Shell in The Hague; Executive Vice President of Strategy & Portfolio for their global downstream business in London; and as Chief Financial Officer for Shell Oil Products U.S. Before joined Shell, Mr. Fisher held positions of increasing responsibility with General Electric Company, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Aircraft Engines Services division and a Singapore-based position as Director of Finance & Business Development of GE’s Asia Pacific plastics business. Mr. Fisher serves as a Trustee of Centenary College of Louisiana. Mr. Fisher is a Certified Public Accountant and a Member of the American Institute at Certified Public Accountants and California’s Society of CPA’s. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A. degree in Business Administration/Finance.
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About Noble Energy: Noble Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
David L. Stover
President and ChiefOperating Officer of Noble Energy
Mr. David L. Stover has been the President at Noble Energy, Inc. since April 29, 2009 and has been its Chief Operating Officer since August 1, 2006. Mr. Stover served as a Senior Vice President of Domestic and Business Development at Noble Energy Inc. since July 27, 2004. Prior thereto, Mr. Stover served as the Companys Vice President of Business Development since December 16, 2002. Previous to his employment with Noble Energy Inc., he was employed by BP as Vice President, Gulf of Mexico Shelf from September 2000 to August 2002. Prior to joining BP, Mr. Stover was employed by Vastar, as Area Manager for Gulf of Mexico Shelf from April 1999 to September 2000, and prior thereto, as Area Manager for Oklahoma/Arklatex from January 1994 to April 1999.
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About Noble Energy: Noble Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
Arnold J. Johnson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Noble Energy
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About Noble Energy: Noble Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
John T. Lewis
Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of Noble Energy
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About Noble Energy: Noble Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
Jon Hodges
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Industrial Services
Jon founded Evergreen Industrial Services in 2000 and through his leadership the company has grown from a regional contractor into a diversified industrial service provider serving industry nationwide. With over 35 years of experience, Jon’s emphasis on safety and service quality are key ingredients to the company’s employee-focused culture and can be attributed to the company’s growth trajectory. Jon has been featured in numerous motivational books and has received multiple customer accolades and is well known for his benevolence throughout the Houston area.
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About Evergreen Industrial Services, Evergreen North America: Evergreen Industrial Services is a leading provider of environmental and industrial cleaning solutions.
Kang Chen
Vice President & Chief Information Officer of Concho Resources
Kang is Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Kang joined Concho in 2010 as Director of Information Technology. Prior to Concho, Kang served in various managerial roles with increasing responsibilities for LyondellBasell. Before LyondellBasell, Kang was with Deloitte Consulting where his clients included large oil and gas exploration and production companies and integrated oil companies. Kang holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, a Master of Science in Finance from Suffolk University and a Master of Science in Management Information Systems from Boston University.
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About Concho Resources: Concho Resources is an independent oil and natural gas company that acquires, develops, and explores oil and natural gas properties.
Clay Bateman
Vice President of New Mexico of Concho Resources
Clay is Vice President of New Mexico. He joined Concho in 2008 and has served as Vice President of Texas, Texas Basins Asset Manager and Texas Asset Manager. Prior to joining Concho, Clay worked at Encore Acquisition Company as Senior Operations Engineer and at Burlington Resources in various engineering and operations capacities. Clay holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas.
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About Concho Resources, Concho Resources: Concho Resources is an independent oil and natural gas company that acquires, develops, and explores oil and natural gas properties.
Laurence Simmons
Founder & President of SCF Partners
Laurence Simmons, Chairman of the Board of Directors at SCF Partners, founded the firm in 1989. Laurence is responsible for guidance over the firm’s investment program and strategy. Laurence began his focus on finance at the University of Utah, where he studied Economics and at the London School of Economics. Laurence subsequently earned an MBA from Harvard University. Laurence helped launch the Corporate Finance Department at The First National Bank of Chicago before moving to Texas in 1974 to be Co-Founder of Simmons & Company International, an investment banking firm specializing in oilfield service companies. Following a significant downturn in the energy business in the 1980s, Laurence founded SCF Partners. Through SCF, he has guided the investment of over $2.5 billion in private equity capital used to build energy service and equipment companies. SCF has created 13 public companies listed on the U.S. and Canadian stock exchanges, a number of which are among the largest companies in the oil service industry today. Laurence currently serves as a Member of the Board of Directors at United Airlines and Zions Bancorporation. Laurence is also active in the non-profit sector, currently serving on boards of or associated with the Houston Endowment, Harvard Business School, Rice University, The London School of Economics, Texas Children’s Hospital, Scripps Prebys Cardiovascular Institute and the Woodrow Wilson Center.
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About SCF Partners: Founded in 1989, SCF Partners is headquartered in Houston, Texas with investments administered through Calgary and Aberdeen.
Jeff Quiram
President & CEO of Superconductor Technologies
Jeff Quiram is the President & CEO at Superconductor Technologies.
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About Superconductor Technologies: STI has pioneered the development of superconducting materials and manufacturing processes, developing numerous patents.
Burney J Latiolais
Executive Vice President of Operations of FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL
Burney J. Latiolais, Jr., is the Company’s executive vice president of global operations, a position he has held since October 2016. In addition, Mr. Latiolais currently serves as the chairman of Frank’s International, LLC’s I.P. advisory committee, which he founded in 2013. Since joining Frank’s in 1992, Mr. Latiolais has held the positions of senior vice president of global business development and sales, vice president of sales and services, and global vice president of drilling tools and specialty products. Prior to joining Frank’s, Mr. Latiolais was the chief executive officer of Louisiana Tubing Testers and Centralizers, Inc. Mr. Latiolais is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) and the American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE).
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About FRANK’S INTERNATIONAL: Frank’s International N.V. is a global oil services company
William D. Rogers
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Scott M. Prochazka
President and Chief Executive Officer of CenterPoint Energy
Scott M. Prochazka has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of CenterPoint Energy, Inc, effective January 1, 2014. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from August 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Division President, Electric Operations of the Company from May 2011 through July 2012; as Division Senior Vice President, Electric Operations of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC, from February 2009 to May 2011; as Division Senior Vice President Regional Operations of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., from February 2008 to February 2009; and as Division Vice President, Customer Service Operations, from October 2006 to February 2008.
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Tracy Bridge
Executive Vice President and President, Electric Division of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Joseph B. McGoldrick
Executive Vice President and President, Gas Division of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Kenneth M. Mercado
Senior Vice President, Electric Operations of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Sue Ortenstone
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Sue Ortenstone
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
Dana OBrien
Senior Vice President and General Counsel of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
John Sult
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation
John R. (J. R.) Sult is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Marathon Oil Corporation. He joined Marathon Oil in September 2013 after having previously served as a member of El Paso Corporation’s executive management team from 2005 until the company was acquired by Kinder Morgan, Inc. in 2012. While with El Paso, he served as executive vice president and CFO from 2010 to 2012 and senior vice president and CFO from 2009 until 2010. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller from 2005 until 2009. Mr. Sult also served as senior vice president, CFO and controller of El Paso’s Pipeline Group from 2005 to 2009 and as CFO of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P. from 2007 to 2012. Prior to joining El Paso, he served as vice president and controller of Halliburton Energy Services from 2004 until 2005, where he was responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting for the company’s energy services business unit. Before joining Halliburton, Mr. Sult was an audit and business advisory partner with Arthur Andersen LLP where he gained more than 20 years of experience working with public and private companies in the energy industry.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Mitch Little
Executive Vice President, Operations of Marathon Oil Corporation
Mitch Little is executive vice president, Operations, for Marathon Oil Corporation. In this role he oversees the Company’s North America Resource Play operations as well as the Company’s Conventional businesses. He was appointed to this role in August 2016, after serving as vice president, Conventional. Mr. Little joined Marathon in 1986, and has held a number of engineering and management positions of increasing scope and responsibility related to the Company’s U.S. production operations in Oklahoma, Wyoming, Louisiana and Alaska, as well as international production operations in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Libya. Mr. Little also served as general manager, Worldwide Drilling and Completions and managing director of Marathon Oil Norge AS, where he held responsibility for the Company’s activities in Norway. Mr. Little earned a bachelor of science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1986 and is a 30 year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Mr. Little serves on the board of directors of Interfaith CarePartners and the Offshore Energy Center.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Lee M. Tillman
President & Chief Executive Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation
Lee M. Tillman is president and chief executive officer of Marathon Oil Corporation and a member of the Marathon Oil Corporation Board of Directors. He joined the Company in August 2013. Immediately prior to this, Mr. Tillman served as vice president of Engineering for ExxonMobil Development Company where he was responsible for all global engineering staff engaged in major project concept selection, and front end engineering and design. He began his career in the oil and gas industry at Exxon in 1989 as a research engineer. He has extensive operations management and leadership experience that has included assignments in Jakarta, Indonesia; Aberdeen, Scotland; Stavanger, Norway; Malabo, Equatorial Guinea; Dallas and New Orleans. Mr. Tillman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering with honors from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Auburn University. He is a board member of the American Petroleum Institute (API), American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), a member of the University of Houston Energy Advisory Board and the Chemical and Engineering Advisory Councils of Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Patrick Wagner
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy of Marathon Oil Corporation
Pat Wagner is Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy for Marathon Oil Corporation. In this role he has responsibility for Business Development, Resource Exploration, Business Planning and Marketing. He joined the Company in April 2014. Mr. Wagner previously served as senior vice president, Western Business Unit, for QR Energy LP and the affiliated Quantum Resources Management, which he joined in early 2012 as vice president, Exploitation. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2012, Wagner was managing director in Houston for Scotia Waterous, the oil and gas arm of Scotiabank. Before joining Scotia, Wagner was vice president, Gulf of Mexico, for Devon Energy Corp. in Houston. He began at Devon in 2003 as manager, International Exploitation. From 2000 to 2003, Wagner worked for Ocean Energy Inc. as manager, Acquisitions & Divestitures, and manager, International Exploitation. Wagner was with The Scotia Group in Dallas and Houston between 1990 and 2000, progressing through positions of increasing responsibility, eventually establishing and managing a new company office in Houston as a senior vice president. Wagner began his career as a project engineer with Exxon Company in 1988. He holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in petroleum engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Dane Whitehead
Executive Vice President And CFO of Marathon Oil Corporation
Mr. Whitehead is an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 30, 2013 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EP Energy LLC since May 2012. He was previously Senior Vice President of Strategy and Enterprise Business Development and a member of the Executive Committee of El Paso Corporation from October 2009 to May 2012. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our predecessor, EP Energy Corporation (a/k/a El Paso Exploration & Production Company), from May 2006 to October 2009. He was the Vice President and Controller of Burlington Resources Inc. from June 2005 to March 2006. From January 2002 to May 2005 he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Burlington Resources Canada. He was a member of the Burlington Resources Executive Committee from 2000 to 2006. From 1984 to 1993, Mr. Whitehead was an independent accountant with Coopers and Lybrand. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About EP Energy Corporation, Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Gary E. Wilson
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation
Gary E. Wilson is vice president, controller and chief accounting officer of Marathon Oil Corporation. He joined Marathon Oil in October 2014. Mr. Wilson most recently served as director of corporate accounting for Noble Energy, a global exploration and production company based in Houston. Prior to that, he held various roles at Noble Energy including director of global operation services finance, director of controls and reporting, international finance manager, controller of financial planning & analysis and associate controller. Mr. Wilson began his career at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Wilson holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He also has an Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a certified public accountant. Mr. Wilson serves on the board of directors of Trees for Houston.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Bruce A. McCullough
Vice President, Technology and Innovation, and CIO of Marathon Oil Corporation
Bruce A. McCullough is vice president and chief information officer for Marathon Oil Corporation. In this role he is responsible for oversight for the Company’s IT organization, ensuring innovation and a competitive edge with technology. Prior to joining Marathon Oil in June 2013, Mr. McCullough was director, Global Business Systems for Anadarko Petroleum Corp. While at Anadarko, he led efforts to develop and maintain systems and execute strategic projects in both operations and corporate support functions. Prior to Anadarko, he was a partner at Accenture and served in a variety of capacities for clients such as Atlantic Richfield Company, Mitchell Energy and Development Corporation and Burlington Resources. Mr. McCullough earned a bachelor of arts degree in computer science from Baylor University.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Ellen DeSanctis
Vice President of Investor Relations & Communications of ConocoPhillips
Ellen DeSanctis has more than 30 years of experience in technical, strategic and communications leadership within the oil and natural gas industry. She provides overall guidance for ConocoPhillips’ investor relations, communications, brand and charitable investment functions in support of the company’s mission, vision, values and strategic objectives. DeSanctis and her group serve as an interface with the investment community and the media, engage with internal and external stakeholders, support the development of a compelling culture and foster ConocoPhillips’ strong global reputation. Before joining ConocoPhillips in 2012, DeSanctis served as senior vice president, Corporate Communications for Petrohawk Energy from 2010 to 2012. She worked in a senior strategy role for Rosetta Resources from 2008 to 2010, and as an independent consultant from 2006 to 2008. Previously, DeSanctis served as vice president, Strategy and Corporate Communications for Burlington Resources until its sale to ConocoPhillips in 2006.
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About ConocoPhillips: ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes health and environmental safety.
Alan J Hirshberg
Executive Vice President of Technology & Projects of ConocoPhillips
Al Hirshberg and his team ensure that ConocoPhillips deploys the optimal technology solutions to maximize production volumes and efficiency, and thereby achieve the company’s strategic and financial goals. His range of responsibilities includes innovation, solutions and services for subsurface disciplines, production, drilling and completion, major projects, marine operations, aviation, supply chain, information technology and protection and other functions. Hirshberg has 3 decades of oil and natural gas industry technical and executive management experience. Before assuming his current role in 2012, he served as senior vice president, Planning and Strategy for ConocoPhillips. Prior to joining the company in 2010, he was a vice president at ExxonMobil, responsible for worldwide deep water and Africa projects, following earlier responsibility for offshore production and operation projects in Norway, Australia, Angola, Nigeria, the Gulf of Mexico, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. He had also served as a vice president responsible for a number of major oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas and power projects in the United States and overseas.
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About ConocoPhillips: ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes health and environmental safety.
Matthew J Fox
Executive Vice President of Exploration & Production of ConocoPhillips
Matt Fox and his staff are responsible for expanding and managing the energy resource base that serves as the foundation of ConocoPhillips, and producing oil and natural gas. This entails the broad range of exploration; design, construction, maintenance and use of producing facilities; and operating in a safe and environmentally sound manner. Fox is a reservoir engineer with over 30 years of experience. Before returning to ConocoPhillips in 2012, he was executive vice president, international for Nexen, Inc. His prior assignments with ConocoPhillips included serving as president of ConocoPhillips Canada, senior vice president, Oil Sands in Canada and manager of North Slope Development in Alaska. Fox started his career with predecessor company Conoco in 1983 as a reservoir engineer working in London and Aberdeen. After serving in senior reservoir engineering roles in Dubai and Houston, he became chief reservoir engineer in the company’s reservoir technology organization, and also worked in business development and staff roles.
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About ConocoPhillips: ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes health and environmental safety.
James D. McMorran
Vice President of Human Resources, Real Estate & Facilities Services of ConocoPhillips
James McMorran is Vice President, Human Resources and Real Estate & Facilities Services. McMorran leads the global team of human resources professionals responsible for Compensation, Benefits, HR Shared Services, Talent Management and Learning, Talent Planning, and Health Services. He is also responsible for Real Estate & Facilities Services, which manages the company’s real estate portfolio. McMorran began his career with Conoco in 1979 as a financial analyst in London and has held global roles of increasing responsibility over the past 35 years. Most recently, he served as Manager of Compensation and Benefits. Born in Umm Said, Qatar, McMorran was educated in Scotland and became a U.S. citizen in 1989. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in business from Glasgow College.
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About ConocoPhillips: ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes health and environmental safety.
Andrew Lundquist
Senior Vice President of Government of ConocoPhillips
Andrew Lundquist is senior vice president, Government Affairs for ConocoPhillips, responsible for the company’s state, federal and international policy and government affairs activities. Lundquist and his team offer strategic advice to management on public policy, advocacy, regulation and compliance; and manage the company’s response efforts. They also represent ConocoPhillips in matters of resource access, taxation and governmental regulation by taking a fact-based, cooperative and reasonable communications approach. Lundquist has more than 25 years of experience in government affairs. Prior to joining ConocoPhillips in 2013, he was managing partner of BlueWater Strategies LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm that he founded in 2002 to provide business and government relations advice to U.S. and international corporations. He previously served as a director for Pioneer Natural Resources, for Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, and for Evergreen Resources.
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About ConocoPhillips: ConocoPhillips is an oil and gas exploration and production company in the energy industry that promotes health and environmental safety.
Cheryl Thomas
Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Valero Energy
Cheryl Thomas serves as Corporate Vice President-Information Services and Chief Information Officer, with responsibility for the company’s information services network and related technology. Thomas has served Valero and its predecessor since 1984. She previously served as Senior Vice President-Information Services for Valero, managing the company’s Information Systems Development, Support and Infrastructure teams. Prior to that role, Thomas served as Vice President of Retail Operations Support and Vice President of Retail Information Systems. She has played a key role in restructuring Valero’s Information Services Department and integrating recently acquired assets into Valero’s complex systems. Thomas earned a business administration degree in quantitative analysis from California State University-Fresno in 1983, graduating Magna Cum Laude.
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About Valero Energy: Valero Energy is a Fortune 500 international manufacturer and a marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products and power.
Heather Cykoski
Group Vice President of ABB
Heather Cykoski, Group Vice President, leads ABB’s efforts to accelarate new growth. Responsible for developing, implementing and managing the relationship and total business acquisition of ABB with global customers worldwide. In addition to her current role she leads the global Engineering, Procurement, Construction Industry Network. A passionate global business leader with 20+ years of international experience leading multi-divisional, multi-cultural teams in the energy value chain. Joining in 2005, Heather has served as North American Manager for British Petroleum and Shell. In 2007 she was named Vice President, Group Accounts working with The Dow Chemical Company, successfully executing chemical plants and new investments in Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America. In 2010, she led ABB’s partnership with Dow Chemical and Saudi Aramco’s joint venture, in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. A partner from concept through lifecycle. Later in 2012, she managed Group Strategic Project investments including East Africa’s liquid natural gas and North America’s gulf coast chemical and liquid natural gas investments. Heather is a leading member of the National Association of Professional Woman, served as a delegate of the Global Women’s Forum for Economy & Society, Member of Texas A&M Alumni and Society of Petroleum Engineers. She leads the Encompass Diversity & Inclusion Houston Chapter and serves on the board of the Pinehurst community. She resides in Houston, Texas with her husband and two daughters.
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About ABB: ABB provides power and automation technologies for smart grids, robotics, electric cars, renewable energy and motors.
Todd Tanory
Senior Vice President of NGL Asset Management of NGL Energy Partners
Todd Tanory currently serves as Senior VP of Asset Management for NGL Energy Partners.Todd Tanory began his career at BP where he started as an Operations Engineer in the refining division. Throughout his tenure at BP, Todd Tanory took on successive commercial leadership roles with oversight of gas processing plants, gathering pipelines, and NGL logistics within the Natural Gas Liquids Business Unit.Todd Tanory was VP of NGL Transportation & Operations before starting his role at Gavilon, LLC in 2010. While at Gavilon Todd Tanory built a midstream asset team and infrastructure from the ground up, including responsibility for the construction of the 4.1 million barrel Cushing Storage Terminal. In his current role with NGL Energy Partners, Todd Tanory has responsibility for all of the terminals and pipelines in the crude oil and NGL segments.Todd Tanory received his BS in Chemical Engineering from LSU and his MBA from Tulane University.
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About NGL Energy Partners: We are a publicly traded Master Limited Partnership listed under the ticker symbol “NGL” on the New York Stock Exchange.
Donald Jensen
Executive Vice President of NGL Refined Products of NGL Energy Partners
Donald Jensen joined NGL when NGL acquired the Gavilon energy business in 2013. Donald Jensen currently serves as the Sr. Vice President of the Refined Fuels business. While at Gavilon Donald Jensen served as the Sr. Director of Refined Fuels Marketing and as a Sr. Refined Fuel Trader. Donald Jensen entered the energy business in 1984 when Donald Jensen joined Conoco working in various parts of the downstream business. After Conoco,Donald Jensen acted as a refined products trader for several trading companies including Koch Industries, Williams Energy, and Louis Dreyfus. Prior to joining GavilonDonald Jensen was the Vice President for Supply and Commercial Marketing for Atlas Oil.
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About NGL Energy Partners: We are a publicly traded Master Limited Partnership listed under the ticker symbol “NGL” on the New York Stock Exchange.
Corey Grindal
Senior Vice President of Cheniere Energy Inc
Mr. Grindal joined Cheniere in 2013 to develop the required infrastructure needed to supply Cheniere’s LNG terminals, establish relationships with US producers, and set up the needed systems, processes, and personnel for Cheniere to be the premier US LNG exporter. Mr. Grindal has 23 years of energy industry experience. Prior to joining Cheniere, Mr. Grindal was with Deutsche Bank and was responsible for physical and financial trading. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Mr. Grindal held positions with Louis Dreyfus and the Tenneco/ El Paso companies. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin.
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About Cheniere Energy Inc: LNG Terminals. Cheniere is among the leading companies in North America strategically pursuing the development of LNG terminals.
John J. Christmann
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Apache Corp
John, was appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer – North America, effective Jan. 1, 2014, having been region vice president – Permian Region, from 2010 through 2013. He previously served as vice president – Business Development, since January 2004, and production manager for the Gulf Coast Region since April 2003. Prior to that, Christmann held various positions of increasing responsibility in the business development area since joining the company in 1997. Previously, he was employed by Vastar Resources/ARCO Oil and Gas Company in business development, crude oil marketing and engineering assignments. Christmann received his bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and MBA from Southern Methodist University.
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About Apache Corp: Apache Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations world wide.
Jeffrey A. Miller
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director of Halliburton
JEFFREY A. MILLER, President and Chief Health, Safety and Environment Officer of the Company since August 2014; joined the Halliburton Company Board in 2014. Current director of Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (since 2013).
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About Halliburton: Halliburton is one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry.
Jonathan P. Carroll
Chief Executive Officer and President of Blue Dolphin Energy
Jonathan Carroll is currently Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Blue Dolphin. He is also a Director, President and Majority Owner of Lazarus Energy Holdings, LLC (“LEH”). LEH owns eighty percent (80.67%) of Blue Dolphin’s issued and outstanding Common Stock. In addition, Jonathan Carroll sits on the Board of Trustees of the Salient Fund Group. In January 2014, Jonathan Carroll was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the General Partner of LRR Energy, L.P. (NYSE: LRE). Jonathan Carroll earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and has completed a Directed Reading in Economics at Oxford University.
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About Blue Dolphin Energy: Blue Dolphin Energy Company operates as an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products.
Bin Yu
President and CEO of Utegration
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About Utegration, Utegration: Utegration, Inc is a full service SAP consulting company focused on the Utilities industry.
William Pate
President & Chief Executive Officer of Par Pacific Holdings
Mr. Pate joined Par Pacific as a member of the Board of Directors in 2014 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Par Pacific in October 2015. Prior to joining Par Pacific as President and CEO, William Pate was the Co-President of Equity Group Investments, the Chicago-based private investment firm founded and led by Sam Zell, where he had been employed in various capacities since 1994. Mr. Pate has served as a director of Covanta Holding Corporation, a publicly held international owner/operator of energy-from-waste and power generation facilities, since 1999 and was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Covanta from October 2004 through September 2005. Mr. Pate has previously served on the boards of directors of Exterran Holdings, Inc., Adams Respiratory Therapeutics, MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals and CNA Surety Corp., as well as those of several private companies associated with Equity Group Investments. Mr. Pate began his professional career at The First Boston Corporation as a financial analyst in the natural resources mergers and acquisitions group. Subsequently, he was employed as an associate at The Blackstone Group where he worked on private equity investments and merger advisory assignments. Mr. Pate holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Chicago Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College.
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About Par Pacific Holdings: Par Pacific Holdings is a growth-oriented company that manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses
Will Monteleone
Senior Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions of Par Pacific Holdings
Mr. Monteleone is Par Pacific’s Senior Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions effective January 5, 2014 and was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Par Pacific from June 2013 until January 2015. He has served as a Director of Par Pacific since August 2012 as well as on the Board of Managers of Piceance Energy, LLC, Par Pacific’s largest upstream asset. Mr. Monteleone was previously a Vice President at Equity Group Investments (EGI) having joined in 2008 where he was involved in a range of restructurings and investments primarily within the energy industry. Prior to EGI, Mr. Monteleone worked for Banc of America Securities LLC where he was involved in a variety of debt capital raising transactions, including leveraged buyouts, corporate-to-corporate acquisitions and other debt financing activities. Mr. Monteleone previously served on the Board of Directors of Wapiti Oil and Gas I, LLC, Wapiti Oil and Gas II, LLC, and Kuwait Energy Company. Mr. Monteleone graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree.
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About Par Pacific Holdings: Par Pacific Holdings is a growth-oriented company that manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses
Matt Vaughn
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Par Pacific Holdings
Mr. Vaughn has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Par Pacific since July 2014. Prior to joining Par Pacific, Mr. Vaughn, was a partner in the corporate practice group and bankruptcy section of Porter Hedges LLP for 14 years, where his practice focused on corporate reorganizations and restructurings, commodities marketing, transportation, hedging and derivatives, distressed corporate acquisitions, financings and refinancings and creditors” rights. His practice also included general civil litigation in both federal and state courts. Mr. Vaughn holds a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and a juris doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law. Mr. Vaughn is listed as one of America”s leading lawyers by Chambers USA, and The Best Lawyers in America. He is a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, and has also been recognized as one of the leading lawyers in Texas by Texas Super Lawyers and H Texas Magazine.
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About Par Pacific Holdings: Par Pacific Holdings is a growth-oriented company that manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses
Jeff Shaffer
Vice President of Supply & Trading of Par Pacific Holdings
Mr. Shaffer has more than 35 years of experience in the energy business. The bulk of his career, 28 years, was spent with Koch Industries where he was involved in all levels of light products marketing and trading including time in London and Singapore. After retiring from Koch, Mr. Shaffer worked at Merrill Lynch, Enterprise Products and Multifuels L.P. At Merrill Lynch, he was involved in helping the bank optimize and leverage its physical trading capabilities and at Enterprise, Mr. Shaffer was Vice President of the Refined Products supply and marketing business as well as all unregulated product assets. Mr. Shaffer graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelors of Science degree.
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About Par Pacific Holdings: Par Pacific Holdings is a growth-oriented company that manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses
Jim Yates
President of Par Pacific Holdings
Mr. Yates serves as the President of Par Hawaii, Inc. Prior to this, he served as CEO and President of Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC from August 2007 until Par Pacific’s acquisition of Mid Pac. Mr. Yates also served as President and CEO for Hawaii Gas (formerly The Gas Company) from 2003 to 2007, including a period in which he oversaw operations for a related company, Kauai Electric. Earlier in his career, Mr. Yates spent 11 years at BHP Petroleum in oil and gas exploration and production in positions of increasing responsibility before transferring in 1993 to Honolulu as Vice President – Corporate Development for BHP Hawaii, the then parent company of HIE. He is a member of the Board of City Mill Co., Ltd., the YMCA of Honolulu, the Governors for Chaminade University and the Energy Institute, Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Yates also serves as a trustee on the David C. Ai Charitable Trust. Mr. Yates holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.
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About Par Pacific Holdings: Par Pacific Holdings is a growth-oriented company that manages and maintains interests in energy and infrastructure businesses
Glenn D Hart
Founder, President & CEO of Laredo Energy
As Laredo Energy’s Chairman, CEO and a co-founder, Glenn D. Hart has contributed more than 30 years of experience to the company as a successful developer of oil and gas resources throughout South Texas. Following graduation from Texas A&M University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering, Mr. Hart began his career as an engineer in the late 1970s with Tenneco Oil Company’s Gulf Coast Division. He moved on to serve as an engineering manager for Sanchez-O’Brien Oil & Gas Company before taking over as president and CEO of Michael Petroleum in 1983. In August 2001, Houston-based Michael Petroleum was sold to Calpine Natural Gas and, with other members of his management team, Mr. Hart formed Laredo Energy in October 2001. Mr. Hart is a registered professional petroleum engineer in the State of Texas, and holds membership in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Independent Petroleum Association of America. He remains an active alumnus of Texas A&M, having served a three-year term on the Executive Board of Texas A&M University’s 12th Man Foundation. He also held membership on the Chancellor’s Century Council and was a member of the Board of Visitors of the Corps of Cadets. He holds a seat on the University’s Petroleum Engineering Department Industry Board. Mr. Hart and his wife, the former Lauren Langford, have three children, Michael, Katie Baskara and Landon, and a grandson, Caleb Zachary Baskara. He has served as a deacon of the Second Baptist Church of Houston. Mr. Hart also previously served on the church’s Finance Committee.
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About Laredo Energy: Laredo Energy is a privately held company.
Andrew Way
President & Chief Executive Officer of Exterran Holdings
Andrew Way is President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Exterran Corporation. He also serves as President of Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. Prior to joining Exterran in 2015, he was CEO of Drilling and Surface at GE Oil & Gas. Way started his GE career in 1996 in the supply chain and operations organizations of GE Aircraft Engines. He held roles of increasing responsibility before moving to GE Capital in 2001 and later served as the Managing Director of GE Equipment Services. In 2007, he joined the GE Oil & Gas business in Florence, Italy, leading Service Operations and serving as its Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing leader. In 2010, he was promoted to a GE company officer and became a Vice President leading the Turbo Machinery Global Services business. Way is also an officer of certain Exterran majority-owned subsidiaries.
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About Exterran Holdings: Exterran is a global leader in full-service natural gas compression and a premier provider of services and equipment for oil & gas
Steven Muck
Senior Vice President, Engineering and Product Lines of Exterran Holdings
Steve Muck is Senior Vice President, Engineering and Products Lines, of Exterran Corporation. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Global Services. In prior roles with Exterran Holdings, Muck served as Interim Vice President, Eastern Hemisphere Sales, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; North America Regional Vice President; and as Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources and Health, Safety and Environment. Prior to the merger of Hanover and Universal, Muck joined Hanover in 2000 through the acquisition of the compression services business of Dresser-Rand Company and served in a number of positions, including as Vice President, International Operations. He began his career with Ingersoll-Rand in 1975 and held various positions with both Ingersoll-Rand and Dresser Rand in field operations, sales and marketing. Muck is also an officer of certain Exterran majority-owned subsidiaries.
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About Exterran Holdings, Exterran Holdings, Exterran Holdings: Exterran is a global leader in full-service natural gas compression and a premier provider of services and equipment for oil & gas
Dave Mullinix
Vice President, UI/UX of Hyliion
Dave has over 30 years of Engineering Management experience (15 as VP of Engineering/CTO) creating market leading B2B products with outstanding customer experience and product margins, in the fields of Healthcare, GPS, Videoconferencing, Networking and Aviation, including three start-ups. Dave holds a patent on positioning based vehicle control.
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About Hyliion: Hyliion is a provider of electrified powertrain solutions for the commercial vehicle industry.
Brad Bynum
Co-founder, President of Howard Energy Partners
Brad co-founded Howard Energy Partners in 2011 and serves as President and Director. He has an extensive background in a wide spectrum of the energy industry. His senior management experience ranges from upstream to midstream and public to private. He focuses his efforts at Howard on long-term strategic direction and growth initiatives. Prior to co-founding Howard Energy, Brad served as Chief Financial Officer of Hall-Houston Exploration Partners, L.L.C. from 2005 to 2011. From 1997 to 2005 he worked in Merrill Lynch’s Global Energy and Power Investment Banking Group. While at Merrill Lynch, Brad worked with a wide range of energy clients primarily focusing on the exploration and production sector of the oil and gas industry. Brad served on the board of directors of Magnum Hunter Resources from 2008 to 2013. He served on the Board of Petro Resources Corporation from 2006 to 2008.. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Rice University.
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About Howard Energy Partners: Howard Energy Partners offers an integrated midstream platform that includes infrastructure and services from wellhead to market.
Brett Braden
Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Howard Energy Partners
Brett Braden has been an energy lawyer in Houston for almost 20 years. Most recently prior to joining HEP, Braden served as a founding partner at Latham & Watkins LLP’s Houston office, which he helped form in 2010. Primarily focused on corporate finance and merger and acquisition matters, Braden has comprehensive experience representing MLPs and other companies engaged in the upstream, midstream and service sectors of the oil and gas industry. Additionally, Braden has experience representing both public and private energy companies in divestitures, joint ventures, and corporate governance and compliance matters. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Braden was a partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP in Houston.
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About Howard Energy Partners: Howard Energy Partners offers an integrated midstream platform that includes infrastructure and services from wellhead to market.
Scott Archer
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Howard Energy Partners
Scott Archer brings nearly 20 years of merger and acquisition, company structuring and energy-related finance experience to HEP. As CFO, Archer is responsible for all financial functions of the company including screening and structuring potential transactions, capital sourcing and financial analysis development. Archer comes to HEP from Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. (TPH), where he spent two years as managing director of investment banking focused on the midstream sector and MLPs. He served as a strategic financial advisor and capital sourcing provider for buy-side and sell-side clients both private and public. Prior to TPH, Archer spent 13 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, ultimately as a managing director with the firm’s Global Energy & Power Group. He led or participated in more than 20 merger and acquisition transactions ranging from $50 million to $8 billion and was the structuring agent on numerous MLP initial public offerings. Archer holds a Bachelor’s degree in business honors and finance and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from the University of Texas at Austin.
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About Howard Energy Partners: Howard Energy Partners offers an integrated midstream platform that includes infrastructure and services from wellhead to market.
Roy Patton
Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer of Howard Energy Partners
Roy Patton comes to Howard Energy Partners with nearly 35 years of experience in the natural gas pipeline industry. His experience spans all aspects of commercial activities including gathering and processing, high-pressure transmission pipelines, business development, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining HEP, Patton was senior vice president of commercial operations at Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (ETP), where his responsibilities included the management of approximately 7,500 miles of pipelines in Texas and Louisiana and more than 60 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage. Patton most recently oversaw ETP’s activities in Mexico and was responsible for creating approximately 1 billion cubic feet per day of new business and developing more than 300 miles of 42-inch pipeline with more than 2.5 billion cubic feet per day of capacity from the Permian Basin to Mexico.
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About Howard Energy Partners: Howard Energy Partners offers an integrated midstream platform that includes infrastructure and services from wellhead to market.
Greg Wachel
President and Chief Executive Officer of Torrent Oil
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About Torrent Oil: Torrent Oil is an independent oil and natural gas company based in Houston, Texas.
Bill Yardley
EVP & President of Enbridge
Bill Yardley was named Enbridge’s executive vice president and president of Gas Transmission and Midstream on Feb. 27, 2017, with responsibility for all of Enbridge’s natural gas pipeline and midstream business across North America. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Spectra Energy Partners, and Chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA). Mr. Yardley, based in Houston, was previously president of Spectra Energy’s U.S. Transmission and Storage business. Mr. Yardley joined the company in 2000 as general manager of marketing for Spectra Energy’s predecessor company, Duke Energy Gas Transmission. He later served as vice president of marketing and business development and as group vice president of the company’s Northeastern U.S. assets and operations. Mr. Yardley earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Colby College in Waterville, Maine and his master’s degree in business administration from Northeastern University in Boston. He also completed the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
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About Enbridge: Enbridge is a energy distribution company that provides distribution, gathering, processing and storage of natural gas.
Todd Benson
President and CEO of Motive Drilling Technologies
Todd was the engineering manager for a directional drilling startup active in most North American drilling regions. He was responsible for quality control, improvement/failure analysis, and generation of differentiating IP including downhole mud motors and MWD components for extreme drilling environments. Prior to working in oilfield technologies, Todd served in many roles at Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor, from managing a worldwide operation P&L, to overseeing international application engineering teams focused on DSP, Coldfire and ARM platforms for consumer and automotive applications. He’s also worked with Texas Instruments on their laser printer and laptop computer product lines, developing new product electro-mechanical elements and supporting production sustaining efforts. Benson holds eight patents with five pending, and has written articles for EE Times and DSP Multimedia and Design. He earned a BS degree in Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.
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About Helmerich & Payne, Motive Drilling Technologies: Motive Drilling Technologies is a company defined by a singular focus
Mark Bouldin
President of Clean Harbors
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About Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors, Inc. is a provider of environmental, energy and industrial services, including hazardous waste disposal for companies.
David Dunlap
President & CEO of Superior Energy Services
David Dunlap was named Chief Executive Officer of Superior Energy Services, Inc. on April 29, 2010. Dunlap, a veteran oil and energy executive, most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of BJ Services Company, Houston, TX, a worldwide provider of pressure pumping, well completion, production enhancement and pipeline services. He has worked and held industry leadership positions both domestically and internationally for more than 25 years
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About Superior Energy Services: Superior Energy has a history of developing specialized tools and technologies designed to meet customer needs.
Brian Moore
Executive Vice President, Corporate Services of Superior Energy Services
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About Superior Energy Services: Superior Energy has a history of developing specialized tools and technologies designed to meet customer needs.
Westy Ballard
Executive Vice President of Superior Energy Services
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About Superior Energy Services: Superior Energy has a history of developing specialized tools and technologies designed to meet customer needs.
Matthew Meloy
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Targa Resources Partners
Matthew J. Meloy has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TRC and the General Partner of TRP since May 2015 and of TRI since June 2015. Mr. Meloy previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TRC and TRI since October 25, 2010 and of the General Partner of TRP since December 15, 2010. Mr. Meloy served as Vice President — Finance and Treasurer of TRC and TRI between April 2008 and October 2010, and as Director, Corporate Development of TRC and TRI between March 2006 and March 2008 and of the General Partner of TRP between March 2006 and March 2008. He has served as Vice President — Finance and Treasurer of the General Partner of TRP between April 2008 and December 15, 2010. Mr. Meloy was with The Royal Bank of Scotland in the structured finance group, focusing on the energy sector from October 2003 to March 2006, most recently serving as Assistant Vice President.
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About Targa Resources Partners: Targa Resources is a growth-oriented provider of midstream services and is one of the largest independent midstream energy.
