SUMMARY:

• Superior track record of leadership in design and launch of effective business solutions that increase quality, streamline operations, and enhance enterprise management.
• Innovative professional with over 16 years of combined experience as an Entrepreneur and Consultant.
• Expert in developing strategies for measuring and improving business and human performance. Proven track record of analyzing and streamlining procedures to increase productivity, quality and efficiency for Upstream and Midstream Oil & Gas companies.
• Superior ability to lead performance - driven teams to meet objectives. Incisive comprehension of concepts, methodologies, and tools that enhance organizational management. Superb communication skills at all organizational levels and in diverse business environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: Risk Dimensions, App Dev Studio, Triple Point Commodity XL, Zai*Net, Erwin, Microsoft Visual Studio, Exceed, Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Project, SharePoint, Clearcase, Clearquest, TOAD, Cognos, Microsoft Reporting Services, Oracle Financials, IBM Lombardi, Blueworks, and Rational System Architect

Languages: P/L SQL, SAS, Visual Basic, ASP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Confidential, Dallas, TX

• Managing Director for Houston, Dallas, and Denver offices. Responsible for both strategic and day to day business operations surrounding: P/L, business development, account management, proposals, and SOWs, project delivery, employee recruitment and development, motivation and retention.
• As leader of both Advisory and Managed Services practices focus on service offerings related to software evaluations, well planning, implementation services, well lifecycle initiatives, data management, and process analysis/design, offshore support, and business intelligence/reporting. Enterprise integration expertise with business systems: Drilling, Operations, Production, Field Data Capture, Reserves, G&G, Land, Marketing, Midstream, Operational ERP’s.
• Provide thought leadership to organizations at all levels as they develop strategies, design and re-design organizations, and implement large-scale initiatives. Facilitate continuous improvement through creative, culturally adaptive processes that create collaborative networks and support organizational success.

MANAGING PARTNER, ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

Confidential, Dallas, TX

• Work with executive leadership to translate complex business issues into achievable objectives and actionable solutions. Serve as a facilitator helping to bridge the gap and improve communications between business and technology. Comprehend a wide range of technologies, services, and best practice approaches in the face of a rapidly changing business environment. Manage enterprise business and technology solutions for multiple clients Provide leadership and direction in identifying opportunities and defining strategic goals. Manage the staffing, planning, implementation details, as well as, set benchmarks for performance measurement and effectiveness. Businesses development manager, project manager, implementation & integration specialist, solutions architect, functional manager, and lead developer for oil and gas energy and financial derivatives trading, as well as, risk management systems.

SR. BUSINESS ANALYST, EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

• Responsible for the planning, oversight and successful delivery of the Allegro 8 ETRM implementation project from wellhead to market for front, middle and back office with focus on net back calculations, trade execution, scheduling and physical logistics, pipelines, hedge, natural gas, marketing, settlements, contracts, net valuation, revenue, property and equity production, position, price connect, credit, and property management. This involved working with the client to plan the implementation, define, model and verify business scenarios, design/manage system enhancements, define interfaces, configure and verify system functionality, manage roll-out to full system deployment, and resolve project issues.
• Directed the activities of a dedicated team of business analysts and developers to ensure prioritization and delivery of requirements that enhanced the business value of the IT investment in line with the overall project strategy.
• Developed data conversion from legacy and source systems to Allegro.
• Designed reports for position and P/L reporting, settlement and invoicing.
• Worked with the client and developers on the development of several system modifications specific to the production of coal, blending of piles of coal for optimal quality specifications and allocating revenue back to operators.
• Responsible for implementing Value at Risk metrics, Option Model reporting, FAS-157/133 and Credit Risk analysis.

MANAGER, GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS

Confidential, Dallas, TX

• Assessed methods and workflows to ensure maximum efficiency according to parameters governed by managerial objectives and organizational culture. Coordinated process streams related to full completion of essential tasks, satisfaction of client needs, and realization of company profitability. Implemented and monitored systems for clear, effective communication patterns amongst employees, administrative staff, sales and marketing teams, clients and vendors, and senior management / board members. Maintained clear channels for accurate and timely billing, account reconciliation, and monthly financial reporting.
• Served as lead client service manager for several large energy companies, generated and managed over $13 million dollars of work during my tenure as Lead client service manager.
• Managed multiple teams through all phases of a data warehousing project and ensured the success of the engagement. Led design and implementation efforts and provided support to technical teams, as well as, various business functions (front, middle and back office). Worked with business and IT teams responsible for automating the income statement and journal entry mappings, as well as, the extract from the main ETRM system (Zai*Net) for physical power and gas, and all financial transactions.
• Project Manager for project to automate confirmations out of Zai*Net through custom interface with eConfirm. Directed all aspects of the project from initiation through completion. Partnered with business users gathering and defining business requirements, as well as, design specifications. Managed technical resources responsible for architecture, design, implementation, and testing.

SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential, Dallas, TX

• Provided comprehensive consultation, analysis, and technical support, providing power scheduling, trading, settlements, disaster recovery, risk management, and data warehousing. Driving force behind plan to modify user interfaces and system operations that facilitated and improved market hedging capabilities.
• Leadership for outsourcing initiatives involving 125+ overseas applications.
• In charge of technical team responsible for disaster recovery program; designed architectural specifications for 12 applications converted to high availability environment using VERITAS clustering,
• Instrumental in guiding strategies that improved performance via direct submission to ERCOT for Resource Plans, Balanced Schedules, and Bids.
• Built a Data Warehouse which allowed for quantitative analysis of trading operations.

CONSULTANT

Confidential, Dallas, TX

• Managed business logic applications, consulting services, and technical support for power trading and scheduling. Directed all aspects of large-scale projects from start to finish. Studied client circumstances, assessed needs, and developed pragmatic solutions to address IT problems. Delivered highly persuasive presentations on behalf of company. Created specifications, drafted designs, and wrote documentation.
• Improved database performance via query optimization, indexing, and normalization efforts.
• Conducted requirement analyses to formulate improved design for risk dimensions data warehouse.
• Facilitated ease of communications by shifting trading reports from paper distribution to online publication.
• Responsible for coding capacity auction and energy settlements in addition to screens for application.
• Acquired CMM level 2 certification for processes, procedures, and documentation, ensuring SOX compliance.
• Head designer for Zai*Net P&L, mark to market, credit exposure, and ad-hoc reports for risk management.
• Previous experience while attending university as Owner for Newt’s Bed Liners, a successful start-up.