Our Team
Co-founder and Vice President of Nitrotec, specializing in the removal of nitrogen from natural gas. Identified and developed the helium extraction market and technology, which ultimately led to Nitrotec being sold to CMS Energy in Michigan for $87 million. Managed new markets and technologies, including helium. Oversaw military contracts from the Navy and DARPA. Established the helium technology market.
Responsible for training oil rig and drilling platform team members on using plan -based execution on drilling and production rigs in the oil fields of N.orth Dakota, South Texas, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Process design and project management in the oil and gas production, natural gas gathering and processing, pipeline, hydrocarbon processing, and chemical industries. Responsibilities have included development of conceptual and detailed designs, multi-discipline project supervision, economic feasibility studies, consulting, and a variety of field services including pre -commissioning, startup, training, and troubleshooting. Project development, management of engineering (including safety and environmental), and management of field operations for a large midstream natural gas processing company. performed process design work for various projects and proposals in LNG, helium extrac tion, expander and absorption oil plants, sulfur recovery, and high pressure dew point control. Also provided internal consulting services in physical properties and computer use, as well as performing computer studies of plant dynamics in six installations.
Experience in reserve studies, NGL plant design and installation, specialty completion design and installation, waterflood studies and implementation, OSHA Hazardous Communications program preparation and implementation, ta x renditions, drilling, completion and workover supervision. Including production manager and petroleum engineer in various areas of Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado.
More than 25-years in project management and business development. Authored dissertation on using artificial intelligence to find wells that contain helium. Experience researching federal and private publications to locate prospective helium and natural gas projects and creating financial modeling spreadsheets for prospective helium projects across four different fields using customized bu siness model assumptions. Also served as Senior Manager, Science and Technology Integration, The Boeing Company Phantom Works, pro-actively led technology and strategy specialists to determine government policy and budget levels for advanced technology and science. Extensive planning component with 5-10 year outlooks.
Confidential helium buyer for the #2 gas reseller and the United States' largest distributor of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related equipment, safety supplies and MRO products and services to industrial and commercial markets with 25-years of experience in the industry as a buyer and seller with deep contacts across the globe for sourcing and disposition. Experience includes helium product pricing, sourcing and supply chain strategy, and contract management as responsibility for hydrogen/helium supply chain, process development and implementation, technical support, plant infrastructure/training, and logistics/scheduling/fleet maintenance.