Greater Houston
A well-seasoned energy professional with extensive experience in evaluating regulatory and commercial aspects of projects through thorough research, analysis and modeling
Supporting companies' need for assistance with unique projects and resource constraints • Worked with client to screen potential acquisition targets in both electricity and natural gas businesses • Researched mountains of information to mine for consequential elements of jurisdictional revenue upsides and constraints • Provided tools to assess future EBITDA, capital expenditures and revenue requirements, base-lined with historical trends and projected using forward-looking assumptions and sensitivities • Created PowerPoint decks and narratives for presentation to ELT
• Developed operations cost forecast and budget model relied upon by the asset monetization team • Worked with operations managers to establish operating and G&A $3MM annual budgets • Managed team responsible for performing operations’ cost variance analysis and meeting reporting expectations • Provided economic analysis and designed rates for Company’s $150MM Anadarko Basin gas, oil and water gathering system • Midstream-Accounting liaison charged with ensuring key players possessed a thorough understanding of the deal structures and accurate accounting procedures
• Supervised market research resulting in the discovery of business development opportunities • Managed M&A sell-side due diligence and preparation of draft Contribution Agreement schedules supporting joint venture generating an initial cash contribution to the Company of $25MM • Delivered economic evaluations and recommendations for ~10 development projects with capital investments ranging from $17MM to $360MM • Conceptualized, designed and launched quarterly briefings used by ELT and dealmakers to monitor customer/competitors’ financial and strategic position • Trained direct reports, supervised task progress and evaluated work product • Mentored summer interns to carry out the three cycles of project execution - research, evaluation and presentation
• One of five-member team charged with developing and executing business strategy for reentry into midstream sector with targeted annual EBITDA of $55MM • Developed economic analysis tools used to evaluate the complexities of five major gas, oil, and liquids gathering and processing projects involving capital investments ranging from $50MMto $1B
• Prepared and presented to the ELT projections of project impacts on IDRs of major competitors • Participated in the preliminary evaluation of company’s formation of an MLP resulting in the $500MM IPO of El Paso Pipeline Partners, LP • Evaluated development viability of $1.2B CO2 pipeline systems, 100MM BPD ethanol pipeline system, and alternative fuels
• Created economic models for numerous business development projects including major pipeline expansion initiatives, domestic and international • Extended teams’ appreciation of the evolving electric power market, the impact on natural gas demand, and identifying and exploiting opportunities • Provided strategic direction to pipeline group marketing teams through comprehensive market and competitor analysis studies • Supervised and supported Section 4 rate proceedings for three FERC regulated natural gas pipelines