Started as finance manager at W&T Offshore in 2008, now leads Strategic Planning & Analysis department. Analyzes capital allocation impact on multiyear corporate goals; assesses high-impact projects, acquisitions and divestitures from a portfolio management perspective; and develops and delivers business intelligence, market information and other insights to the operating groups and executive management. Began career as a trader for Allegheny Energy Inc.
Accomplishments: Once W&T, a company focused on the Gulf of Mexico, extended its operations with a significant onshore acquisition in 2011, recognized incremental needs in capital planning, research and analysis to support growth in multiple basins. Established Strategic Planning & Analysis Group in 2012. “I’ve consistently worked with all of the different operating groups, but I see this department becoming more of an integral part of the teams that make decisions on A&D and other key projects.” Board member and treasurer, Young Professionals in Energy (Houston Chapter). BA from Rice University, MBA from University of Chicago.
On transition from offshore to onshore: “When we made a big plunge in the Permian, it showed a change in the company’s mindset. We would always say, ‘we’ll go anywhere for returns,’ and that’s true, but when you actually go out and do it, it becomes reality. Since we are willing to go anywhere for returns, we need to prepare.”
Goals: Continue improving mid- to longterm capital planning and establish processes for ad-hoc projects adding value to existing work flow. “A ‘do-next’ project I have in mind is to consolidate our existing knowledge, data and analysis of various oil and gas basins, both established and emerging, to save time and reduce redundancy across departments.”
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