Energy Expert Witnesses in New Mexico

This qualified expert is a professional engineer who earned his BS from Texas A&M University and his MBA from the University of Houston. He is an advisory board member of GasPro Americas and the Gas to Liquid Technology Forum. Formerly, this expert has served various roles in the gas industry such as an Energy Consultant for Purvin & Gertz, a Gas Plants Manager for Hess Corporation, a VP at NextEra Energy Resources, and a Gas Processing Instructor at John M. Campbell & Co. Currently, he is a Director and Managing Partner for an energy consulting firm.

This expert on Oil and Gas Engineering has been in the industry for 30+ years. He has experience with engineering, engineering management, and forensic engineering investigations. He possesses a thorough understanding of design, construction, and operational needs. He obtained his BS in Mechanical Engineering from New Mexico State University and his MS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Houston. He is a certified Professional Engineer in TX and is currently a Senior Consultant at a private engineering consultant firm.

This oil and gas expert has worked in the industry for 28 years. After earning his BS in mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota, he became a certified professional engineer in the states of CA, KS, LA, OK, and TX. He served as a design engineer for SPEC Services, a senior project engineer for Unocal 76 Products Company, a director for Conoco Pipe Line Company, a senior engineer for Baker Consulting Group, and as vice president of pipeline operations at JP Energy Partners. He is also a member of prestigious societies as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is a member of the Subcommittee on Aboveground Storage Tanks with the American Petroleum Institute. Currently, this expert is the owner of an OK independent engineering consulting firm.

This highly qualified expert is has been in his field for over 30 years. He holds a PhD in engineering and economics from UC Davis, and is a certified energy manager and certified sustainable development professional. He is active in his field as a member of professional organizations including the American Water Works Association and the American Energy Society. He formerly served as an energy analyst at the California Energy Commission and as a public utility regulatory program specialist and a utility resource planner at the California Public Utilities Commission. He currently serves as president and founder of a water and energy consultancy.

This highly qualified expert earned his BS in chemical engineering from the University of Texas followed by a JD from Thurgood Marshall School of Law. He also earned his LLM with diplomas in energy, environmental, and natural resources law, intellectual property and information law, and taxation. He is an expert in environmental and energy law, engineering, and safety. This expert formerly served as a regional engineer, division director, and regional director of the Texas Control Board which is now known as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Currently, this expert serves as an engineering manager for an air and waste engineering company in Texas, as well as an environmental and intellectual property attorney.

This highly qualified expert is a certified director of safety with 8 years of experience in the upstream oil & gas industry in managing Department of Transportation compliance and HSE system as well as a comprehensive working knowledge of SH&E issues and governmental regulations. He received his BS in organizational leadership at Mountain State University before going on to complete his MA in business and organizational leadership at Webster University in St. Louis. He is a certified director of safety, advanced accident reconstructionist and aircraft crash investigator. He has previously served as a Texas state trooper for the Texas Department of Public Safety and currently serves in public safety as the director for the national investigative services division at an organization in Georgia specializing in homeland security. He has also previously served as safety director, manager and DOT compliance administrator for various organizations, including, Expedited Logistics and Freight Services, Hyperion Safety Services and Baker Hughes. Currently, he serves as manager for DOT and compliance at a transportation company in Texas.

This highly-qualified expert has more than 20 years of experience in oil and gas accounting. She earned her BS in accounting from Phillips University and is an accredited petroleum accountant. She is active in her field as a member of the Council of Petroleum Accountants Society and the Petroleum Accountants Society of Oklahoma. She formerly served as a financial analyst at KCS Resources/Petrohawk Energy and as a senior financial analyst and joint venture audit supervisor at SM Energy Company. She then worked as a joint venture audit and accounting consultant at Ellington Enterprises. Currently, this expert is the president of an oil and gas accounting consultancy in Oklahoma.

This expert has nearly 30 years of experience consulting on matters involving energy and utilities, oil and natural gas, refining, renewable energy, petrochemicals, and project management. He earned a BS in engineering from Bangalore University in India, and served as a project manager at an engineering consultancy in India for two years before attending graduate school in Texas. While earning a MS in engineering at Texas Tech University, this expert served as a research assistant with the civil engineering department. He went on to serve as a senior consultant at Green & Associates, an engineering and management consultancy. Currently, this expert serves as a contract consultant at an engineering firm in Texas, as well as a consultant at an independent engineering consultancy.

This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience as a water and energy engineer. He earned his BS, MS, and PhD in engineering and economics from the University of California, Davis. He is certified as a sustainable development professional and an energy manager. He is active in his field as a member of the Association of Energy Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Water Works Association. He has formerly served as a systems specialist at the California Energy Commission and a utility regulatory program specialist and utility resource planner at the California Public Utilities Commission, as well as a principal consultant at HES, Inc. For the last 25 years, he has served as the founder and president of his own water and energy consulting firm.

This expert received his BS in environmental science from Baylor University and his MS in applied geographic information science from Texas State University. He completed an internship as a part of the nonpoint source team at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as well as an internship as a business systems analyst at Austin Energy. Previously, he has served as a subject matter expert, materials consultant, and faculty partner at Cengage Publishing. He has also previously served as a GIS analyst for Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative, a GIS analyst II for Collabera Energy Systems, and an adjunct professor of geography at Eastfield College. Currently, he serves as a customer success manager for an energy systems company in Colorado.

This expert has over 35 years of advisory and energy industry experience for both domestic and international projects. As Director of Forensics and Dispute Services for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, he consulted with a Moroccan oil and gas company in an international fraud dispute involving an oil service technology company, while he provided expert testimony and analysis for a separate multimillion dollar lawsuit involving oil and gas fraud. He also provided debtor assistance and testimony in bankruptcy proceedings involving a $200 million offshore oil and gas company. As a Managing Director with Econ One Research, he prepared a rebuttal report and testified in an international arbitration involving a dispute between a government and a developer of a major heavy oil project A member of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, he has been published in the "Journal of the American Chemical Society" and has testified in The Hague concerning the value of oil and gas reserves in an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes proceeding. Currently, this expert is a Managing Director at an international consulting firm, where he continues to advise on oil, natural gas, and related energy issues.

This expert has been working in the petroleum industry for over 40 years. He has worked for numerous petroleum and energy firms in a variety of capacities, from production and drilling accountant and oil and gas accountant to senior internal auditor, control analyst, audit manager, and senior staff auditor. Awarded the honor of Fellow of the American College of Forensic Examiners, he holds a number of certifications for auditing, fraud examination, and consulting, while he has held membership in the Council of Petroleum Accountants Societies for over 40 years. Currently, this expert runs his own petroleum consulting firm, where he provides services in the areas of auditing, negotiation, reviews, due diligence, fraud, litigation support, and joint interest and contract compliance. His clients have included Amoco, Chevron, Exxon, and Texaco, among many others, and his audits have returned exceptions of up to $60 million. This expert is an author and widely published.

This expert has over 35 years of experience in construction engineering. His research includes construction claims, construction safety, alternative energy technology, and waste disposal technology. He has served as Principal Engineer for various companies and, subsequently, legal counsel after receiving his J.D. In addition to serving as President of a consulting engineering company, he currently serves as Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Director of Construction Management for a university.

This expert has over 25 years of experience, transitioning through the professional disciplines of accounting, tax, law and finance, including public accounting and private law practice, as well as legal and corporate finance executive positions with Oryx Energy (now Anadarko Petroleum), Verizon and GreenTech Petroleum. He leverages on multi-disciplinary skill-sets in overseeing capital structure, determining the optimum mix of debt, equity and internal financing, building complex economic & financial models, performing the budgeting and forecasting function, developing strategies to improve economic efficiencies on capital deployed, managing complex tax issues and litigation and understanding and resolving financial and accounting questions. He is highly experienced at preparing and communicating business plans and strategies and preparing professional finance packages for qualified projects. He has a heavy international background, including mergers and acquisitions, and all types of domestic and cross-border transactions, with countries such as Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, among many others. He has been published in multiple national journals such as Business Week and the Journal of Corporate Taxation. He has also successfully testified as a finance expert witness in major commercial litigation (involving hundreds of millions of dollars) in venues including state and county courts, U.S. Federal District Court and U.S. Tax Court. Given his diverse background and global experience, he offers a unique blend of business acumen and legal knowledge in negotiating complex transactions, working with integrated teams of professionals from tax, accounting, finance, legal, engineering, geology, and operations departments of companies.

This expert is a certified OSHA outreach instructor , teaches OSHA compliance, and has spent many years focusing on the safety direction for construction, oil and gas companies. He earned his Masters Degree in Occupational Safety & Health from Columbia Southern University and has held numerous safety management positions. In addition to his leadership roles in the oil and gas space, he is a licensed paramedic. Currently, this expert is the Owner and Operator of an industrial safety school, and the Corporate Safety Director of an oil and gas company. He is completing his Law degree at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.

This expert's career in the aviation industry spans 37 years and has included work in turbine power plant, aircraft overhaul and component repair and overhaul. He has performed risk assessment for the insurance industry and both corporate and business aircraft owners have utilized his talents. He has received many awards from the Federal Aviation Administration while maintaining a staff position with the Transportation Safety Institute. He is a graduate of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics. Additionally he is a current member in good standing with the NAAA and holds the title of Senior Certified Aircraft Appraiser (NSCA) endorsed by the USPAP. He is certified by the National Aircraft Appraisers Association for aircraft appraisals. Currently, this expert is the President of one of the world's top aviation appraisal consulting firms.

This expert has more than 35 years of experience in the maritime and offshore oil & gas industries including an active seagoing career as a deck officer on tankers and bulk carriers; terminal controller in a container terminal responsible for the loading and discharging of ocean-going container vessels; master/offshore installation manager of semi-submersible drilling rigs; and marine surveying involved with all types of surveys in the offshore industry. He is a Master Mariner Unlimited and is currently an independent maritime and onshore/offshore drilling consultant.

This expert is a health & safety expert in oil and gas, construction and mining drawing on his advanced education and about 20 years experience teaching safety practices and techniques reducing incidents and reducing costs/losses. He has worked at a variety of mining, petroleum, and construction companies as their lead environmental health and safety specialist. He has extensive experience drafting and implementing safety and environmental programs and field safety audit systems that comply with OSHA and MSHA standards.

This expert has a quarter century of experience in offshore and high-level onshore marine related positions in the maritime and offshore oil and gas industries. A United States Coast Guard licensed Master since 2007, her background includes operational experience on container vessels, tankers, general cargo vessels, Ro-Ros, LMSRs, research vessels, and yard patrol craft. Her knowledge base also includes extensive experience in maritime operations, safety procedures, operations, logistics, consulting, project management, damage control and training. She was a Commander in the US Navy Reserve and served in the United States Merchant Marine Program until 2011.

As a senior Human Resources executive for over three decades, (energy, commercial banking, defense and technology), this expert has developed a comprehensive understanding of hiring and retention policies, organization effectiveness (including employee engagement and labor relations), dispute resultion and conflict management and executive recruiting. He currently serves as Executive Vice President at a large corporation in Texas, with primary responsibilities for Corporate Security, including oversight of all security personnel hired. In addition, for the past six years his responsibilities have included Corporate Human Resources & Government Relations.