About the Author

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I grew up on a cattle ranch in rural Southeastern Oklahoma and have Native American heritage.  My community was very small and there were only nine in my high school graduating class.  My journey from then until now has been a remarkable path influenced and guided by many amazing people and opportunities in all phases of my life that have made indelible imprints in both my professional and personal persona.

Throughout the years, I have been a Captain in the U.S. Army, a Police Officer, a SWAT Team member, an institutional commodity trader and risk manager, an international strategy consultant and subject matter expert (SME), an energy executive and board member, an entrepreneur, an author, a lecturer, coach and mentor, all of which have afforded me invaluable and varied perspectives across many disciplines.

As an award winning author, my books include The Flyover Nation: Energy's Role in a Troubled Heartland and Power Play - Who's in Control of the Energy Revolution?, and I have contributed over forty papers and articles for industry publications.  Having a ranching and Native American heritage, I am a strong advocate for rural education and economic development initiatives.. 

JOURNALISM AWARDS - American Society of Business Press Editors, National Editorial Competition - 2nd Place, Regularly Featured Department - 1995, Natural Gas Focus, Hart Publications, "Highlights of Basis" (Monthly).

BIBLIOGRAPHY - "Power Play - Who's in Control of the Energy Revolution?" 1998. PennWell Publishing Company ISBN 0-87814-748-9 1st Edition

"The Shaleman Cometh: How the U.S. Energy Culture is Changing the World" 2017. International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Paper Number Fifty Three. ISBN 0-918714-79-6

"Energy and the American West - From Remote Outposts to the Global Spotlight" 2016. International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Paper Number Fifty Two. ISBN 0-918714-78-4

"Energy and the American West - From Remote Outposts to the Global Spotlight" 2015. The Journal for Energy and Development. ISSN: 0361-4476

"Reinventing the West: The Role of its Natural Resources in the 21st Century." 2014. The Journal for Energy and Development. ISSN: 0361-4476

"Reinventing the West: The Role of its Natural Resources in the 21st Century." 2014. International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Paper Number Fifty. ISBN 0-918714-76-1

"When Genius Continues to Fail: What We Didn't Learn From Penn Square Bank, Enron and Chesapeake Energy." 2013. International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Paper Number Forty-Eight. ISBN 0-918714-74-5

"Convergenza Tra Energia e Tlc: Una Nuova Catena del Valore" 2002. Energia, (Italy) September

"Corporate Governance - Succeeding Where Others Fail." 2002. The Energy Boardroom, May

"Energy/Telecommunications Convergence: The Formation and Integration of a New Value Stream." 2001. International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Paper Number Thirty-Three. ISBN 0-918714-74-5

"100 Most Influential People of the Petroleum Century - Jess Harris Sr., Respected Mentor to Dozens of Landmen." 2000. Hart Publications, Special Supplement to Oil & Gas Investor And Hart's E&P

"Fuel Sourcing Opportunities". 2000: Hart Energy Markets, April

"The Millennium Milestone: The Knowledge Commodity." 2000 Petroleum Place, March

"Powerful Minds -- Seven Burning Questions." 2000: Power Trading Technology, March

"Death of an Energy Salesman." 1999. Energy Central Deregulation Watch, Fall Issue

"New Tools for Risk Management." 1999. PwC Public Utility Topics, Spring Issue

"From the Trading Floor to the Boardroom." 1998. Oil and Gas Investor, May

"Risk Management Poses Challenges." 1996. The American Oil & Gas Reporter, December

"Chance or Choice?: The Spark Spread." 1996. Hart's Electric Power, August

"The Graying of the Agencies." 1996. Hart's Electric Power, April

"Highlights of Basis." 1994-1996. Natural Gas Focus (Hart Publications), published monthly. (Second Place, Regularly Featured Article, American Society of Business Press Editors, 1995.)

"Basics of Basis." 1993. Natural Gas Focus (Hart Publications), September

"Exchanges of Futures for Physicals: New Market Opportunities for North America." 1993. International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development. Occasional Paper Number Twenty-One. ISBN 0-918714-74-5

"Gas Price Management Opportunities for Producers through Passive Hedging." 1993. COGA-FLOWLINE, July