CROA Candidate Background

Community Service

Served on board of directors, treasurer, publications editor, chairman for industry organizations whose secondary purpose was to provide scholarship funds for qualified and in need college students. The organizations were the Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Association of Drilling Engineers, Greater Gulf Coast Oilmen’s Invitational. This service period covered 1988-1992, 1994-2002, and 2004-2006.

Additional program participation included the National Kidney Foundation in Lafayette, Louisiana, Disney Enviromentality Clean-Up Program in Chicago, and University of Louisiana Sports Fund Raisers in Houston, Texas.


Qualifications & Background

My wife Joyce, a CRNFA Surgical Specialist, and I moved to Celebration in May of 2006 and it is our permanent, full time home. We have one daughter who is married and resides in East Village. We have found Celebration to be the place we want to be and want to be part of the process to keep it that way.

I am the Global Marketing Manager for Sun Drilling Products, Corporation, a petroleum industry products manufacturing firm with facilities literally around the world. I bring to CROA a strong business background, creativity, and budgetary responsibility with a common sense approach to problem resolution. I offer extensive experience in environmentally critical clean up and remediation with impacts on sensitive areas. Prior to entering the E&P industry in the late 70’s I served some seven years in law enforcement, special training at the FBI Academy and spent nearly three years as the detective in charge of the Fugitive Division in Lakewood, Colorado.

Everyone has an agenda, mine is simple. Solve the problems as simply and as economically as possible and prevent problems through a common sense approach to any action before it is taken to minimize unintended consequences.