Career Highlights

Kent holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University and an M.B.A. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He offers over 20 years of experience in the refining and natural gas industries, including extensive expertise in financial modeling, energy trading, and hedging activities.  Kent joins us from Gelber & Associates in Houston, where he was Director of Market Analytics and a Market Advisor in natural gas and other commodities.  Kent has also worked extensively with Cascade Natural Gas, a natural gas distribution company headquartered in Kennewick, Washington, along with other utility companies across the U.S.  Kent started his career with ExxonMobil Corporation as a Project Manager at the Baytown refinery.  Kent has served as an expert witness in legal disputes involving bankruptcies, complex trading books, and pricing disagreements.  These disputes have concerned a variety of fuels, including natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products, and coal.