Expertise:  By occupation I'm a professional mineral manager who began my career managing Northern tier minerals (ND, MT and CDN with a sprinkling of OK & TX). I latter managed Rocky Mountain and Mid Continent minerals and currently manage a large set of Gulf Coast minerals along with the afore mentioned.
Over the past 22 years I have always respresented issues from the mineral/royalty owner prospective. Organizations: National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO), American Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, National Association of Division order Analysts (NADOA), National Association of Lease Title Analysts (NALTA) and the Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association. Over the last ten years I have given various mineral management conference presentations, in Albuquerque, Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and Tulsa and on a number of occasions I have presented or co-presented the Certified Mineral Management Review Course. I have a Business degree, I'm a Certified Mineral Manager and an RLP with the American Association of Petroleum Landmen. I'm a three term Past President of National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) and the Immediate Past President.