Coming out of college I spent 16 yrs in a cryogenic fractionation plant (Sunoco/Mitchell Energy) as a process operator. I gained training in operations, I&E, measurement, electrical and maintenance fields. I then spent over 10 yrs in the gas compression industry, with Compressor Systems Inc. as a Maintenance Supervisor (Permian Basin) and Operations Mgr (Coalbed Methane, Wy and the Granite Wash play Tx/Okla respectively). This experience led me to the Bakken play of ND (Oneok and Summit Midstream) in a lean oil fractionation plant and midstream application as an Operations Mgr. Needing to return home to Tx I then spent 5 yrs in the north Tx/Okla area as a production foreman with a small privately owned company (Encino Energy). In late 2018, following a large acquisition in Ohio, my employer asked me to head north to Ohio as a Compression & Midstream Superintendent. In late Feb, 2020 the position I held in Ohio was eliminated in a cost cutting move and I was severanced out to return home to Texas.