David L Dean Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Provide reviews of front, middle, and back office business processes and controls related to commercial strategy for the supply, marketing, trading, and hedging of LNG, NGL’s, crude oil, refined products, natural gas, and power. I identify weaknesses in the design, implementation, or absence of Commodity Risk Management controls, and demonstrate how weaknesses could lead to circumvention and how the associated risk will impact business operations and financials.Known for managing and leading process improvement activities to achieve business goals and objectives including:- Pre-transaction Activities: Counterparty onboarding, pre-deal analytics and modeling, new product approval and NSD's, contracting, pre-deal approval and DOA, and credit setting and approval;-Transaction Control Activities: Deal entry, trade amendments and cancellations, Internal and external compliance monitoring, communications monitoring and, confirmations;-Post Transaction Activities: MtM and P&L preparation, limit monitoring and reporting, settlements, scheduling and nomination, cash disbursement and receipt, credit and liquidity measurement, and risk management and reporting;-Non Cycle Activities: Risk Management and Oversight Committees, J/M/L, Book Structure and Risk alignment, business continuity, Risk Policy Design and process documentation. Serve on projects as commercial trading SMP for:Power Trading - Day Ahead / Real-time optimization, and term hedging;Natural Gas - Spot trading and scheduling and Term hedging including futures, options and basis;Crude Oil - Marketing and Supply US and Canada; andRefined Products - Bulk and Rack marketingProvide custom ETRM designs to meet business requirements for client using Openlink RightAngle and Endur. Implement target operating models to increase profitability, reduce risk and improve capital utilization.

Houston, Texas Area

Traded natural gas, WTI, Coffee, currency, and S&P futures and options

Provided strategic direction of short and long term natural gas positions for proprietary and asset trading portfolios. I established key market strategies, led evaluations, performed due diligence analysis, and developed supporting materials. Managed all aspects of trading - from negotiations & deal clearing to compliance and collateral posting to FCM. I supervised and trained 1 trading analyst that provided support to the trade desk.

Oversaw execution and delivery for daily weekly and monthly gas supply for generation assets in PJM, MISO and NYISO. Traded and scheduled (TETCO, ANR, NNG, TGP, Great Lakes and TGT) Explored opportunities to optimize transport, storage and OBA’s within asset regions. Facilitated park and loan agreements on MGT, TGP and TGT pipelines. Maintained good working relationships with pipeline representatives and schedulers.

Provided in depth analysis of large data sets of daily, weekly, and monthly energy positions identifying potential negative financial impacts to the organization. Improved areas of reporting procedures that increased accuracy of PNL. Validated price, volatility and correlation curves in ETRM/CTRM software.

Houston, Texas Area

Promoted/Marketed investment opportunities that would benefit potential and existing clients, increasing sales for the firm. High level of customer service responding to the needs and request of clients to develop and maintain good relationships.