J.D. began his career in Oil & Gas in 2000 in the GOM & Internationally in frac completions until 2008 where he transitioned into the Permain Basin as a landman. Later as the sole land manager for a small group of investors, J.D. leased over 150,000 acres and created over $100,000,000.00+ in profits from 2010 to 2013. In 2014 J.D. founded Wolfberry Mfg., a new manufacturing start-up in Stanton, TX where they build oil storage tanks with a welding process that is 6x faster than traditional methods. J.D. was the second-largest investor and sponsor for Wolfberry and is still the Managing General Partner. Later in 2014 J.D. co-founded PetroLima, LLC, as CEO where he grew the land acquisition, legal and engineering teams. From this success, PetroLima was able to secure $200mm in Private Equity capital in January 2017, then an additional $100mm commitment in February 2019, and finally an agreed-upon $150mm anticipated in 2020. J.D. focuses on leading the Visionary component of the company.J.D. is actively involved in the John 4:14 Foundation as President and Founder since 2010, John 4:14 is a clean water initiative in Eastern Uganda and completed over 600 clean water projects.J.D. married his wife Kara in September of 2002 and both enjoy raising their family of three.