James Jang Email & Phone Number

Seoul, South Korea

• Established Rystad Energy in Korea
• Built a high-performing and engaged local team of B2B Marketing and Client Success
• Strengthened Rystad Energy brand in the country as a leading market intelligence and advisory firm
• Established close relationships with large conglomerates including SK, POSCO, Hyundai, Samsung, LG, Hanwha, GS, among others

Seoul, South Korea

• Secured project financing for two ($120MM each) Fuel Cell (20MW) utility-scale power plants
• Led negotiations and improved annual economics by 43% ($3MM)
• Secured key business contracts such as Preferred Distribution Agreement and LTSA with Bloom Energy

Houston, Texas, United States

• Completed feasibility study and project economics analysis for a 7,000 bpd renewable diesel (HVO) refinery ($130 MM Capex) and a 150 short tons per day oilseed crushing plant ($5 MM Capex) through extensive meetings.
• Developed biofuel (ethanol) trading opportunities between South America and the US and South Korea

Houston, Texas Area

• Built a bottoms-up US unconventional drilling and completion activity outlook model in R and Excel
• Led consulting projects for top tier private equities and investment banks (sell-side and buy-side)
• Published a breakthrough white paper on well life cycle comparison analysis (SPE JPT and Hart Energy)

Houston, Texas Area

• Performed due diligence on Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning startups for 30+ upstream clients

Austin, Texas Area

• Proposed a conceptual model to lay out a roadmap for economic analysis of unconventional resource drilling strategies; namely, two-stage versus one-stage development
• Offered preferred strategic choices for shale operators under different circumstances considering production variability, market fluctuations and project-specific cost structures
• Tested a conceptual approach with empirical analyses, using actual completion and production data from the Texas Barnett play; analyses performed include acreage-based and play-wide risk evaluation, pairwise net.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Analyzed and delivered a comprehensive market analysis of transnational natural gas pipeline system across South America (required professional proficient Spanish)
• Analyzed economic implications of LNG re-gas projects in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

Seoul, South Korea

• Led Korean delegations to Australia, South Africa, Mozambique and Tanzania to accelerate private-public cooperation between South Korea and visiting countries
• Managed an in-house training program of world-class short courses for upstream industry professionals

• Mandatory Military Service (21 months; honorably discharged)

Master Of Science, Energy And Earth Resources

Activities and Societies: • Leadership/Volunteer roles: Co-Founder & VP of Society of Petroleum Resources Economists (UT Austin Chapter).

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration And Management, General, Cum Laude Honors

Activities and Societies: • Leadership role: Elected President (Student Government Association)• Studied one semester at Universidad de.

High School - International Baccalaureate Diploma

• Studied abroad in Panama from age of 15 (at an international school – US private education system)