Built and grew commodity pool operator for oil and natural gas funds. Spearhead efforts to raise capital for hedge funds and commodity funds.Key Accomplishments:• Secured more than $50M in capital for private placement investments. • Ensured compliance with NFA by creating and implementing internal audit procedures. • Developed anti-money laundering procedures, document management systems, and a compliance structure. • Registered Series 3, NFA, and CFTC certifications. • Introduced systems, processes, and operations to support growth and financial performance. • Designed and implemented marketing programs for both tangible and intangible objectives. • Increased productivity with strategic management, training, and motivation of team.

Joined company as project manager and progressed to president at end of tenure. Managed a team of engineers, accountants, and sales representatives. Defined project scope including objectives, staffing, resources, and deliverables. Designed project plans outlining key issues, approaches, timelines, milestones, and performance metrics. Formulated risk management plans to minimize risk. Identify, repair, analyze, and solve problems quickly to keep projects on-time and on-budget. Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure proper management of all projects. Handle administrative duties including planning, scheduling, change orders, site supervision, materials planning, purchasing, vendor contracts, and inventory control. Key Accomplishments:• Fostered a project management style that positioned all projects as part of sales cycle to support revenue objectives. • Designed tracking program to monitor entire project life-cycle from test to distribution that eliminated job over-runs and duplicate purchases and boosted vendor relations, quality control, and team communication. • Implemented free-flow communication process to drive progress on all projects. • Improved efficiency with continual review of processes, internal resources, and technologies. • Identified and executed high-visibility initiatives to support organizational objectives and improve operations. • Developed and implemented programs to reduce manufacturing costs. • Performed root cause analysis to identify risk, issues, and variables to support quality assurance and risk management efforts. • Built effective multi-disciplinary teams through strategic recruitment, training, and leadership. Assess project progress with performance evaluations, stakeholder communication, reports, change management, and daily communications with project team.

Mazeray Corporation is importer and wholesaler of Comte de Mazeray Chapagne ,Côté Or sparkling wine (Cremant de Bourgogne), Comte de Mazeray Cognac, Joseph de Mazeray French wines, Mazeray’s proprietary “By the Glass” wines and Ports and Fine Brazilian wines. Mazeray Corporation is in the process of evolving from a marketing company to a “Wine Warehouse Permit” that allows us to import, distribute and sell as a retailer in Texas and California.

Oversaw all operations involved with crude oil, product, and natural gas hedging and trading. Key Accomplishments:• Established the energy and commodities trading desk to serve major oil and gas companies as well as global oil, sugar, and cocoa firms.

Specializing in Energy hedging and alternative investments

Directed all activity involved with customers hedging and trading books. Joined as clerk assisting traders and was promoted to head leadership position. Key Accomplishments:• Raised over $100M for fund through strategic sales initiatives. • Created proprietary regression analysis and fundamental analysis for hedging and speculation trading. • Contributed to the set-up of largest energy trading fund.

Managed manufacturing and installation of vapor recovery, gas processing plants.