Leadership
Joe Wallender
CHAIRMAN - FOUNDING PARTNER
Expertise: Plant process engineering, plant start-up and commissioning, recruiting, business development, and executive management
Experience: 33 years of experience in the oil & gas industry
Responsible: Chairman of Reset Energy
Resume: Director of Business Development and Engineering at Kinder Morgan Treating, LP (formerly South-Tex Treaters)
Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Chris Villegas
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Expertise: Upstream and midstream processing systems design, fabrication, and construction
Experience: 26 years in the oil and gas space concentrating on midstream applications
Responsible: Executive management, providing vision for a diversified, sustainable business, loss control, people management
Project Resume: Targa - Lone Star Facility, Targa - Driver Facility, Buffalo Facility, Edward Facility, Targa - Raptor Facility, Wildcat Facility, Startex Midstream - DSB facility
Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Steve Scribner
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Expertise: Upstream and midstream processing systems design, fabrication, and construction
Experience: Over 39 years in Oil & Gas and energy applications
Responsible: Business development, marketing, and corporate growth
Project Resume: Compression Rentals and Sales, Gas Production Equipment, Plant Processing and Treating, Vapor Recovery Equipment Sales, Flare Stacks & Combustor Stack Sales, Tank Battery Sales and Installations, and Balance of Plant Equipment Supply
Education: Stephen F. Austin State University, B.B.A. in Finance
David Rosales, CPA
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Expertise: Forecasting and budgeting for operational and Capital expenditures, asset management, accounting and operational systems evaluations, cost benefit analysis, contract negotiations, partnerships and joint venture.
Experience: 35+ years of managerial and financial expertise in the financial services industry and energy industry.
Responsible: Overseeing the capital structure of the company and financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting.
Education: St Mary’s University, B.B.A. Accounting; Our Lady of Lake University, MBA, Finance. Certified Public Accountant in State of Texas.
Ben Ciotti
VICE PRESIDENT - TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Expertise: Heat Transfer, Process Design of gas treating equipment, Technical Sales, Project Execution
Experience: 13 years in the midstream/downstream energy, three years in energy transition/renewables
Responsible: New product development and technical sales
Project Resume: Lucid Energy Group (Now Targa), Red Hills Trains 2,4,5, Road Runner, Apache Corporation (now Kinetik), Diamond Plant
Education: Texas A&M University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Austin Feltner
VICE PRESIDENT - MANUFACTURING
Expertise: Gas plant and process plant design and fabrication
Experience: 11+ years of manufacturing, plant process design, and on-site fabrication of gas plant equipment
Responsible: Manufacturing, fabrication, and operations management
Resume: General Manager of Allied Equipment Company, joint founder of Heroes Energy Solutions
Education: University of Texas, Permian Basin, B.B.A. in Business Management
Mike Hardesty
VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS
Expertise: Midstream process systems design, fabrication, construction, plant start-up, commissioning, systems troubleshooting
Experience: 39 years+ in the oil and gas industry concentrating on midstream applications
Responsible: Project execution including conceptual design, mechanical design, and I&E oversight
Resume: 29 years operations/management experience with Targa, senior operations manager with Allied Equipment, and joint founder of Heroes Energy Solutions
Kelley LaRue
VICE PRESIDENT - CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Expertise: Gas treating, acid gas enrichment, sulfur recovery and tailgas treating process design, project execution, startup and troubleshooting
Experience: 15 years in gas processing, sulfur recovery, and tailgas treating, five years in offshore production operations
Responsible: Process design and project execution for conventional gas processing and refining technologies
Project Resume: NZNP CBA Sulfur Recovery Units, ADNOC SRUs 806 and 1106, Sinclair Refinery O2 Enrichment Upgrade, POSCO Coal Gasification SRU
Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Denver Merryfield
VICE PRESIDENT - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Expertise: Business Development, Prospecting, Sales, Customer Relationship Building, and Account Management
Experience: 14+ years in the Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream Oil & Gas, specializing in Oil & Gas equipment, EPC, and global sales
Responsible: Business Development, Global Growth, Partner Development
Education: University of Central Oklahoma, B.B.A. in Marketing.
J Anguiano
VICE PRESIDENT - EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
Expertise: Cryogenic design for hydrocarbon liquids recovery (NGL and LPG), Nitrogen Rejection Units (NRU’s) and Small Scale LNG (ssLNG) production
Experience: 24 years working in the Gas Processing industry with focus in cryogenic designs
Responsible: Product development for hydrogen, helium and CO2 production and liquefaction
Project Resume: 2 x 550 MMSCFD RSV units, YPFB - 265 MMSCFD SCORE UNIT, OGC - 6 x 200 MMSCFD SCORE units, Pemex - 130 MMSCFD SRC unit, Sendero Midstream - 40 MMSCFD SCORE-MB unit, PT ARSynergy
Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Courtney Carstens
VICE PRESIDENT - MARKETING
Expertise: Marketing Operations, Digital Marketing, Demand Generation, Branding, & PR
Experience: 20+ years in startup and transformation leadership, specializing in building and growing marketing departments and functions with technology start-ups in the mid- and downstream energy sectors
Responsible: Marketing, Branding, Digital Presence, Thought Leadership, Demand Generation
Education: Texas Tech University, B.S in Merchandising & Marketing