Jeffrey Beicker has over 35 years of experience in the green field development, construction, and operation of midstream and downstream energy assets. His previous senior leadership roles span 20 years with Shell, Spark Energy and Marlin Midstream. As the President of Marlin Midstream he was an integral part of the team that grew gas processing from a seven mile segment of 12 inch pipe to 300 mmcfd of processing and gathering and an EBITDA of over $20 million. In his role as the Chief Commercial Officer of Spark Energy, he oversaw the growth of EBITDA from $2.5 million to over $70 million in a period of five years. As a senior vice president at Shell he led the power and gas trading groups as well as a power development effort that was responsible for over 3,000 megawatts of installed capacity. His development capital scorecard exceeds $1 billion in combined senior debt facilities, short term debt revolvers and trade finance facilities. This experience is combined with a proven management record in energy trading and risk management including natural gas liquids, power, crude oil, refined products and natural gas. As a member of the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) for several years, he served on numerous NYMEX committees and also consulted for the Chicago Board of Trade. He spent the early years of his career working with Koch, Natural Gas Clearinghouse, Tenaska and Enron. He has been a guest lecturer on energy options and financial and physical energy trading at Rice University, Texas A&M University and the University of Houston. He is an advocate and fundraiser for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.