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My wife Rhonda and I were raised in Houston, Texas, moving to the Conroe area in 2012. We have three children and six grandchildren. I’m currently a board member of the Conroe Industrial Development Corporation (CIDC) which promotes business development within Conroe and provides additional insight into the business community. I’m also a member of the Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce and Network Conroe business community. I have recently volunteered to work with city engineering on specific industrial facility proposal reviews, and have made recommendations to city council that CIDC be incorporated into industrial facility reviews and permitting. CIDC has never been chartered to be involved to this level before, but change is needed.

I retired after a successful 38-year career in Oil & Gas. I graduated from Texas A&M with a degree in Architecture and Environmental Design, and started my career with a Houston architectural firm. I soon transitioned into industrial design and construction within a major industrial engineering and construction firm, beginning as a designer. I was retained throughout numerous corporate transitions and mergers as I worked my way through virtually every department management position such as project management, logistics, contracts, quality control, facility design, construction, commissioning, and finally as a Senior Director of Construction at the end of my career. This experience refined my ability to understand overall goals, develop detailed planning and execution, effectively communicate, and how to lead and work with others.

I specialized in large ($100M to $2B) project feasibility and execution, often traveling to global locations to implement project feasibility development and management training. I developed most of the training materials and presentations that were used to teach, to motivate and to mentor other leaders. I also developed methodology and materials to successfully implement infrastructure renewal for major company clients. This included utilities such as water and sewer, roads, gas service, access, manufacturing facilities, etc. Again, this required the ability to not only effectively communicate and connect with others that I had never met before, but to also leave them with useful information.

After retirement to the Conroe area, I published a number of articles outlining the practices of the Montgomery County Appraisal District. The purpose of this effort was to educate and inform the average citizen of what really happens within the appraisal process and how the state tax code can be used in their favor. In addition to supporting citizen understanding of the appraisal process, I also created a community petition to support public election of the Chief Appraiser that was sent to our Texas Legislature. 

I served as the chairman of the Infrastructure Committee for a large Conroe neighborhood. This was a private non-annexed community that was responsible for its own streets, water, utilities, access, etc. This committee managed the entire range of community necessities, including all maintenance, utilities, new projects, bids/proposals, and repairs. 

More recently, I utilized my professional corporate background and experience within the core community group resisting the selection of a site directly adjacent to Bartholet Home Furnishings and I-45, in the center of residential/business locations for a natural gas compression station by Blackfin Pipeline LLC. Thanks to the upholding of a restrictive covenant on the property and a cross-community effort - almost 5000 petition signatures - that extended all the way to the governor's office, our group was successful in removing this hazardous facility from the proposed site. This was an unprecedented outcome, but does not stop here – I will work to strengthen Conroe city ordinances, not only for industrial facilities, but to limit tree clear-cutting, control development, and refine events requirements.

Conroe is growing rapidly – experienced objective leadership is needed, along with the ability to present clarity within our many issues and to work towards realistic solutions.