George Wayne

About George Wayne

In my current role as Vice President - Market Services for KMI, I oversee a cross-functional team of direct reports dispersed across Chicago, Houston, Birmingham, and Colorado Springs. I\'m currently responsible for related strategy, fundamental analysis, and digital transformation as it relates to our analytical infrastructure in support of the commercial organizations. Recently, my role has expanded to include coordinating our strategy regarding the serving of large datacenters and Hyperscalers, in addition to the various corporate GHG reduction strategy working groups, leading the team and chairing the corporations clean technology sub-group, identifying synergies with our Energy Transition Ventures team with KMI\'s traditional base business of energy transportation and storage, such as carbon capture and sequestration (CCUS), and low-carbon fuels such as renewable natural gas (RNG) and bio/renewable diesel, responsibly sourced gas (RSG), and hydrogen.Recognized as a respected authority in the energy markets, with expertise in economic analysis, strategic planning, and forecasting of the energy value chain. Accomplished consultant, author, speaker, and expert witness with an extensive background in energy risk management, analytics, marketing, trading, and energy asset management, with commentary appearing in The Denver Post, Platts Gas Daily, Natural Gas Intelligence, and numerous other industry publications. Author and frequent contributor to various industry forums and publications, including National Renewable Energy Laboratories (NREL), Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis (JISEA), Energy Risk, RMEL Electric Energy Magazine, and the Journal of Energy Development, and frequently asked to speak at company customer meetings, and various annual industry conferences, including, Energy Bar Association, The Stanford Natural Gas Initiative (\"NGI\"), Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines, Gas & Oil Technology Conference, Wyoming Gas Fair, LDC Forum, Platts Rockies Oil & Gas Conference, Mexico Energy Conference, and several others. Presented expert testimony in front of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) the California Energy Commission (\"CEC\") the California Public Utilities Commission (\"CPUC\") and the Arizona Corporate Commission (\"ACC\") in prior rate case proceedings or public hearings.If you catch me outside of work and I have a little bit of free time, I’m either golfing, mountain biking, snow skiing with my family, or fly fishing in one of Colorado’s wonderful mountain streams.

Experience

1. Vice President - Head of Market Services

   Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   Jun 2004 — Present · Colorado Springs, CO, US

   After various leadership positions with Kinder Morgan, I am currently an officer of KMI and head of Market Services for the largest energy infrastructure and Midstream company in North America, reporting directly to the President and CEO of KMI Gas Pipeline Group. Oversee geographically dispersed direct reports in Chicago, Houston, Birmingham, and Colorado Springs. Holds accountability for coordinating various corporate GHG reduction strategy working groups, chair and leads the corporations clean technology sub-group, responsible for enabling development and scaling advanced clean technologies across KM\'s midstream footprint, finding and seeking funding sources for strategic investments, pilots, off-take, and partnerships, to achieve KM\'s GHG reduction goals. Moreover, in addition to directing opportunities for internal energy transition teams, all related strategy, fundamental analysis, analytical infrastructure, and digital transformation in support of the commercial organizations for all gas transportation, storage, and midstream activity (regulated and unregulated; interstate and intrastate) for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Education

• Colorado School of Mines

  MSc Mineral & Energy Economics

• Colorado School of Mines

  BSc Engineering Math & Geophysics

Skills

• Energy Marketing & Trading
• Financial Planning & Analysis
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Hedging
• Gas
• Risk Management
• Petrophysics
• Commodity
• Relational Database Design
• Expert Witness
• Oil & Gas Exploration
• Energy
• Quantitative Analytics
• Portfolio Management
• Leadership
• Published Author
• Strategic Planning
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Six Sigma
• Trading
• Relational Databases
• Quantitative Analysis
• Petroleum
• Strategy
• Marketing and Trading
• Team Building
• Management
• Derivatives
• Natural Gas
• Conference Speaker
• Energy Derivative Valuation
• Geophysics
• Analysis
• Pipelines