Keith D.

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About Keith D.

Extremely driven, visionary leader with experience surpassing goals, developing high-performing teams, and establishing trusting, profitable customer relationships in the dynamic oil and gas industry. Engaging, influential executive who identifies opportunities for improvement and strategizes change management plans that work. Highly credentialed, proven catalyst who leverages technology solutions, critical thinking, and data-driven planning for scalable, sustainable growth and makes key decisions to drive the organization forward.I am a forward-thinking, multifaceted executive leader with a passion for building teams, designing strategies, and making key decisions in the oil and gas industry focused on supply & trading and terminal and pipeline optimization. My focus is on understanding the business goals, creating value, catalyzing change, and accelerating growth. I do this by developing individual employees into becoming high-performance divisions and future company leaders. At the same time, I use data insights to formulate plans that improve risk management, maximize commodity margins, and achieve asset optimization. I believe my success as a people leader stems from my ability to cultivate and maintain positive rapport at all levels. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Grew profit margins by over $25M at multiple companies Authored policies and programs to ensure compliance and mitigate risk Integrated teams, tools, and processes following mergers and acquisitions Coached several teams to increase analytical capability, trade strategies, and risk management While working for Colonial Pipeline Company, Delek US Holdings, and Kern Oil and Refining Co, I have strengthened my experience in crude oil and refined products supply & trading and terminal & pipeline asset optimization. As a lifelong learner, I continued my education with an Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee. I also completed the Leaders Academy at UGA and earned a Leadership Excellence Certificate from Vanderbilt. Areas of Expertise: Strategic Leadership | Team Building | Operational Excellence | Strategic Planning & Execution | Critical Thinking | Risk Management | Financial Analysis | Governance | Market & Data Analysis | Margin & Asset Optimization | Negotiations | Restructures | M&A | Leadership Coaching | Change Management | Communications | ETRM