Scott Powell is a proven leader with
major project, engineering, technical and management expertise.
Over his career in the energy industry, he managed projects with
capital budgets up to $750 million with a consistent track record of
transparent and open communications, rigorous project scope management,
budget forecasting and financial and regulatory compliance reviews,
resulting in “On Time and On Budget” completions. Scott retired
as a Division Vice President of a Fortune 500 company. In this
position, he had full profit and loss responsibilities for the
Division. Under his leadership, this Division grew from one
employee to over 1,000 employees and contract personnel with an annual
revenue exceeding $1 billion.
Scott is a native Texan. He
graduated from The Texas A&M Maritime Academy located at Texas
A&M University in Galveston. He was a member of the Texas
A&M Corps of Cadets while studying for his degrees in Marine
Engineering and Business Administration. He received his Master’s
Degree in Industrial Safety from The University of Houston. Scott
holds a United States Coast Guard Master Mariners License. He has
completed several professional development courses including The
Harvard School of Business’ short courses in Contract Negotiations, The
University of St. Thomas’ International Trade and Finance program, The
Massachusetts Maritime Academy School of Environmental Studies’
Environmental Management program, and Villanova School of Law’s program
in Government Contracts.
Early in his career, Scott sailed
tankers around the world for several years. Later, the
combination of his engineering, business and management skills formed a
solid basis for his transition into corporate leadership. Scott
managed interfaces with and expectations of major energy company
clients as well as local, state and federal governmental
entities. In his project interactions on the governmental side,
he has worked with mayors, governors, members of Congress and political
appointees, all who had a stake in the success of multi-million dollar
projects.
Scott managed numerous projects in
challenging environments around the world including onshore and
offshore well control incidents, hurricane disaster responses in the
Gulf of Mexico, infrastructure development on Alaska’s North Slope and
exploration and production support in the Arctic. He has led contract
negotiations, developed auditable procedures for operations and
business governance and implemented strong health, safety, security and
environmental programs. In addition, he has conducted risk
assessments and post-project “lessons learned” reviews in order to
enable knowledge transfer for continual operational and safety
improvements. He also conducted post-9/11 facility infrastructure
threat and security reviews and assisted in the development of pipeline
and power infrastructure security protocols.
Scott has published articles in
professional trade publications and has been a speaker at international
conferences. He was named an Honorary Admiral in the Texas Navy
in recognition for a life of service to the state and people of
Texas. He is a proud member of the National Eagle Scout
Association and a supporter of the Sea Scouts program. Scott and
his wife, Lisa, have been PEC members for 12 years and reside in
Horseshoe Bay.
