Ross L. Bullington

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Jersey City, NJ 07302 acx7cq@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERIENCE:

Kline & Company Management Consulting – Energy Practice, Parsippany, NJ

Consultant (December 2014 to Present)

Analyst (June 2013 to December 2014)

Joined the Energy Practice at Kline & Company, a boutique consulting firm providing strategic advice to firms along the entire petroleum value chain, with the aim of gaining exposure to a wider variety of energy-related projects than was offered in the midstream sector

Promoted to Consultant after completion of an extensive oilfield market entry strategy for a chemical company – my contributions included performing research and generating sales leads on the client’s behalf at an industry conference and leveraging my own oil & gas contacts to assess the technological landscape and addressable market for the client’s specific product

Developed a drilling fluid market entry strategy for a different chemical company through technical interviews with drilling and completions engineers as well as market-related interviews with oilfield salespeople; generated competitive analysis comparing the client’s chemistry to alternatives in terms of price, performance, and compatibility with existing oilfield technology

Derived pricing algorithm based on readily available commodity prices to help a multinational oil & gas company predict market movements of smaller-volume specialty products; our findings formed the basis of the client’s subsequent decision to expand capacity as part of a $6 billion growth initiative

Advised private equity companies during due diligence phase on the attractiveness and growth potential of specialty lubricant markets, including motorcycle, marine, and lawn/garden lubricants

Evaluated and recommended potential candidates for a major US refiner seeking to acquire a lubricant blender with annual revenues between $500 million and $1 billion

Genesis Energy L.P., Houston, TX

Crude Oil Analyst (March 2012 to June 2013)

Crude Oil Scheduler (June 2010 to March 2012)

Scheduled and calculated Profit & Loss for 35,000 physical barrels per day of crude oil the company traded; later transitioned away from Scheduler role to focus strictly on analytics after introducing several new processes aimed at improving efficiency and increasing margin per barrel

Wrote VBA code to streamline the weekly Value at Risk calculation (which had previously been done manually) to assist company traders and controllers in hedging the company’s 2 million barrels of petroleum products inventory and related derivatives positions

Initiated company’s use of Google Earth and ArcGIS to identify areas of significant drilling activity, evaluate Genesis’s geographic and logistical economics relative to the competitors’, and finalize our decision on whether to bid on a particular well

Leveraged knowledge of the above software to formulate physical arbitrage strategy for Gulf Coast crude oil markets; diverted 20,000 trucked barrels per month from WTI markets to LLS markets, capturing a $20 per barrel price differential

Provided cost-benefit analysis for potential infrastructure capital spending in Louisiana by calculating NPV and IRR based on multiple crude oil production growth scenarios

EDUCATION:

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, August 2005 to May 2009

Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and English; Intermediate Spanish speaker

Coursework included statistics, accounting, banking/finance, and international trade

SKILLS AND TRAINING:

Expert knowledge of Excel and Powerpoint; experienced with VBA coding

Chosen by Genesis Energy executives to attend a series of leadership training sessions

Experienced with Sharepoint and ArcGIS as well as statistical software (SPSS, Stata)

Provided guidance to Allegro developers for crude oil & refined products transactions

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