David Taylor

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

S&B Holdings Ltd. provides pipeline, chemical plant, and refining engineering services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

S & B Infrastructure Management, L.L.C. provides engineering design and construction phase services. The private company is based in Houston, TX.

EnCap Investments LP (EnCap Investments) is a private equity firm founded in 1988 by Gary Peterson and Robert Zorich and The firm is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. manufactures cryogenic equipment for gas industry. The company was founded on October 15, 2005 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH.

Bechtel Corp. operates as an engineering, construction, and project management company. Its portfolio encompasses energy, transportation, communications, mining, oil and gas, and government services. The firm also raises finance from a host of international lenders including commercial banks, multilateral and bilateral lending institutions, export credit agencies, and the capital markets. The company was founded by Warren A. Bechtel in 1898 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program For Entrepreneurs (SCAPE) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gary Masner, John E. Wolgamott and Jim Mackay. The firm is headquartered in Durango, Colorado.

BMO Capital Markets Corp. (Broker) is the broker/dealer division of BMO Capital Markets Corp., a full-service North American financial services provider headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BMO Financial Corp., which is owned by Bank of Montreal (NYSE, TSX: BMO) in Canada. BMO Capital Markets offers corporate, institutional and government clients access to a variety of products and services including equity and debt underwriting, corporate lending and project financing, merger and acquisitions advisory services, merchant banking, securitization, treasury and market risk management, debt and equity research and institutional sales and trading.

Construction Industry Institute operates as a non-profit consortium of engineering-contractor, and supplier firms from both the public and private arenas. The firm serves downstream and chemicals, healthcare, fiatech, mining, power, utilities and infrastructure. The company was founded in October 1983 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional society with over 60,000 members in more than 110 countries. The private company is based in New York, NY, and has subsidiaries in the United States. AIChE offers various programs, including e-learning, webinars, and career advancement, to help chemical engineers at every career juncture bridge the skills gap created by the rush of technology, changing work styles, and unprecedented societal needs. Founded in 1908, AIChE is a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in areas such as energy, sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nanotechnology, and chemical plant safety and security.