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Clayton Ray Cheatham

Abilene,TX

Summary

Dynamic leader with extensive expertise in business development and strategic planning at ERM. Demonstrated success in environmental compliance and regulatory permitting, orchestrating multimillion-dollar projects. Skilled in client relationship management, fostering growth in oil and gas sector while spearheading innovative solutions in site characterization and remediation.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

Partner

ERM
Dallas, Texas
01.2024 - Current
  • Spearheaded business development and technical delivery for Carbon Capture & Sequestration and Class VI UIC Permitting, Testing, and Monitoring Programs.
  • Expanded business with targeted, high-growth oil and gas clients through focused business strategies.
  • Remediation service line leader for the Diversified Energy Sector within the business development 'Pod' Initiative.
  • Account Manager for a targeted, high-growth petrochemical client, responsible for the development and implementation of an account growth plan.
  • Pioneered sales of advanced environmental digital services to expand service offerings.

Global Account Manager / Senior CCS Adviso

Tetra Tech
Midland, TX
07.2018 - 01.2024
  • Member of the three-person leadership team for the Key Client Account Program.
  • Sector Leader for a group of 10 clients in the Key Client Account Program.
  • Won and managed an upstream oil and gas remediation portfolio in the Permian Basin, Texas, and New Mexico.
  • Won and managed the development of a corporate environmental organization, systems, processes, and procedures for a large multinational company that was spun off from a parent company.
  • Won and managed the company's first Class VI UIC Permitting project.
  • Grew key CCS account from winning the first project to building a strong partnership with an exclusive sole-source service position across multiple service lines.
  • Leveraged market position for Class VI UIC permitting to sell multiple service lines for CCS projects, including capital project permitting, site characterization, and digital services.

Senior Vice President

Energy Renewal Partners
Austin, Texas
03.2017 - 06.2018
  • Technical review, financial forecasting, and deal structuring for liability transfer contracts for the remediation and demolition of coal-fired power plants.
  • Closed and managed two liability transfer projects for two coal-fired power plants, with a contract value of approximately $60 million.
  • Develop and lead an environmental due diligence practice.
  • Environmental due diligence for a portfolio of 60 facilities in 15 countries, including North America, Europe, Africa, Russia, China, and the Asia Pacific Region.
  • Senior advisor for solar power development permitting, including NEPA, T&E species, wetlands, cultural, and operational permitting.

Vice President, Senior Global Account Manager

ARCADIS, Design And Consultancy
Houston, TX
07.2002 - 02.2017
  • Global Account Manager responsible for growing a client account from less than $1 million in annual revenue in a single service line in the U.S. to $15 million annual revenue through multiple service lines and projects in North America, South America, Europe, the U.K., India, and China.
  • Awarded ARCADIS Global Account Manager of the Year.
  • Global Due Diligence Service leadership team.
  • Managed due diligence on hundreds of industrial sites around the world, including several multi-billion-dollar transactions for oil and gas businesses.
  • Texas regulatory specialist responsible for the development of the regulatory closure strategy for a highly profitable $30 million liability transfer portfolio of eight power plants in Texas.

Senior Project Manager

Harding Lawson Associates
Houston, Texas
02.2000 - 07.2002
  • Built a Houston-based consulting practice from a single employee to a team of five professionals, with revenues exceeding $1 million in annual revenue.
  • Technical regulatory strategist for the Texas Risk Reduction Program (TRRP) and the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC), specializing in upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas facilities.
  • Won and managed a RCRA characterization and closure for more than 20 SWMUs and AOCs at a large refinery in Texas.
  • Insurance cost underwriting support and insurance claims management.

Regional Director

Koch Industries
Wichita, KS
03.1996 - 01.2000
  • Built and managed a corporate environmental due diligence capability that supported hundreds of acquisitions, divestments, and investments.
  • Credited by senior management with adding more than $100 million in value for a multi-billion-dollar transaction.
  • Managed two environmental liability portfolios in midstream oil and gas, and agricultural chemical business units.

Hyrdogeologist

Applied Earth Sciences
Dallas, TX
06.1991 - 03.1996
  • Progressed from staff hydrogeologist to team leader, responsible for managing a group of ten people, performing site characterization and remediation for underground storage tank sites.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Geology

Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX
05-1985

Skills

  • Business development and strategic planning
  • Environmental compliance and regulatory permitting
  • Project management and client relationship management
  • Extensive experience in the upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas industry
  • Extensive experience in site characterization and remediation, as well as capital project permitting and operational compliance

Accomplishments

  • ARCADIS Global Account Manager of the Year

Timeline

Partner

ERM
01.2024 - Current

Global Account Manager / Senior CCS Adviso

Tetra Tech
07.2018 - 01.2024

Senior Vice President

Energy Renewal Partners
03.2017 - 06.2018

Vice President, Senior Global Account Manager

ARCADIS, Design And Consultancy
07.2002 - 02.2017

Senior Project Manager

Harding Lawson Associates
02.2000 - 07.2002

Regional Director

Koch Industries
03.1996 - 01.2000

Hyrdogeologist

Applied Earth Sciences
06.1991 - 03.1996

Bachelor of Science - Geology

Abilene Christian University

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