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James L. Cook III

Bayou Vista,TX

Summary

Dynamic Director in KPMG’s Energy, Natural Resources, and Chemicals Management Consulting practice, recognized as an industry specialist with a robust background in leadership and resource development. Previous experience includes key roles such as Vice President/Partner at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in Houston, Director of Strategic Accounts at COMSYS, and AVP – Energy for SAIC, emphasizing strategic account management and innovative solution development. Proven track record in enhancing organizational performance across diverse sectors, including manufacturing, energy, chemicals, retail energy, financial services, and consumer products on local, regional, and global scales. Core expertise includes business process management and automation, organizational assessment and governance, performance management, business intelligence, and enterprise integration.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Director Advisory ENRC

KPMG
06.2012 - Current
  • Company Overview: KPMG’s Energy, Natural Resources, and Chemicals Advisory Management Consulting practice.
  • Director within KPMG’s Energy, Natural Resources, and Chemicals Advisory Management Consulting practice serving as an Energy industry specialist.
  • The primary responsibility of this role is to understand how the various solutions developed within KPMG can address key industry challenges.
  • KPMG’s Energy, Natural Resources, and Chemicals Advisory Management Consulting practice.
  • Identified the fit for over one dozen KPMG capabilities to address challenges in the Energy industry – Representative Solutions include Enterprise Asset Management, Cyber Security, Land to Finance, Major Capital Projects, Working Capital, Talent Strategy, Grid Modernization, Race to the Customer, Big Oil Competiveness, Agile Utility, Tax Transformation.
  • Worked with Leadership to develop a Systemic process for managing the sales process - Worked with the Leadership team to standardize the sales process through formalized pipeline (opportunity management) and account management. The combination of formalized Solutions and Standardized Sales process has resulted in 62% growth in three years.
  • Worked with Peer group to develop cross industry standards for Sales Campaigns and Solution evaluation and Management – Developed KPMG standards for tracking solution progress, activity, Sales, Pipeline, and documentation that has been adopted for all industries within KPMG.
  • Led strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency across multiple client engagements.
  • Directed project teams in delivering high-impact solutions tailored to client needs.
  • Mentored and developed staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.
  • Oversaw budgeting and resource allocation for large-scale projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Established strong relationships with key stakeholders to drive collaboration and support business objectives.
  • Analyzed market trends to inform strategic decision-making and identify new business opportunities.
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.
  • Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
  • Spearheaded successful product launches that resulted in increased brand visibility and customer acquisition.
  • Navigated company through periods of significant change, maintaining focus on long-term strategic goals.
  • Enhanced data-driven decision-making by implementing advanced analytics and reporting tools.

VP – ECU Delivery

Sogeti
01.2010 - 01.2012
  • VP – Energy Chemical and Utilities (ECU) for Sogeti providing oversight and leadership for ECU clients and hands-on delivery leadership to multiple clients.
  • Served as a member of the South Central Leadership team driving Delivery and Sales standards across the organization.
  • Led the Delivery of an Enterprise level Contract Management System to a large regional Retail Energy provider - Led a team of 30+ consultants, contractors, and employees to build a custom Contract Management System covering rules based deal approval, compliance based contract management, custom enrollment, real time contract generation, and post-enrollment account maintenance.
  • Delivered an Enterprise level Customer Acquisition System to a national energy company – Led a team of 60+ consultants, contractors, and employees as the PMO as the Strategic Business Solution Architect. The system facilitated the acquisition of customers through multiple sales channels and provided a custom quote to a potential customer in less than one minute.

AVP

SAIC
2007 - 2010
  • AVP in the Oil and Gas practice responsible for Executive Relationships, Marketing, and service delivery in Energy, Chemical and Utilities.
  • Served as global downstream Practice Lead - Responsible for $80M in revenue and nearly 100 resources including management consultants, outsourcing contractors and technology specialists.


Director

COMSYS
2004 - 2007
  • Director of National/Strategic Accounts and Managed Solutions: Sold/managed and maintained $25+ Million in solutions and account based revenue.
  • Led the development of the South Central Managed Solutions Serving as the Director for managed projects and outsourcing business in Houston, Dallas, Austin, St. Louis and Kansas City.
  • Coordinated all US based efforts of the ExxonMobil account. Managed to stabilize headcount in the first six months while the client and other vendors were reducing staff by 30% resulting in COMSYS becoming the second largest resource provider only behind Accenture.

Director of Sales

Fuego
2001 - 01.2003
  • Director of Sales – Gulf Coast: Sold process automation software and service solutions to the Industrial sector in the Gulf Coast.
  • Sold the first Enterprise license of Fuego. The Enterprise license was the company’s first unlimited license and represented a milestone event to the analyst community.

Partner/Vice President

Ernst and Young
1990 - 2001
  • Promoted from entry level staff in 1990 to Partner in 1999
  • Developed the first standard EPM methodology for EY
  • Led a global reengineering effort resulting in the quantification and realization of over $350 million in annual recurring benefit for a global leader in the energy/chemical industry where the foundation is still used to this day. The global implementation included the reengineered process and a compliance-tracking program in North America, Belgium, France, UK, and Asia.
  • Acted as the first executive transfer into High Growth practice from the traditional Management Consulting practice in 1997. The practice started with 5 people and grew to over 65 professionals and $2.5 million in sales to $25 million in less than three years.
  • Served as the lead role in coordinating all campus recruiting in 1998 and 1999 while acting as campus lead at University of Texas and Texas Christian University.

Education

MBA - Marketing

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX
1987

BBA - Finance

University of Texas
Austin, TX
1985

Skills

  • Collaborative leadership

  • Culture transformation

  • Team management

  • Policy development

  • People development/mentorship

  • Performance Improvement

  • Budget and forecasting

  • Sales Execution

  • AI

Representative Clients

  • ExxonMobil
  • Tesoro
  • GDF Suez
  • Texaco Refining & Marketing
  • Gexa
  • Western Geophysical
  • Baker Hughes
  • Temple Inland
  • BP
  • Conoco Phillips
  • Harris Corporation
  • Imperial Sugar
  • Apache
  • Stewart & Stevenson
  • Marathon
  • Hibernia Bank
  • Chevron
  • Solvay

Timeline

Senior Director Advisory ENRC

KPMG
06.2012 - Current

VP – ECU Delivery

Sogeti
01.2010 - 01.2012

AVP

SAIC
2007 - 2010

Director

COMSYS
2004 - 2007

Director of Sales

Fuego
2001 - 01.2003

Partner/Vice President

Ernst and Young
1990 - 2001

MBA - Marketing

Texas Christian University

BBA - Finance

University of Texas

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