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David Skinner serves as Chairman of the Board of Decision Strategies and is an original founder of the company. Mr. Skinner works with executive teams and Boards in the Oil & Gas industry to develop game changing business strategies, implement risk-based decision-making processes, and create strategic cultural shifts that transform organizations. A third generation oilman, Mr. Skinner is an internationally known authority on strategy development, risk and portfolio management, and decision analysis processes in the petroleum industry.

For over twenty years he has held executive and management positions, first with Conoco, and then through Decision Strategies a major Oil and Gas strategy consulting firm. During Mr. Skinner’s tenure as CEO of Decision Strategies he grew the company’s revenue base over 600% and earned the company recognition as one of the top 20 fastest growing companies in Houston in 2007 and 2008. Mr. Skinner is also a highly regarded author and lecturer. His best selling book Introduction to Decision Analysis is in its 3rd Edition. Mr. Skinner is on the faculty of Rice University and teaches strategic decision-making to Executive MBA students each spring semester. Over the last decade Mr. Skinner has taught more than 10,000 executives, engineers, scientists, and business school students from around the world.