Qualifications: MIT electrical engineering undergrad; additional MIT and UC Berkeley graduate work in same area. An oil and gas executive, and CEO and founder of Denver-based oilfield services Liberty Resources. Past founder of Pinnacle Technologies,then Stroud Energy, both shale gas production companies via hydraulic fracking.

Disqualifications: Has no government experience. 

Views: Does not believe in climate change, is pro-fracking and pro-fossil fuels. Self-described tech nerd turned entrepreneur. Plans to rescind Biden unspent climate funds. Will be on Trump 2.0 National Energy Council to be chaired by Interior Secretary nominee Doug Burgum. He gained the support of Burgum oil billionaire ally Harold Hamm. He donated $228,390 to Trump’s joint fundraising committee in 2024. Was board member of Oklo, Inc, a small fast-neutron reactor; EMX Royalty, a royalty payment company for mineral and mining rights; is on board of non-profits PERC, ACE Colorado, ACE Montana, PRI, and the VCCF.