Mike is President & CEO of TM&C and experienced in petroleum downstream economics, strategic planning studies, crude oil/marketing studies, joint venture analyses, supply/demand projections, refining center studies and business plan development. He has over 40 years' experience in the petroleum industry, including careers with Texaco and CITGO, and many years as an international consultant with TM&C.  He was President/CEO of a small U.S. refining company, holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer (Texas).

John is team leader for TM&C’s market outlook publications and assignments. He provides senior leadership to TM&C’s ongoing analyses of the worldwide refining industry and leads industry studies for the firm’s clients.  He has specific expertise in the areas of refining economics and planning, LP modeling, downstream asset valuation, crude oil valuation and capital investment/strategic planning.  John joined the firm in 1987 after a career with Exxon Corp., where he held various positions at its Baytown, Texas refinery.  He holds a BS (1980) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska and an MBA (1984) from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.  He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas and Nebraska and is also a member of TSPE and AIChE.

Sam leads the strategic and business development efforts of the firm. He has 20 years’ experience across oil markets, refining and petrochemicals with a diverse background of technical, operating and commercial responsibilities at Sunoco and most recently Wood Mackenzie where he held positions of Head of Americas Refining & Oil Markets; Director, Global Downstream; and Senior Manager, North America Refining. Sam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University (2001), and an MBA from the University of Houston (2007).

John is a senior member of TM&C’s Outlook Team and spends much of his time contributing to our ongoing analyses of the worldwide petroleum industry. His expertise and experience include refining economics and planning, downstream asset valuation, crude oil valuation and capital investment and strategic planning.  He has also been a lead consultant in several engagements associated with assessing global crude quality supply/demand balances.  A graduate of Texas A&M University (1976) with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, John spent 25 years with major international oil corporations with a strong emphasis in refining, trading, marketing, economic analysis and strategic planning. He joined TM&C in 2006.

Cinda leads TM&C’s Fuels Regulatory Practice with over 20 years of experience in the energy industry with Flint Hills Resources.  She has specialized experience in the areas of state and federal fuel compliance, laboratory quality assurance, and refining fuel certification.  Cinda brings comprehensive knowledge of the transportation fuel regulations throughout North America.  She is experienced with the Federal EPA Motor Fuel and Vehicle Regulations (including the Renewable Fuel Standard), and the low carbon fuel programs in California, Oregon, and Canada to her clients. Cinda has experience leading EPA compliance audits, assessing fuel manufacturing compliance programs, assisting with litigation evaluations, and providing regulatory strategic guidance.  Cinda leverages her diverse operational experience with her complimentary regulatory knowledge to present clients with economical solutions while operating within the compliance requirements. As an active member of ASTM International and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, she remains on the forefront of regulatory and industry issues. Cinda is accredited as a Lead Verifier for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standards as well as California’s  Mandatory Green House Gas Regulations for Oil and Gas.  She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and is a licensed Professional Engineer (Minnesota).

Eamon offers a broad range of expertise across various engagements at Turner, Mason & Company that focus on strategy, analysis, optimization, and energy investments.   He advises clients in the transportation fuel sector, which include producers, traders, private equity firms, industry trade associations, and government agencies. These projects vary from ethanol, renewable diesel, biodiesel, co-processors, renewable natural gas (RNG), waste-to-energy, and refineries.   Eamon’s consulting experience ranges from supply/demand market analysis, fair market value assessments, due diligence, audits, fuels compliance management, regulatory support and project scale-up. As an accredited Lead Verifier for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Eamon has proficiency with GREET Modeling, Life Cycle Analysis, Fuel Pathway Validation/Verification and Quarterly Fuel transaction reports. Additionally, Eamon has experience with the Federal EPA Motor Fuel and Vehicle Regulations (including the Renewable Fuel Standard). RFS engagements have consisted of fuels compliance, attestations, RIN due diligence, and 3^rd party engineering reviews.   Formerly with ExxonMobil, he was a part of the optimization team as an Economist running LP economic models to highlight constraints and marginal unit incentives for the planning and technical operation teams while also evaluating the economics of potential site projects for investment consideration.   Eamon holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and is an MBA Candidate at the Michigan Ross School of Business.  

Robert is TM&C’s primary refinery modeler and market analyst.  He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He has passed all three levels of the CFA Program and is on schedule to be awarded Chartered status upon completion of the required work experience.  Robert worked with Western Refining (now Marathon) as a Senior Process Engineer at its El Paso Refinery for several years and is experienced in petroleum refining economics, process engineering, process design, and HazOp review.

Shanda is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a BA (2005) and Texas State University with a MA (2007). She came to TM&C in 2007. Shanda is experienced in EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS) to provide RIN management services, technical assistance for attestation services and fuels regulations reporting. Shanda also provides IT support, data management, infrastructure management, web development and communications, accounts receivable and payable.  She is also responsible for company financial accounting, billings, and benefits.

Jonathan is a recognized industry expert on crude oil and refined product markets with over 25 years of experience. He worked 12 years for Wood Mackenzie in London as a Research Director within the EMEARC refining and oil products research team. He was the leader for their coverage of the short-term oil products markets, coordinating and analyzing regional supply and demand balance trends. Jonathan produced the outlook for prices and margins for both the short and long term. Jonathan has extensive consulting experience covering crude oil evaluations, refinery investment economics, crude and oil product marketing, storage and logistics economics and trading strategies. He has also managed long-term client requirements and produced new research products and services to the market. Previous roles include working in trading for Rhein Oel/RWE Trading dealing with physical crude oil and futures and derivatives. Prior to this, he worked for Shell in crude oil operations and shipping.

Philip has over 40 years’ experience in the petroleum refining industry with Mobil Oil and Koch Industries/Flint Hills Resources, including 13 years of biofuels operations.  During the last 11 years, Philip led the FHR Fuels Compliance Team with overall responsibility for meeting USEPA fuels and California Low Carbon Fuels Standard requirements.  His expertise and experience include all aspects of the USEPA Renewable Fuels Standard, CARB LCFS Tier 1 pathway applications and associated CA-GREET Model and CARB Cap & Trade Program.  Additionally, Philip has familiarity with the new USEPA Part 1090 fuels regulations and worked in environmental management roles at three U.S. refineries and at the corporate-level.  Philip holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MBA from Lewis University Romeoville, IL.

Mary Jo is a member of TM&C’s Fuels Regulatory Practice with more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry with Flint Hills Resources.  With specialized experience in preparing fuels compliance reports for petroleum and renewable fuel producers required under the EPA Federal program (40CFR 79 and 80), Mary Jo brings a level of depth to our clients reporting and auditing.  Her expertise extends beyond the Federal programs into various states, including the Texas Low Emission Diesel, the California Alternative Diesel Fuels program, and the California and Oregon Low Carbon Fuels programs.  In addition, Mary Jo has knowledge of finished fuel additives including additive registrations for fuel manufacturers and the ongoing volumetric additive reconciliations.  Mary Jo graduated from Bethany College with a Business Administration degree in 1988.

Rita has worked for more than 40 years in the petroleum refining and renewables industry with specialization in Fuel Quality, Fuel Compliance and Laboratory Operations.  For the last 16 years, Rita held the role of Vice President, Quality and Compliance at Koch Industries/Flint Hills Resources.  In this position, she led a team of approximately 40 professionals tasked with developing and maintaining systems for federal and state compliance for all fuels (both petroleum and renewables) and measurement, implementing systems to provide the product quality for fuels and chemicals required by customers and government agencies, and providing corporate level technical support and lab excellence guidance for FHR manufacturing facilities. She has extensive knowledge of EPA Fuels Regulations and most recently served as chair of AFPM’s Fuel Committee (2019-2021).  She has been involved with ASTM for over 25 years, participating in both laboratory method developing committees and fuel product committees.  Rita holds a MS degree in Chemistry from the University of Kentucky and a BS Degree in Chemistry from Marshall University.

Bob has over 40 years of experience in petroleum refining, petrochemicals, and renewable fuels including 20 years with Koch Industries and 13 years with CITGO Petroleum in a variety of leadership positions.  Bob has spent the past nine years working as an independent consultant strengthening the implementation of improvements in the areas of personnel safety, process safety, operations reliability, and gross margin improvement for a large number of companies throughout the world.  Bob also works with a number of operating companies and investors helping them to evaluate investments in new and existing technologies and assets as well as divestitures of existing assets. Bob has a BS ChE from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA-Finance from the University of Minnesota and is on the board of directors of three operating companies.

Cindy has been with TM&C in various roles for 23 years. She continues to serve a vital role in reporting, gasoline quality auditing, the technical expertise in attestations and expertise in all the mysteries of the electronic age. For those that have never dealt with the complexities of the CDX and EMTS system, you cannot imagine the difficulty of even simple activities like registration. Cindy handles all of those things and so much more with a matter of fact, can do attitude.

Suzanne is a TM&C Associate and contributes to consulting assignments in the areas of market analysis, strategic studies, and competitive assessment work. Her expertise and experience include process engineering, supply chain optimization, commercial advisory and strategic planning, gained over a 28-year career in the upstream and downstream sectors, primarily with Chevron Corporation. She has had global assignments at both Chevron and KNPC having worked at locations across the U.S., Greece, Kuwait, and Singapore. Suzanne graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, and obtained Master’s and Ph.D. degrees also in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Dan has over 38 years’ experience in the refining industry with Tosco, Ultramar and Tesoro. He is an Associate at TM&C and contributes to consulting assignments on refinery optimization studies, competitive assessment work and industry analysis. His expertise and experience include refinery operations, project development and management, work process improvements, process engineering and commercial optimization, having worked in roles as Refinery Operations Manager, leading front-end engineering on two projects over $500 Million, VP Refining responsible for multi-site operations, and VP Optimization at the corporate level.  Dan holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California.