David joined Quantum in 2007 as a Managing Director and became a Senior Business Development Advisor with Quantum in 2012. David advises Quantum on business development efforts, including investment sourcing and the due diligence of Quantum’s potential portfolio companies in the upstream oil and gas and midstream sectors.
Prior to joining Quantum, he was President of SouthView Energy, LP, a Quantum portfolio company, and before that he was a Managing Director of Randall & Dewey, a division of Jefferies & Company, Inc., from 1996 to mid-2005. David brings more than 30 years of experience in oil and gas transactions through senior executive roles with Alexander Energy Corporation (Director and Chief Financial Officer), Edwards & Leach Oil Company (Co-Founder and President), Equitable Resources Energy Company (Vice President, Corporate Development) and Merrill Lynch & Company (National Product Manager for Oil and Gas Investments). David serves on the IPAA Board of Directors and has previously served as IPAA Regional Director, Chairman of the Membership Committee and Chairman of the annual IPAA Wildcatters Ball and is a recipient of the IPAA Leadership Award. He also serves as Chairman of the Host Committee for the Texas Alliance Houston Wildcatters and on the Texas Alliance Oil & Gas PAC executive committee. David also serves as the Chairman of the Foundation for Energy Education supporting the industry’s public education program in Texas. He holds a B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Oklahoma where he has served on the Sarkeys Energy Center Board of Directors and currently serves on the Advisory Board for the University’s Energy Management Program in the Price College of Business, where in May 2011 he received the Price College Distinguished Alumni Award.