Meet our leadership team

Meet the experienced leadership team shaping the future and growth of Reset Energy.

Joe Wallender

CHAIRMAN – FOUNDING PARTNER

Expertise: Plant process engineering, plant start-up and commissioning, recruiting, business development, and executive management

Experience: 33 years of experience in the oil & gas industry

Responsible: Chairman of Reset Energy

Resume: Director of Business Development and Engineering at Kinder Morgan Treating, LP (formerly South-Tex Treaters)

Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Chris Villegas

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Expertise: Upstream and midstream processing systems design, fabrication, and construction

Experience: 26 years in the oil and gas space concentrating on midstream applications

Responsible: Executive management, providing vision for a diversified, sustainable business, loss control, people management

Project Resume: Targa – Lone Star Facility, Targa – Driver Facility, Buffalo Facility, Edward Facility, Targa – Raptor Facility, Wildcat Facility, Startex Midstream – DSB facility

Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Steve Scribner

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 

Expertise: Upstream and midstream processing systems design, fabrication, and construction

Experience: Over 39 years in Oil & Gas and energy applications

Responsible: Business development, marketing, and corporate growth

Project Resume: Compression Rentals and Sales, Gas Production Equipment, Plant Processing and Treating, Vapor Recovery Equipment Sales, Flare Stacks & Combustor Stack Sales, Tank Battery Sales and Installations, and Balance of Plant Equipment Supply

Education: Stephen F. Austin State University, B.B.A. in Finance

Ben Ciotti

VICE PRESIDENT – TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Expertise: Heat Transfer, Process Design of gas treating equipment, Technical Sales, Project Execution

Experience: 13 years in the midstream/downstream energy, three years in energy transition/renewables

Responsible: New product development and technical sales

Project Resume: Lucid Energy Group (Now Targa), Red Hills Trains 2,4,5, Road Runner, Apache Corporation (now Kinetik), Diamond Plant

Education: Texas A&M University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Austin Feltner

VICE PRESIDENT – MANUFACTURING

Expertise: Gas plant and process plant design and fabrication

Experience: 11+ years of manufacturing, plant process design, and on-site fabrication of gas plant equipment

Responsible: Manufacturing, fabrication, and operations management

Resume: General Manager of Allied Equipment Company, joint founder of Heroes Energy Solutions

Education: University of Texas, Permian Basin, B.B.A. in Business Management

Mike Hardesty

VICE PRESIDENT – OPERATIONS

Expertise: Midstream process systems design, fabrication, construction, plant start-up, commissioning, systems troubleshooting

Experience: 39 years+ in the oil and gas industry concentrating on midstream applications

Responsible: Project execution including conceptual design, mechanical design, and I&E oversight

Resume: 29 years operations/management experience with Targa, senior operations manager with Allied Equipment, and joint founder of Heroes Energy Solutions

Kelley LaRue

VICE PRESIDENT – CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Expertise: Gas treating, acid gas enrichment, sulfur recovery and tailgas treating process design, project execution, startup and troubleshooting

Experience: 21 years in gas processing, sulfur recovery, and tailgas treating, five years in offshore production operations

Responsible: Process design and project execution for conventional gas processing and refining technologies

Project Resume: NZNP CBA Sulfur Recovery Units, ADNOC SRUs 806 and 1106, Sinclair Refinery O2 Enrichment Upgrade, POSCO Coal Gasification SRU

Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering

Denver Merryfield

VICE PRESIDENT – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Expertise: Business Development, Prospecting, Sales, Customer Relationship Building, and Account Management

Experience: 14+ years in the Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream Oil & Gas, specializing in Oil & Gas equipment, EPC,  and global sales

Responsible: Business Development, Global Growth, Partner Development

Education: University of Central Oklahoma, B.B.A. in Marketing.

J Anguiano

VICE PRESIDENT – EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Expertise: Cryogenic design for hydrocarbon liquids recovery (NGL and LPG), Nitrogen Rejection Units (NRU’s) and Small Scale LNG (ssLNG) production

Experience: 24 years working in the Gas Processing industry with focus in cryogenic designs

Responsible: Product development for hydrogen, helium and CO2 production and liquefaction

Project Resume: 2 x 550 MMSCFD RSV units, YPFB – 265 MMSCFD SCORE UNIT, OGC – 6 x 200 MMSCFD SCORE units, Pemex – 130 MMSCFD SRC unit, Sendero Midstream – 40 MMSCFD SCORE-MB unit, PT ARSynergy

Education: Texas Tech University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering

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