YPE Denver

Mark is passionate about producing energy for America and the world.  Growing up in western Colorado, he was raised in an entrepreneurial natural gas production company, Argali Exploration.  The exposure to industry and business throughout his upbringing drove him to earn a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Energy and the Environment at the University of Colorado in Boulder.  He went on to work in a myriad of engineering and project management roles at Encana, Anadarko, Sundance Energy, and OneEnergy Partners.  He currently serves as Director of Engineering Innovation at the newly formed Franklin Mountain Energy where he’s helping to build a “Best in Class” Delaware Basin focused operator.  Mark is a licensed Professional Engineer (Petroleum) in Colorado, and he actively volunteers for the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Denver chapter.  When he’s not brainstorming about how to power pumping units with solar panels, Mark enjoys playing piano, snowboarding and climbing mountains of all sizes, most forms of fitness, beer of all flavors, and traveling the world.

Ellen Scott is a Technical Storyteller in the energy industry. She combines an engineering background and highly technical experience with strong communication skills to effectively tell stories. After nearly a decade of experience in the oil and gas industry, her roles include those in business development, GeoEngineering, and Field Engineering at Deep Imaging, Fracture ID, SIGMA³, and Schlumberger. Her areas of expertise include completions, hydraulic fracturing, geomechanics, cementing, microseismic interpretation, and production enhancement field studies. She began her career in 2010 with Schlumberger in the Middle East. Ellen has a B.S.E. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and a M.S. in Global Energy Management from the University of Colorado Denver Business School.

Jessica is a Principal Analyst in Xcel Energy’s Strategic Asset Management department, focusing on generation assets across seven states. In her role at Xcel Energy, she develops financial and operational strategies to maintain reliable and affordable power, while striving to achieve carbon goals. Prior to her current positon, Jessica has a well-rounded history of working in the utilities industry, as she has worked in utility consulting (SAIC, Leidos, R.W.Beck, New Gen) focusing on rate design to align utility financial structures with operational and business goals and has spent time in generation management on a real-time trading desk (Fulcrum Power). Jessica has a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently completing a MS in Energy Policy and Climate from Johns Hopkins. As a member of YPE, Jessica facilitates energy education and tours of energy operations, emerging technology and various energy processes to better inform YPE members of the diversity and interconnectivity of the energy industry.