Mr. Smith joined Surge in October 2018 bringing ~36 years of experience to the company. Prior to joining Surge, Mr Smith worked at Castleton Commodities International (CCI), LLC from June 2013 to September 2018 where he developed and executed an Assets Information Technology Strategy that positioned the company to achieve strategic growth plans through the acquisition of Upstream, Midstream and Power Generation assets. While at CCI, Mr Smith assumed other senior leadership positions including Information Security, the Project Management Office, Houston Office Facilities and Project Manager for strategic business improvement projects. Prior to this, Mr Smith worked at ConocoPhillips until his retirement in April 2012 as Manager, Global Upstream Information Technology. During his time with ConocoPhillips, he held various corporate and business Information Technology leadership roles domestically and internationally. Mr Smith received his BS in Computer Science from Union College and is a certified leadership and career coach.
