Brad Kitchens is president and CEO of ScottMadden, Inc. With nearly 25 years of business and consulting experience, he has worked extensively in the energy sector on strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, operations improvement, business planning, outsourcing, and corporate finance. Brad routinely works with energy organizations and their executives on strategic matters such as strategy development and support, earnings growth, capital planning, operational performance, and sustainability. Prior to joining the firm, Brad consulted for several years with Deloitte & Touche specializing in its capital markets practice. He also spent several years in the oil and gas industry. Brad received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, where he graduated with top honors and was recognized as a Fuqua Scholar.