#hottakeoftheday Episode #10: Todd Brooker with Cawley Gillespie

Episode #10: Todd Brooker with Cawley Gillespie

January 31, 2020/
David Ramsden-Wood/
#hottakeoftheday, C-Level View, Podcast /
0 Comments

Met with Todd Brooker, President of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, to talk reserves, spacing, the SEC and all good things reservoir. Plus, some travel tips on coming to Austin for food, golf and what to do on 6th St.

Episode #10: Todd Brooker with Cawley Gillespie - #hottakeoftheday

About Todd Brooker

Todd’s official Bio:
Todd is President at CG&A and has been with the firm since 1992. As a Reservoir Engineer, his responsibilities include reserves and economics evaluations, fair market valuations, field studies, pipeline resource studies, and acquisition/divestiture analysis. His reserve reports are routinely used for public company SEC disclosures. His experience includes significant projects in both conventional and unconventional resources in every major U.S. producing basin and abroad. He is based in Austin and has managed that office since its opening in 2002. Prior to joining CG&A, Todd worked in the Gulf of Mexico drilling and production engineering at Chevron USA in New Orleans, Louisiana. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989 with a BS degree in Petroleum Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas, a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE).

In addition, other than an affinity for and and appreciation of good sushi, other fun facts about Todd include:

Born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama through age 14;
Big Alabama Crimson Tide fan, father played football for Bear Bryant in early 1960’s; KC Chiefs in mid-1960’s;
Moved to Dallas, Texas with mom during sophomore year of high school;
Chose an engineering route at a big school over playing golf at a smaller school;
UT Petroleum Engineering degree earned in 1989 (with 3 awesome summer jobs);
Worked for Chevron USA in New Orleans and in Gulf of Mexico through 1992, drilling and production;
Joined Cawley, Gillespie & Associates in Fort Worth, Texas as a young, green Reservoir Engineer;
Opened the Austin office for CG&A in 2002, grew to 13 associates today;
Became President of the firm in 2017;
Married 26 years

Connect with Todd: LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | website

Thoughts on the episode? Please let me know by sharing in the comments below!