ERIC SMITH

For the last 12+ years, Eric has focused his career in the EPC sector of the energy industry concentrating on large scale energy, LNG, and petrochemical projects. His experience includes leading the commercial efforts for petrochemical and LNG business lines for a global engineering and construction company, supporting the development of a Gulf Coast LNG liquefaction company, and negotiating commercial LNG sales agreements with global LNG buyers.

After graduating from high school, Eric joined the United States Air Force and worked as an intelligence analyst, where he served proudly for nine years. Four years into his military service, he was recruited to join the National Security Agency (NSA) to manage multiple intelligence gathering teams supporting Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan and Iraq). His contributions were recognized by the Director of the NSA and the Deputy Commander of the United States European Command.