Thomas Miesner
Founder, Miesner, LLC
Tom has a deep midstream background as an operator, executive, business consultant, and board member. The first twenty-five years of his career were spent at Conoco, where he held midstream engineering, operations, business development, strategy and executive positions, including serving as president of Conoco Pipe Line Company for seven years. At the time of the merger between Conoco and Phillips, Tom consulted with ConocoPhillps executive management to develop and staff the combined transportation company. Following the merger, Tom retired from ConocoPhillips and started a midstream consulting company – Pipeline Knowledge & Development where he helps people understand oil and gas pipelines. Tom has written 3 books about pipelines, and one about the electrical power, all for PennWell Books. Currently he is working on a book for PennWell explaining energy choices and their consequences. He is an angle investor and is on the board of directors of the Central Texas Angels network where he serves as the treasurer. Tom enjoys solving problems and helping companies with business planning and strategy development and execution.