Executive Team
David Henderson, CEO
David has been in Operations Implementation Consulting for 22 years. Before joining The Marshall-Teichert Group in May 2011 as CEO, he was a Senior Partner for Schlumberger Business Consulting, based in Singapore. Prior to Schlumberger, he was at Celerant Consulting for over 17 years where he held various positions including Head of Process Sectors, Head of Analysis, President Americas and Global COO. David has led many major improvement initiatives, supporting some of the world’s top Oil & Gas and Chemicals firms in the Americas, Europe and Asia regions. He has managed several major accounts across multiple years. He has broad and deep experience in all aspects of operational strategy development and execution.
Jim Nichols, Senior Partner
After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in Chemical Engineering, Jim spent 20 years in the refining and chemical industries, which included serving as executive vice president for Solomon & Associates, and as president at Pride Companies, L.P. and Chemical Lime Company. His area of expertise is operations and developing world-class organizations through high-performing, continuous improvement cultures.
Rick Sommer, Chairman
In addition to serving as Chairman for MTG, Rick is also Chairman of CDI Global, a Global Acquisition & Divestiture Advisor for the Middle Market based in Boca Raton, Florida. He has worked with CDI for the past 22 years. Prior to joining CDI, Rick was an executive with Exxon Chemical Company and also CEA. He concentrates on acquisitions and divestitures in energy, chemicals, pulp, paper and packaging, high technology, and heavy equipment industries. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.
Ted Ryan, Advisor
As an Advisor to MTG, Ted brings 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Ted Ryan is Vice President, Marketing & Industry Relations for SSP Offshore Inc. Ted began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1979 and has held management and executive positions with NL industries, Tri-State Fishing Tools, Baker Hughes, the Western Company and BJ Services. Ted serves on the boards of the Offshore Energy Center and the Board of the Houston Petroleum Club and is also a member of and chairs committees for the National Offshore Industry Association.
Steven Taylor, Executive Vice President, Operations
Prior to joining MTG, Steve was Vice President at Celerant Consulting and Charles River Associates, and President of an independent consulting firm. He has been an operations implementation consultant for over 20 years. His client projects focus on improving business performance using supporting organization, process and systems changes to deliver financial and operational benefits. His client projects have delivered over $1 billion of CFO-validated profit improvement, cost reduction and cash flow improvement. Steve had designed and led major improvement initiatives, supporting some of the world's top Oil & Gas and Chemicals firms in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific Regions.
Ken Burdick, Executive Vice President, Analysis
Ken has over 17 years of consulting experience and specializes in the design of major change programs in the Oil and Gas and Chemicals sectors. Prior to joining MTG, Ken was the global head of the Energy Sector for Celerant Consulting. Ken holds an MBA from the University of Michigan.
