About Blackbird BI, LLC

After being honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 2001, Ben worked as a field and gas plant operator in Weld county for five years, gaining an appreciation for discipline and hard work.
He then studied at Colorado School of Mines where he received an M.S. degree in Mineral & Energy Economics in 2007, learning how to analyze historic data relationships, forecast into the future, and solve for optimal financial and physical metrics.

He then worked at BENTEK Energy (S&P Global) where he analyzed, forecasted, and presented comprehensive market insights on supply, demand, constraints, and pricing of energy commodities, contributing to successful consulting engagements and client relationships, and establishing credibility as a thought leader in the oil and gas industry. Ben devised and implemented automated data models, forecasts and wrote content in market reports distributed to >1,000 clients weekly, directly contributing to substantial ~5x surge in company revenue between 2007 and 2012.

While at DCP Midstream from 2012-2018, Ben worked in Finance, M&A and Strategic Planning where he analyzed markets and translated complex ideas into concise presentations.
His most impactful contribution while at DCP was the optimization model he championed and created to determine ethane rejection levels for fleet of gas processing plants; collaborated with Commercial and Operations teams to validate results and communicate adjustments, resulting in a substantial increase in earnings.

Ben founded Blackbird BI in 2018 to create forecast scenarios and offer consultant services to enhance business intelligence.
For over 6 years Ben has been developing new and impactful Power BI, SQL and Azure solutions for multiple oil and gas producers, a large mineral owner, and multiple manufacturing and midstream companies.