Alyssa Arnold

Alyssa Arnold

CEO/Facility Engineering

Midstream, Upstream
 
United States

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

Facility/Environmental Engineer

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Midstream: Engineering, Projects

Upstream: Operations, Facilities Management, Project Management, Supply Chain 

Upstream Areas: Onshore

3. Current Employer:

ATex Energy Consulting

4. Previous Employers:

Occidential Petroleum and Sheridan Production Company

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

I grew up in Houston and my father owned and operated an Environmental consulting firm until I was in high school when he sold the business. I was sure that I wouldn't end up in the O&G industry, I then went to Texas A&M and study to be a Civil Engineer. I graduated early with a specialty in Water Resources. I had applied for a job at Oxy just to see if the position would be interesting to me and fell in love with the work opportunity. The rest is history, I have fallen in love with the industry, opportunities and people!  

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

I have grown up with an Entrepreneur as a father and it has become a passion of mine as well. Entrepreneurs are a special breed of people who are so dedicated and fueled by passion, it brings me such joy to be alongside each one during the journey.

Okay, now for some fun things about Alyssa…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

  • Hiking and being in the mountains

  • Photography

  • Spending time with my kiddos

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • Building a consulting business while raising 3 babies and now building it bigger than my wildest dreams!

  • Graduating early from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M.

  • Winning some awards for the research I completed in college in the water resources and low impact development space.

9. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

Engineer... I thought that meant I would work on engines, but wanted to be what my dad was!

10. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

Photographer, I love capturing the happy moments in peoples lives!

11.  My favorite song is               by            .

"Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

12.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start a Venture Capital fund or some funding vehicle company that would invest in Entrepreneurs with greater ideas!

13.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

Be true to who you are and follow your path, no matter how curvy it might be.