J. Paul Oxer
Principal, Infrastructure & Business Operations
Sugarland, Texas
J. Paul organizes teams assimilating information to solve gritty problems and address complex issues in project development, corporate management, M&A, post-acquisition integration, reorganizations, business expansion, and operations in difficult environments.
ABOUT J. PAUL
J. Paul brings a skill set, a contact set, and a rule set in pursuit of an opportunity set, always with an eye to help build a team that is stronger, sharper, swifter, smoother, and smarter.
He has enjoyed many successes and shared them; made some mistakes and corrected them; and learned many vital lessons and absorbed them.
His 40+ years of hard-earned experience as a versatile, multi-lingual executive includes:
- International business, corporate development, and regional operations
- Transaction management, due diligence, project development and finance
- Critical problem solving, M&A, post-acquisition integration, and divestiture
- Organizational and financial restructuring
- Leveraged buyouts
- Work for public / private companies and private equity firms for investment in infrastructure
- Assembling and leading high performance teams to deliver operational excellence
- Board leadership, executive level management and communication
- Government contracting under multiple concurrent MSAs / TACs
PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
- McDaniel, Hunter & Prince, Inc.: Managing Director - Project origination and development, large transaction management, M&A and post-acquisition integration, infrastructure investment analysis and management.
- University of Houston – Downtown Marilyn Davies College of Business: Corporate Fellow - MBA program adjunct instructor.
- Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs: Chairman, Governing Board - Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry. TDHCA functions as a state-owned workforce housing development finance bank, manages over $3.0 Billion in assets, and directs over $3.0 Billion per year into the Texas economy.
- PBS&J (acquired by Atkins Global): Senior Project Director - Special projects, M&A, post-acquisition integration.
- Independent Contractor: International Project Development - Operations and systems performance metrics evaluation, guidance on efficient deployment of intellectual and financial capital for industry, government, and private practice.
- Enron Corp.: International Project Development Executive
- Ecology & Environment, Inc.: Executive Assistant to the President - Developed and managed contracts, work programs, and customer relations with major industrial clients, as well as local, state, federal, and sovereign governments.
FUNCTION AND SPECIALIZATION
- Project development / finance; international transaction management
- Post-acquisition integration
- Reducing early stage risk in project development
- "Working with a compass and no map!"
PUBLICATIONS
- "The Philosophy of Performance Evaluation"
- "Enron: Lord of the Rings, Revisited"
- "Independent Contracting in Professional Practice and Management"
- "The Four Hour Interview"
EDUCATION, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, & MEMBERSHIPS
Georgia Institute of Technology
Bachelor, Civil Engineering
University of Texas, Arlington
Graduate Studies, Civil Engineering
Merger & Acquisition, LinkedIn
Certification Issued June 2017, no expiration
Risk-Raking for Leaders, LinkedIn
Certification Issued June 2017, no expiration
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Functional/Operational
- Program/Project Management
- Strategy
- Business Development
- Operations Management
- Due Diligence
- Strategic Planning
- Project Planning
- Entrepreneurship
- Project Finance
- Contract Management
- Restructuring
- Policy
- Business Process Improvement
- Outsourcing
- Sustainable Development
- Organizational Restructuring
- Integration
- Consulting
- Business Intelligence
- Corporate Development
Industry
- Energy
- Government
- International Business
- Renewable Energy
- Finance
- Marketing
