Sigma Phi Epsilon - Oklahoma State University

ALPHA ARTERY Oklahoma Alpha | Oklahoma State University | Fall 2024 Outgoing President Jake Broom '26 (left) and Incoming President Jackson Hays '27 attend Ruck in summer 2024. H eadquarters hosts a four-day event on leadership training each summer, where nearly 200 active SigEps are invited to participate. This past summer, Jake Broom '26 and Jackson Hays '27 from our chapter attended the event. After the event, Jackson expressed: "My experience at Ruck will stay with me for a lifetime. Over the course of four impactful days, I gained invaluable insights into becoming a more effective leader. I had the chance to assess my leadership skills, dive deeply into my strengths, and work on improving my areas of growth. Our small group was guided by two incredible alumni who invested their time and wisdom in me and my fellow brothers throughout the weekend. I'm extremely grateful to Oklahoma Alpha's alumni for their generous support, which made my attendance possible." TWO OKLAHOMA ALPHA MEN ATTEND RUCK K yle Koontz '02 joined BP in December 2016 and currently serves as CEO of BPX Energy, the subsidiary onshore exploration and production company for BP. Through various prior roles, he helped initiate the oil strategy conversion in the onshore business, started a new central reserves team, led business units in the Midcontinent and Permian, and worked with the team to formulate a multi-year, low-carbon development strategy in support of BP's purpose of reimagining energy for people and our planet. Kyle brings passion, innovation, and problem-solving to his servant leadership approach, practiced over a dynamic, fast-paced career of large-scale asset and portfolio management spanning almost 20 years. That experience includes asset development in multiple basins, overseeing more than $6 billion of capital investment in various capacities. Prior to joining BP, Kyle served as one of the co-founders of Templar Energy where he helped the management team grow the start-up company into the nation's 27th largest natural gas producer. He previously held roles at SandRidge Energy and Wallace Engineering and has also served on the Young Professionals Executive Board of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, as a Future Leader member of Oklahoma Independents Petroleum Association, and as a board member for the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association. Kyle earned a B.S. in architectural engineering from Oklahoma State University and a B.S. in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma. In 2015, he received national recognition in Hart Energy's Oil and Gas Investor "Top Thirty under 40" publication. Kyle lives in Denver with his wife and three kids and loves snowboarding, wake surfing, mountain biking, and tennis. G E T T O K N O W K Y L E K O O N T Z ' 0 2 A Successful Career in Energy Kyle's SigEp class of 1997.

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