Our Team
Clients tell us that they utilize Watson Millican & Co. because of our talented and responsive people, who have helped achieve successful results over the years. The deep knowledge and expertise of our people comes from years of “hands on” hard work as operations, technical, commercial and management employees inside operating and EPC companies. This has been polished by subsequent years of close collaboration with a wide array of domestic and international clients.
A consulting company is only as strong as their people. As summarized in the biographies linked to this webpage, Watson Millican & Co. offers our clients a team of experienced energy professionals. Watson Millican & Co. consultants average over 30 years of experience.
Our firm also maintains a network of other energy industry professionals who are utilized to help with specific needs of our clients on a job by job basis. Such flexibility allows us to extend the breadth of expertise and capacity to handle the largest and most complex assignments. We look forward to discussing your challenges, learning about your needs, and offering our solutions to you. Contact any of our consultants by e-mail or phone.
Jim Watson
Jim Watson
Jim helped found Watson Millican & Co. in 2007. He has over 40 years of operating and consulting experience in the energy industry including oil and gas production, pipelines, refining, chemicals, power generation, logistics, economics, and project management. He has worked for international energy companies in engineering, maintenance and operations, economics and supply management. Jim has provided expert testimony in domestic matters and international arbitrations.
David Millican
David Millican
David joined Watson Millican & Co. as a partner in January 2008. He has more than 35 years of operating and consulting experience in the energy industry working for operating companies and as a consultant. He has worked in areas including pipelines, refining, chemicals, and petroleum product supply and transportation logistics. David has provided expert testimony in domestic matters and international arbitrations.
Kevin Bunten
Kevin Bunten
Kevin joined Watson Millican & Co. in 2023. Kevin has more than 25 years of international engineering and project management experience working for both owners and contractors. His expertise includes all areas of project development and execution management drawn from his extensive experience across operations, commissioning, design, and corporate roles. Kevin has testified as an expert in various construction disputes, under various rules and settings.
John W. Emory
John W. Emory
John joined Watson Millican & Co. in February 2008. He has over 40 years of engineering, management and commercial experience in the natural gas, pipeline, refining and power generation industries. John has testified as an expert in numerous construction disputes, oil & gas royalty cases, and contract claims in federal and state courts, and international arbitrations.
Scott A. Fraser
Scott A. Fraser
Scott joined Watson Millican & Co. in 2009. He has over 45 years of development, design, technical assessment, and operating and commercial experience in the electric power generation industry. Scott has testified in disputes in international arbitrations involving power plant design, construction and commissioning.
Darrin E. Hunt
Darrin E. Hunt
Darrin joined Watson Millican & Co. in July 2021. Darrin has over 33 years of manufacturing, operating and commercial experience in the oil and gas industry. Darrin has extensive project management experience both as an Owner and an EPC Contract Manager, as well as EPC contractor claims management. Darrin has testified on EPC matters in various venues.
Chad Kirlin
Chad Kirlin
Chad began work with Watson Millican & Co. as a Senior Consulting Associate in September 2023. He has over 25 years of experience, primarily in large EPC projects for the energy sector. His experience is across a variety of projects, including oil and natural gas gathering and processing, pipelines, bitumen upgrading, refining, polysilicon manufacturing, LNG regasification, and power generation.
Mark R. Lambert
Mark R. Lambert
Mark joined Watson Millican & Co. in August 2010. He has over 34 years of engineering and commercial experience in the natural gas, refining, and petrochemicals industries. Mark has advised on acquisitions and investments, analyzed royalty payments and deductions for oil and natural gas production, developed cost allocations for natural gas processing and transportation systems, and has expertise in process engineering, construction disputes, startups, and incident investigations. Mark has testified as an expert in construction disputes, oil & gas royalty cases, safety incidents in federal and state courts, and international arbitrations.
Jonathan L. McFarland
Jonathan L. McFarland
Jonathan joined Watson Millican & Co. in February 2016 as a Senior Analyst. Jonathan has over 7 years of experience in the energy industry, focused primarily in the areas of accounting, finance, and operations in natural gas processing. He has provided assistance with project feasibility studies, valuation of oil and gas processing facilities, cash flow projections, natural gas purchase contracts, and managed field operations of a gathering and compression system.
Jeff S. McReynolds
Jeff S. McReynolds
Jeff joined Watson Millican & Co. in July 2013. He has over 30 years of manufacturing, operating, and consulting experience in the energy industries, including refining, chemicals and industrial equipment manufacturing. Jeff has addressed industrial incident investigations, construction disputes, business interruption and property damage claims, and worldwide refinery performance assessment and improvement. Jeff has provided expert testimony in arbitration and civil court.
Jay Norcross
Jay Norcross
Jay joined Watson Millican & Co. in May 2025. With nearly forty years of both representing both the Owner and the EPC Contractor in the petrochemical and LNG industry, of petrochemical and LNG career covers nearly forty years, Jay has extensive experience and expertise in LNG technology, EPC business unit, and EPC project operations management across the entire project life cycle, including proposals, contract definition, Front End Engineering Design, through the entire EPCC process culminating with Performance Testing.
Homero Russares
Homero Russares
Homero joined Watson Millican & Co. in 2020. He has over 25 years of development engineering, project development, contracting, procurement, operation and maintenance in the power, upstream and refining industries. Homero has on-site project experience in the North Sea, Latin America, United Kingdom and the Caribbean and is fluent in Spanish. Homero has provided expert testified under various arbitration venues.
Fiona Rutherford
Fiona Rutherford
Fiona joined Watson Millican & Co. in July 2016. She has over 30 years of manufacturing, operating and commercial experience in the oil and gas industry. Fiona’s experience includes construction, commissioning and troubleshooting refinery and chemical plants, and negotiating EPCM and natural gas supply contracts. Fiona has provided expert testimony in international arbitrations.
Gale "Chip" Slocum
Gale Slocum
Chip joined Watson Millican & Co. in 2019. He has over 40 years' experience in power generation equipment including design, manufacture, operation and maintenance. Chip has performed engineering and project execution for turbine projects for a major SME along with supplier development in Mexico and South America. Chip has been head of engineering providing technical support for power generation facilities. Chip has provided expert testimony in various venues.
Richard Swanson
Richard Swanson
Richard joined Watson Millican & Co. in 2016. Richard has over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas sector and worked for an international integrated oil company in a number of roles. He worked in the USA, Bahrain, the UK, Australia, South Africa, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand. He was involved in major construction projects as well in operating facilities. Richard has authored expert reports and testified as an expert in various construction disputes, under various arbitration rules.
Laura M. Galloway
Laura M. Galloway
Laura joined the firm in 2007 as the firm’s Administrative Manager. She has over 24 years experience in energy consulting administration. In addition to her administrative duties, Laura also supports the firm with her analytical and research experience in valuations and litigation support. Laura also serves as the firm’s contact person for accounts receivable, accounts payable, and benefits administration.