Dwight Davis
Mr. Davis has 32 years of professional and managerial experience in asset management, acquisitions and divestitures (M&A), market analysis, and operations engineering within the mining industry. His resume includes management positions with Zeigler Coal Holding Company, Shell Mining Company and A. T. Massey Coal Company.
Mr. Davis has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and is a registered professional engineer.
Mr. Davis' M&A experience spans 20 years and includes the divestiture of numerous abandoned mine sites, associated reclamation liabilities and mineral reserves. His experience includes a leadership role in all phases of the acquisition and divestiture process, including the identification, evaluation, due diligence and final closing of various mines and mineral properties.
Mr. Davis' operations engineering experience includes functional responsibility for both surface mines and underground mines, including the conversion to longwall operations. His background includes mine planning & budgeting, quality control, land acquisition, strategic divestiture of assets and coal brokering. His resume includes several engineering manager and chief engineer positions.
Mr. Davis' land management experience included P&L responsibility for 100,000 acres of surface, 1 billon tons of coal and oil & gas reserves located in seven states. He managed the administration of 1,000 mineral leases, negotiated leases, lease assignments and subleases.
Selected experience and accomplishments include:
- Developed and implemented a strategic plan for all non-core mine and mineral properties (referenced above) of Zeigler Coal Co. Increased annual profits generated from these assets by 30%.
- Developed a strategic plan for Shell’s eastern coal operations, including marketing and competitor analysis.
- As Chief Engineer significantly improved operating profits as a result of optimizing surface mining operations and selectively purchasing 1.1 million tons of blend coal.
- Assisted M&A in sale of two facilities and in Buy-Side purchase of one facility within the last two years.
Mr. Davis received his B.S. degree from the University of Louisville. In addition to his affilitation with Mid-America Energy & Mining Services, Inc., he owns and operates Dwight Davis & Associates, PSC. The engineering and consulting firm provides engineering and land management services to the natural resource industry.
