Prior to joining Greenlake Energy, Mr. McKinney held an area development engineer role within the capital projects team at Pioneer Natural Resources where he was responsible for planning facilities infrastructure throughout the Permian Basin. Mr. McKinney joined Pioneer Natural Resources in 2014 as a facilities engineer, ultimately transitioning into a project manager and was a valuable contributor to the earliest horizontal infrastructure in the company’s portfolio. Prior to his time at Pioneer, Howard began his career as a facilities engineer at Gulf Interstate Engineering with a focus on midstream natural gas facilities.
Mr. McKinney holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University.