Skip Thomas

Skip Thomas has over 27 years of work experience in the oil and gas industry. Skip currently holds the position of Director, Commercial Optimization at Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. Skip'sprevious role was as the Fuels Products Optimization Manager at ExxonMobil, where they worked from December 2021 to June 2023. Before that, they were a Senior Commercial Advisor at ExxonMobil Qatar Limited from February 2020 to December 2021. Skip Thomas has also held various roles at ExxonMobil since 1994, including Logistics Business Development Manager, Senior Market Planner, Global Market Segment Manager, Sales/Marketing Advisor, Business Analysis Manager, Carbon Dioxide/Helium Sales Manager, Power Projects Business Development Advisor, Specialties Market Advisor, Specialties Pricing Advisor, Maintenance Turnaround Manager, Refinery Operations Supervisor, Environmental Compliance Supervisor, US Gulf Coast Resid Economist, Refinery Process Contact Engineer, and Refinery Mechanical Contact Engineer.

Skip Thomas completed their Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University between 1988 and 1992. Skip then went on to pursue a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating between 1992 and 1994.