COMET lands in Houston

Patrick McKinnon to head Fourth US location for Trumarx Data Partners Inc Patrick McKinnon to head Fourth US location for Trumarx Data Partners, Inc.

Today, TruMarx Data Partners Inc., developers of the COMET energy marketplace, announces the opening of a Houston office. A well-known figure in the energy market, Patrick McKinnon has been appointed as Director/Americas to lead Trumarx’s newest US location.

As the Managing Director/Americas of TruMarx Data Partners, Inc., Patrick brings a wealth of experience from his 30+ year career in a diverse range of business development, technical and leadership positions within the energy industry. Most recently, Patrick served as Senior Director with Euler Hermes Energy, where he participated in the development of credit mitigation products focused on physical energy commodities. Formerly, he held the position of Associate Director with the CME Group where he was responsible for the development of products and services primarily aimed at the physical energy markets.Prior to joining CME, Pat was President of the producer consortium Buffalo STX and Executive Director of ConfirmHub. Earlier in his career he held positions in trading with Occidental Petroleum, trade management with Cinergy and several positions within Amerex from broker to Marketing Director. He has managed purchasing and delivery of both crude and natural gas for a variety of firms. His experience spans operations, compliance, marketing, trading and infrastructure development and integration.

TruMarx’ Chief Executive Officer Jon Olson commented “COMET has been developed with the leaders in the commodities industry. We are pleased to welcome someone of Pat’s caliber and experience in the energy industry to open our practice in Houston. As someone who has both transacted physical energy and supported others’ efforts to transact physical energy, he understands the complexities and challenges of conducting bespoke trades across a myriad of asset classes. Pat will be of great value to our customers.