Javan Ottoson SM Energy Company CEO Rating

SM Energy Company CEO Javan Ottoson Bio

Mr. Javan D. Ottoson, also known as Jay, has been the Chief Executive Officer of SM Energy Company since February 01, 2015 and has been its President since October 2012. Mr. Ottoson served as the Chief Operating Officer of SM Energy Company from December 18, 2006 to February 1, 2015. He served as an Executive Vice President of SM Energy Company from December 18, 2006 to October 2012. He has been in the oil and gas industry for 22 years. He joined SM Energy Company in December 2006. He served as Senior Vice President of Drilling and Engineering of EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. (formerly Energy Partners, Ltd.) from April 17, 2006 to July 9, 2007. Mr. Ottoson worked at Chevron and served as Permian Asset Development Manager, a position he has held since Chevron's acquisition of Unocal in 2005. He managed the Permian Basinassets for Pure Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Unocal Corporation and its successor owner, Chevron, from July 2003 to April 2006. Prior to acquisition, he served as West Area Asset Manager of Pure Resources, Inc., a division of Unocal since 2003. From April 2000 to July 2003, Mr. Ottoson owned and operated a homebuilding company inColorado and ran his family farm. He also spent 20 years with ARCO and served in a variety of operational and financial roles, both domestically and abroad which includes President of ARCO China, Commercial Director of ARCO British and Vice President of Operations and Development, ARCO Permian. He has been a Director of SM Energy Company since September 26, 2014. He holds a B.S. in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

SM Energy Company CEO Javan Ottoson At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at SM Energy Company.

Based on 3 ratings, Javan Ottoson ranks right below Hess Corporation's CEO, John Hess.

Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.