About Mark T Kinevan
MARK T KINEVAN
Chief Operating Officer
With over 25 years of diverse experience in the energy industry, Mark Kinevan' s extensive knowledge of both commercial and noncommercial aspects of power generation and marketing provide TEA Solutions with unique perspective and strategic insight. As chief operating officer, Mr. Kinevan is responsible for all short- and long-term energy marketing and trading. He leads the development of long-term risk management strategies and the execution of over-the-counter and exchange-traded forwards, futures, and options to manage wholesale power and fuel price risk. Mr. Kinevan is also responsible for hourly, daily, and intra-month physical power transactions necessary to optimize client assets. He also oversees all natural gas procurement necessary for client generation.
Prior to joining TEA Solutions and The Energy Authority (TEA), Mr. Kinevan was vice president and chief trading officer for the Montana Power Trading & Marketing Company, where he oversaw risk management strategies, policies, practices, and systems, as well as the company's trading activities in electric power, natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. Mr. Kinevan has held various positions in the energy industry, including vice president of marketing and manager of planning and economics at an independent oil and natural gas producer. He began his career as a geophysicist at a large integrated oil company.
Mr. Kinevan holds a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from the Colorado School of Mines.