Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> July 23, 2004

RANDY VELARDE – THE PLAZA GROUP

Randy E. Velarde is President of The Plaza Group. Mr. Velarde spent 15 years in management and market development at Shell Chemical and Texaco Chemical before forming The Plaza Group in 1994. He was appointed by the former Secretary of Energy, Bill Richardson, to serve on the National Petroleum Council and has been named Entrepreneur of the Year by both Hispanic Business magazine and the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Mexico and a Master of Business Administration from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Profile
TWST: Randy, may we begin with a brief historical overview of The Plaza

Group and a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Velarde: All right. Well, The Plaza Group is fortunate enough to