Stephen R. Gardner is an Executive Director /Senior Petroleum Engineer with BBVA Compass Bank. He joined the bank in 2012, bringing four decades of petroleum engineering experience in domestic and international upstream project evaluations to the position. He previously worked for El Paso E&P (now EP Energy), DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Williams Energy, and Schlumberger.   Steve has reservoir and project management experience domestically and internationally, and is skilled in economic and government reserves reporting. He has led diverse personnel groups that have included engineers, geologists, business analysts, and IT professionals. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo and an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Houston. Steve is a 35+ year member of SPE and currently serves on the Oil and Gas Reserves Committee. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.