Maynard Holt is founder and CEO of Veriten, and former Chief Executive Officer of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. He has over 25 years of energy investment banking experience. Prior to joining Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. in 2007 and heading the Upstream Investment Banking group, Maynard previously served as a managing director with Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he worked in Leveraged and Structured Finance (1994 to 1998) and Energy & Power / Natural Resources (1999 to 2007). Maynard holds a BA in Economics and Russian from Rice University and a Masters in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Maynard serves on the board of a number of philanthropic organizations including OneGoal Graduation, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Community in Schools, and the University of Oklahoma Energy Management Board of Advisors. He is also a member of the George W. Bush Advisory Council and on the board of Texas 2036.