Baker & O’Brien is pleased to announce that Curtis Ruder has rejoined Baker & O’Brien as a Consultant in our Houston office. Curtis has over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with a background spanning petroleum refining, logistics, economics, process control, and engineering.

Curtis worked as a Consultant for Baker & O’Brien from 2017 to 2022. Before rejoining the firm in 2026, he served as Principal Refining Process Optimization Engineer at Imubit, and Market Analytics Specialist for the trading desk at Cenovus.

Curtis holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University and an M.B.A in Finance from Texas A&M, Corpus Christi.