In his professional life, Lee started as a field engineer and ended up in the executive suite. Responsibilities ranged from overseeing field production and drilling activities to negotiating mergers and acquisitions valued in multi-millions.

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Along the way, he was employed at various assignments by a major oil company – Marathon; three independent companies, and a larger independent – Richardson & Bass (Sid Richardson and nephew Perry Bass). Additional affiliations included two European entities, one of which Lee served on the board.

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Concurrent with his oil and gas industry experience, he founded and directed a non-profit ministry; he served on the Board for two terms as Chairman of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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As a wannabe cowboy, Lee participated in cattle roundups in South Texas and New Mexico, and rode in parades and Grand Entries with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Posse. He also grew and marketed hay to horse stables and cattle raisers.

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Lee’s entrepreneurial spirit blossomed when he went into a feed store thinking he would sell his hay through their store. Noting that the store was under-capitalized and needing new management, seeing this as a business challenge, Lee bought the store! By bringing in new marketing strategies he increased sales, and the store quickly became profitable. Having met and accomplished his challenge, he eventually sold the store at a profit (but spoke of feeding his own stock at wholesale prices along the way!).

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Lee is an aspiring author of creative writing, composing blogs, short stories, and book reviews. He is also writing a novel, the plot of which he declines to discuss other than to say, “It’s a story of tragedy and redemption.”