Stuart Asselin is a Principal in U.S. Land Professionals, Inc., a full-service real estate right-of-way acquisition and permitting company serving the energy industry with projects throughout the United States. Mr. Asselin has been an Executive Advisor to Caddis Capital Investments since 2012.
Mr. Asselin recently served as Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for a midstream company with assets in the Niobrara and Bakken, where he managed $30MM of pipeline, compression, and gas processing projects. He currently is an owner of a right-of-way and permitting company focusing on pipeline projects throughout the United States.
From 1993 to 2007, Mr. Asselin was an owner/partner, project manager, and area manager of Trigon EPC, a 350-man pipeline and facilities engineering and field services firm headquartered in Denver. Mr. Asselin also served as construction manager for Trigon’s projects in Algeria. CH2M HILL, a 30,000 employee international engineering firm, acquired Trigon EPC in late 2007. Mr. Asselin then served as a Vice President and Officer of CH2M HILL through 2010, where he led engineering business development and sales in oil/gas midstream markets, then the western United States for oil/gas, mining, and chemicals divisions, and built the Shale Energy Services group for CH2M HILL.
Prior to his work with Trigon EPC, Mr. Asselin worked for Public Service Company of New Mexico as Manager of Engineering and Plant Services at PNM’s 1,700 MW coal-fired San Juan Generating Station. He also served as Manager of Engineering and Construction for the Gas Company of New Mexico’s gas gathering and pipeline assets.
Mr. Asselin is a registered professional engineer, with a degree in Civil Engineering from New Mexico State University. He has served on the Colorado Oil and Gas Association Board of Directors, and currently serves as a Board member of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America Foundation. Mr. Asselin served the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for eight years as the Chairman of the Corporate Membership Committee.
Mr. Asselin is married to Rosann, with two grown daughters and three grandchildren, and is an avid scuba diver and underwater photographer, traveling the world with Rosann diving several times a year. Mr. Asselin also enjoys mountain biking, motorcycling, camping and hiking in the mountains of Colorado and the West.