JIM CRIST is President of Lumen Group, Inc., headquartered in the Pittsburgh area. He has over 27 years experience in the energy industry covering coal, gas, oil, propane, and electricity. Jim has conducted many strategic studies of the industry and prepared market and business assessments for several large energy companies. Before founding Lumen Group in 1996, he spent 20 years working for major energy companies in engineering, technology development and marketing. He served as marketing vice president in both regulated and deregulated entities.