David Kistler is a managing director and head of exploration & production research at Simmons & Company International, Energy Specialists of Piper Jaffray, where he is responsible for proprietary research, client marketing, the macro outlook for natural gas and institutional coverage of E&P companies. Kistler previously had worked at the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Enron Corporation and as an investment analyst for The Cypress Funds, LLC and Belay Capital Management, LLC. He was recognized in both 2008 and 2009 as one of the top 5 analysts for earnings accuracy among all U.S. market equity analysts as part of the Financial Times/StarMine Analyst Awards and in 2010 he was recognized as a top 5 E&P analyst by Forbes Magazine. Kistler has a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University and received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School.