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Larry is a nationally-touring clean comedian backed by years of professional experience. His easy-going demeanor, Southern charm, and quick wit have won the hearts of audiences across America. Larry grew up in the rural village of Saxapahaw, NC and started performing at a young age. After majoring in accounting at the University of North Carolina, Larry left his CPA dreams behind to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. He has shared the stage with entertainment legends like Faith Hill, Chris Rock, and "Weird Al" Yankovic—just to name a few. You can hear him daily on Sirius XM radio’s “Laugh USA” and “Jeff and Larry’s Comedy Roundup.”A true veteran of the stage, Larry has performed at thousands of corporate events, conventions, annual meetings, and conferences across the United States.
Larry Weaver
James joined Criterion Research in 2016 and helps leverage a vast amount of natural gas fundamentals, news and more into actionable content as the Vice President of Research. Prior to joining Criterion Research, James Bevan worked as a Facilities Engineer at Statoil ASA, where he assisted in the development of a major compression and pipeline system to bring heightened profitability to declining assets in the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. James has also gained experience working as a field engineer with Baker Hughes in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. With Baker Hughes, James’ aided in the installation of completions systems in North Texas and the surrounding region.
James graduated from Texas A&M University in 2015 with a Bachelors in Science in Petroleum Engineering.
James Bevan
Criterion Research, Vice President of Research
Tina Hoang
ICE, Product Specialist | Weather, Gas, Agriculture
Tina Hoang is a Product Specialist for ICE Data Services with over 13 years of experience in work in in the industry. Tina helps clients stay informed with all the new data and features that ICE makes available for the client with a specialty on weather, natural gas and agriculture data. Tina began her career at Thomson Reuters as a Market Analyst where she began building out global models for weather, natural gas, and agriculture markets. After leaving Thomson Reuters, she continued her career onto other market data firms that broadened her knowledge through holding multiple positions at Enverus and a natural gas data company, PointLogic, an S&P Global Company.
David Margolin
ICE, Meteorologist | Energy and Agriculture
David Margolin is the Meteorologist for Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). Margolin is responsible for sourcing, designing, and developing weather data, tools, and products leveraged across ICE’s platforms. Prior to joining ICE, Margolin was the Senior Meteorologist at Citadel LLC. Margolin is also a Part-Time Lecturer at Rutgers University and is involved in several American Meteorological Society (AMS) programs geared to helping students and early career professionals achieve their personal and professional goals.