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Welcome to Peters Management Group

About Us

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PMG

Experienced, professional engineers with many decades of technical and managerial expertise in Coal, Minerals, Mineral Processing, Oil and Gas (upstream and midstream).

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The Peters Management Team Philosophy

PMG's core belief is that solid, fundamental engineering discipline will lead to cost-effective and safe operations.  It's with this guiding principle that good capital use and management decisions are made.

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PMG abilities

The team at PMG can bring extensive field and C-level experience to any table.

Team Leaders

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Richard McCormick

  • Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University
  • 35 Years of progressive experience with coal mining and preparation equipment, including operations, process and material handling design and construction
  • Experience with principle process equipment design and application in the global market including the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Australia and South Africa.
  • Work Experience
    • DRA Taggart
      • CEO from 2014 - 2017
      • President and CEO of Taggart Global, LLC from 2004 - 2014
      • Managing Director, China of Taggart Global, LLC from 1999 - 2004
    • Conn-Weld Industries
      • Director since 1999
      • EVP from 1994 - 1999
      • VP of Engineering from 1981 - 1994
  • Leadership highlights
    • Managed Conn-Weld from startup to $35M in revenues
    • Opened the China division for Conn-Weld in 1997
    • Led Taggart Global in oversees projects and sales, generating $100M per year in revenues
    • While CEO and President of Taggart, grew revenues to over $600M per year

Len Paugh

  • Bachelors of Science, Petroleum Engineering, West Virginia University
  • 30 Years of progressive experience with 16 years of Marcellus experience
  • Led Range Resources team that discovered the Marcellus Shale in Washington County, PA
    • Drilled, completed and produced the discovery vertical and horizontal wells
  • Work Experience
    • Principle, LP Consulting from 2016 - 2019
    • SVP and COO at Mountaineer Keystone, LLC from 2013 - 2015
    • SVP and COO at MK Midstream, LLC from 2014 - 2016
    • VP of Operations at Texas Keystone, LLC
    • Operations Manager, PA/WV at Range Resources Corporation from 2000 - 2010
    • Progressive engineering and management positions at Range Resources from 1994 - 2000
  • Leadership highlights
    • Assisted Private Equity in acquisition/development of Utica assets
    • Assisted two startups to reach term-sheet approval
    • Original member of founding team to create Mountaineer Keystone with $500M in private equity funding, which later expanded to $1B with subsequent acquisitions
    • Built MK Midstream team to organically grow midstream assets
    • While at Range, was responsible for 150+ employees, 5,000+ wells, 30 compressor stations and 2,500+ miles of pipelines
    • No lost-time incidents for over a decade while at MK and Range