Benefits of The Tankless Production Facility
January 7th, 2022
Matt Halker
Founder & CEO
Matt Halker is the founder and CEO of Halker Consulting, a multidisciplinary engineering firm specializing in energy and infrastructure solutions across the oil & gas, power, and environmental sectors. Since founding the company in 2006, Matt has led it through nearly two decades of transformation — from designing early large-scale multi-well production facilities during the early shale revolution to expanding into utility and power markets through strategic acquisitions.
Today, Halker operates under the EOS model with three core business units and over 100 technical professionals. Matt serves as the company’s visionary, steering long-term strategy, cultivating emerging markets such as helium processing and off-grid power generation, and championing a culture rooted in adaptability, ingenuity, humility, and service.
Matt has guided the company through market volatility, industry transitions, and complex leadership changes — most recently overseeing a company-wide reorganization, implementing new operational systems, and launching a multi-year technology integration effort to increase engineering efficiency by up to 50%. He’s known for his collaborative leadership style, his willingness to listen to advisors and his team, and his enduring commitment to helping clients deliver energy to people.
Matt holds a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a licensed Professional Engineer. Outside of work, he’s a proud father of four, an avid traveler and dirt bike enthusiast, and someone who values freedom — in life, leadership, and thought.
Jeremy Montoya graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with an Electrical specialty focus in 2010. Jeremy is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states and has over 14 years of experience in consulting engineering and has working in nearly every sector or the business, from oil and gas to food and beverage, mining, pharmaceuticals, commercial and residential applications. Jeremy joined Halker in 2021 and has brought a passion to build up and support staff as they provide quality engineering and design services to every client we have the opportunity to work with. With an eye for detail, value and confident support- our EI&C group will continue to grow and be recognized for their expertise, attentiveness, and quality deliverables in every project. Jeremy has also volunteered engineering services abroad, helping with the design of water/wastewater treatment facilities and medical facilites in Kenya, as well as master plans for facilities in Mexico.
Kathryn Goodman graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2011. She is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and brings over a decade of mechanical and pipeline engineering experience to her role. Throughout her career, Kathryn has worked on both small and large-scale oil and gas projects in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors.
Cory Shattuck is the Vice President of Power Services at Halker, based in Centennial, Colorado. With a career spanning roles such as Director of Power Delivery, Utility-scale Solar Technical Manager, Substation Technical Manager, and various engineering positions, Cory brings a wealth of experience to the energy sector. Cory’s expertise includes substation design, medium-voltage underground collection systems, electrical studies, and relay settings. In his current role, he leads the Power Services division, overseeing project execution, technical excellence, and strategic growth. His leadership is grounded in a commitment to quality, safety, and innovation in power delivery solutions. He has served as a Quality Manager for a key client and contributed to both Quality and Safety Committees. Cory holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and a Master of Business Administration from Colorado State University. He is also a licensed Professional Engineer.
Jeff Wellen graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in business and economics in 2002. Jeff is a licensed professional engineer with over 22 years of project management, project engineering, and mechanical engineering experience. Most of his professional career has been in the Oil & Gas industry with a wide range of experience across various types of projects including gas treating, LNG, well pad sites, cryogenic processing, biofuels, and more. He has also worked as a field engineer to support construction, as well as in a fabrication shop to oversee module/pipe-rack assembly. As a member of the Halker team since January 2018, his breadth of involvement in various projects provides Jeff a strong basis to provide operation execution support for successful project execution teams through the trials and tribulations when executing any type of project ranging from technical studies to full EPC projects in the rapidly evolving midstream and upstream industry sectors. Jeff was named an Engineering News Record (ENR) Top Young Professional in 2018 for the Mountain States Region.
Paul Brennan is an industrial automation specialist, PLC programmer, business manager and product development professional. He graduated from Colorado Mesa University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Paul now has over 25 years of experience providing industrial automation solutions and large-scale automation integration projects for oil & gas, water/wastewater, irrigation, and greenhouse industries in the US and Eastern Europe. Paul’s career has been spent developing leading edge, revolutionary automation products, and in the process, he has obtained several US Patents. Paul has notably designed products such as PADPro, PADManager, PROView and QLogiX for upstream oil & gas facilities, utilizing state of the art technologies with PLC’s and high-powered single board computers to provide advanced data collection and data processing at the well head.