Derek Gipson

Mr. Gipson Co-founded Intensity Infrastructure Partners in 2023 as its President & Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to Intensity Infrastructure Partners, Mr. Gipson was the President & CFO at Sendero Midstream Partners beginning in June 2021 until its sale to Crestwood Equity Partners LP in July 2022. Mr. Gipson co-founded Intensity Midstream as its Chief Financial Officer in 2015, which sold its operating entity, Woodford Express, to Energy Transfer LP in September 2022.

Prior to Intensity, Mr. Gipson served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance, Secretary, and a director of the general partner of Hiland Partners, LP (owned by Harold Hamm) from September 2011 until Hiland’s acquisition by Kinder Morgan, Inc. in February 2015. Mr. Gipson was appointed Vice President - Business Development and Corporate Planning for Hiland Partners, LP in January 2010. Prior to Hiland, Mr. Gipson worked with Wachovia Securities where he was a member of its Energy & Power Investment Banking Group. Mr. Gipson joined Wachovia in October 2007 through its acquisition of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., where Mr. Gipson was a member of the A.G. Edwards Energy Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining A.G. Edwards in December 2003, Mr. Gipson was an Audit Associate with Deloitte & Touche LLP in its St. Louis, Missouri office where he earned a CPA certificate.

Mr. Gipson also served on the Board of Directors and was Chairman of the Audit Committee of FTS International, Inc., a publicly-traded oil and gas well completion company, from November 2020 until its acquisition by ProFrac Holdings, LLC in March 2022.

Mr. Gipson graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance.