About

Patricia is the principal owner of Integrated Back Office Enterprise LLC. (I-BOE). The company provides outsourcing in all areas of Petroleum Accounting including litigation (COPAS expertise), Business Advisory Services, and is a great source for small business owners.

Patricia was chosen to create SM Energy’s External Audit department, transiting this function from external contractors to an internally lead department. Prior to this role Patricia was hired by SM Energy to begin a Regional Financial Analyst position in each of the five regional offices: Billings, MT; Tulsa, OK; Houston, TX; Midland, TX; and Shreveport, LA. In this role Patricia worked within the Mid-Continent Regional to help link accounting and operations.

Before SM Energy, Patricia was a Financial Accounting Analyst with KCS Resources which was purchased by Petrohawk Energy. During her career at KCS Resources, Patricia handled SEC reporting, Tax reporting, Financial reporting, Joint Interest Billing (JIB), Joint Venture Audit, Banking, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and collections. The multiple projects also included working closely with Operations and restructuring the Land department. One main project Patricia completed was the transition from one processing system to another within a year from Petrohawk Energy purchasing KCS Resources, Inc.

Patricia received her BS in Accounting, is an Accredited Petroleum Accountant® (APA®) and is a board member of the Petroleum Accountants Society of Oklahoma (PASO – Tulsa). Patricia is also the COPAS National Joint Interest Standing Committee Secretary.

Celesta is the Office Manager of Integrated Back Office Enterprise LLC. (I-BOE). This company provides outsourcing in the areas of Joint Interest, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Revenue, Regulatory, Production capture, Division Order, Lease Analysis, Title and curative, lease negotiations, OCC representation, external audits, and special projects for Oil and Gas Upstream companies.

Celesta was Office Manager of SM Energy’s Mid-Continent Region for six years. Her leadership aided SM Energy when the Tulsa office was closed in 2015. Celesta organized the purging of sensitive files and sale of office assets four years after a move of 64 people from one office building to new building. Prior to that office closure, Celesta integrated 24 employees to Tulsa when the Shreveport office was closed. Celesta’s representation of the company was with staff, suppliers, and clients.

Celesta was chosen to plan company events, conferences, maintain company procedures, and on-board new employees because of her amazing interpersonal, decision making, and discretion skills.

Prior to being office manager Celesta started her career at SM Energy (formerly St. Mary Land & Exploration) as a Land Coordinator.

Rae is an operational accountant that performs various functions within Integrated Back Office Enterprise LLC (I-BOE). This company provides outsourcing in the areas of Joint Interest, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Revenue, Regulatory, Production capture, Division Order, Lease Analysis, Title and Curative, lease negotiations, OCC representation, external audits, and special projects for Oil and Gas Upstream companies.

Rae was hired on with KCS Resources while in the midst of being bought out by Petrohawk Energy Corporation. In the six years of working there she worked as an Office Coordinator/ Accounting Temp., Regulatory Technician, Engineering Technician, and Drilling Technician. She headed up office build outs and assisted with accounting projects. While working as a Regulatory Tech for the AR asset team, duties ranged from working closely with the ADEQ setting regulatory standards, to assisting Land, Construction, and Geology departments with the Arkoma Basin Acquisition Setup. As an Engineering/Drilling Tech she ran economics for AFE packets, set up and maintained the Emergency Compliance Database, gathered information for prognosis, sent for proposals, and set up DVDs and WBDs.