As Chief Financial Officer of Abadie-Williams, Kyle Lawson is responsible for the financial, insurance, legal, and contractual oversight of all Abadie-Williams managed projects. He serves as a critical liaison between Abadie-Williams project managers and client’s representatives, ensuring that their risks are minimized and their strategic fiscal objectives are achieved.

Before joining Abadie-Williams, Kyle served in various roles at the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), most recently in Business Development, responsible for ensuring shippers’ contracts and commercial objectives were maximized. Kyle also served in Operations, as Process Improvement Analyst, where he utilized Lean and Six Sigma philosophies to achieve strategic organizational cost savings and increased efficiencies amongst the various business units. Also, while in the Operations group, Mr. Lawson gained valuable experience related to the offshore tanker, platform, SPM, pipeline oil movements and scheduling operations at LOOP. Prior to Operations, Kyle served in Accounting where he was responsible for developing the annual enterprise operating budget and corresponding financial reporting to owner companies. At the onset of his career, Kyle worked in Engineering as Cost Tracking Analyst responsible for monitoring, projecting, and reporting maintenance and capital project costs (estimated $1M-50M annually) to LOOP management. Mr. Lawson also served on the LOOP Emergency Response Team which followed the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) Incident Management System (IMS), as a Type II-trained member to perform Documentation Unit Leader and Deputy Planning Section Chief responsibilities.

Kyle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of New Orleans.