Dana Grams was named president of the AGL Resources Pivotal Energy Development (Pivotal) business unit in November 2005. In this position, Grams is responsible for leading a business development team responsible for identifying and developing assets that extend AGL Resources' current natural gas business, providing the company with a sharper focus on project development activities promoting future company growth.
Previously, Grams was senior vice president at Pivotal. Prior to 2003, he served as senior vice president of asset management at Sequent Energy Management, the Houston-based AGL Resources subsidiary focused on fuel supply, asset management and optimization, producer services, wholesale marketing and risk management. Responsible for Sequent’s supply and distribution operations, his duties included ensuring natural gas supplies for AGL Resources subsidiaries -- Atlanta Gas Light Company, Chattanooga Natural Gas and Virginia Natural Gas -- as well as coordinating Sequent’s wholesale market activities and managing gas control. He also worked to leverage AGL Resources’ assets in the wholesale market, including financial opportunities in the present and future markets.
Grams has also worked for Coral and Phibro Energy USA where he was manager of natural gas trading from 1990 to 1995. He began his energy career in 1980 as a reservoir geologist at MidCon Services/Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, where he rose to become district manager for Houston and New Orleans.
Grams attended the United States Air Force Academy and graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in geology. Grams and his wife live in the Houston suburb of West University and have a grown daughter as well as three children at home. |