Education
He attended the United States. Air Force Academy where he earned academic honors.
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Career
Ming obtained a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering and a master’s degree in engineering management from Stanford University. After graduating from college, Ming joined Chevron as a drilling and production engineer Ming has spent most of his career in the energy industry.
He has previously served as vice president of production for Bracken Energy Company in Oklahoma City.
He has previously served as an adjunt professor for energy management at the University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business. Ming served as a strategic advisor to the United States Department of Energy for the department’s strategic planning initiative.
He previously served as the President of "Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America" (RPSEA) in Houston, Texas. RPSEA is $500 million non-profit organization with over 180 members representing the energy industry, academia and research community that works to research the development of new energy sources and the expansion of existing resources.
On January 6, 2011, Republican Governor-elect Mary Fallin announced that she had selected Ming to serve as her Oklahoma Secretary of Energy.
Ming was sworn in on January 10, 2011.
Membership
Ming was also vice president of engineering at K. Stewart Petroleum Corporation, also in Oklahoma City, and was a managing member of K. Stewart Energy Group out of Edmond, Oklahoma. In 2009, Governor Brad Henry appointed him as a member of the Oklahoma Clean Energy Independence Commission.
