E. Russell (Rusty) Braziel is Executive Chairman of RBN Energy, a leading energy market consultancy and analytics company based in Houston, Texas.  He has been a rock musician, company executive, serial entrepreneur, widely read blogger and is the author of The Domino Effect, bestseller book about energy markets.  
Since 2018, Braziel has been a member of the National Petroleum Council, which advises the U.S. Department of Energy on oil and natural gas matters.   He provides frequent analysis and commentary to national and international media outlets that include the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Houston Chronicle, Thomson Reuters, CNBC, Jim Cramer’s Mad Money and other national news outlets.  
He was Senior VP of Natural Gas Marketing and Manager of NGL Supply with Texaco (Chevron), was VP of Business Development for The Williams Companies, then founded and served as CEO of online trading company Altra Energy Technologies.   Mr. Braziel is a distinguished alumnus of Stephen F. Austin University, where he earned both his BBA and MBA degrees.
He and his wife Teresa split their time between a homestead in Northeast Texas and grandkids in Houston.