Nikki has approximately 10 years of corporate accounting experience, primarily in the energy industry for both public and private companies, and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Oklahoma. Prior to joining Black Swan, she was the Financial and Operations Accounting Manager of Riley Permian, a private equity backed E&P company. Earlier in her career, Nikki was the Lead General Ledger Accountant for the midstream subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy and was involved in the spin-off of Access Midstream. Nikki began her career as a staff member of the public accounting firm, Cole & Reed. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma with a BS in accounting and a MBA.