Kelly C. Barker
Fremont, CA 94538 | KellyBarker424@yahoo.com | (317) 294-1511
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Skilled Right of Way Land Agent with particular expertise in the oil and gas pipeline industry. Experienced in
parcel identification, survey permission, easement acquisition and/or purchase, contract negotiation and drafting.
Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to facilitate accurate, and timely flow of
information between land, engineering, construction and legal. A team player with the proven ability to produce
professional results on time and under budget, with expertise in the following areas:
ROW Land Agent, lease/purchase acquisition, land owner negotiation/conflict resolution, damage settlements, title
research, legal drafting, landowner relations, community relations, interdisciplinary site visits, survey entry
permission, reading of survey & engineering drawings, preparing acquisition submittals, and open house meetings.
Located, identified and researched land ownership for routes across public, tribal and private lands. Successfully
negotiated favorable acquisition rates for easement and land acquisitions. Organized and managed on-site visits
involving Land, surveyors, construction, planners and landowners. Tracked and reported site construction progress
and permitting. Independent ability to read and interpret engineering and survey drawings.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug, 2014-January 2015 Steele Land Services
Right of Way Agent in survey support, and Survey Coordinator. Duties performed were to approach landowners to
negotiate conditions of survey permission; follow and support civil, biological, and cultural survey crews by
notifying landowners prior to entry; reading and interpreting detailed maps to logistically search for access onto
remote tracts, using KMZ and Web Map; liaison for landowner questions and issues regarding survey.
Communicate with inspectors and supervisors regarding finished and unfinished tracts; submitting daily reports in a
timely manner.
2013-Aug. 2014 MarkWest Ohio Gathering, LLC,
Senior ROW Agent, Oil & Natural Gas - Duties performed were title research, negotiation and parcel/easement
acquisition, coordinating access to tracts for civil and environmental survey, landowner and attorney relations,
reclamation and construction issues in the Harrison, Guernsey, and Belmont county areas of the Utica Shale
formation.
2010-2013 AED Group, LLP,
ROW Agent, - Duties performed were title research, acquisition, coordinating access to tracts for civil survey,
engineering, biological and cultural studies, core drilling, and survey entry permission.
EDUCATION
· Irvington High School, Fremont, CA
High School Diploma - 1996
· Ohlone College, Fremont, CA Completed two semesters of general and business courses, was also a member of
the Honor Society (invitation exclusively for students with a high GPA)
· National Holistic Institute, San Jose, CA Enrolled in Business and Marketing, Ethics, Kinesiology,
· Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Massage Therapy
References available upon request.]