Chris Galle
Chief Technical Officer
Chris Galle serves as Chief Technical Officer of Valedor Energy. He brings extensive experience across reservoir engineering, subsurface evaluation, and commercial ventures, with a dedicated focus on utilizing the best technology and methods to find exploitable value in the rock. Prior to joining Valedor, Chris served as Senior Director of New Ventures at Encino Energy, where he focused on behind-the-meter data center gas and power sales opportunities in Ohio. Previously, he served as Director of Reservoir and Subsurface at Encino, where he oversaw the subsurface team for seven years following the acquisition of CHK Ohio. Before joining Encino, Chris held a variety of technical and operational engineering roles at Noble Energy across the Anadarko Basin, the Gulf of Mexico, and West Africa. Chris earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.
