Matt Fleeger

As the current President and CEO of Gulf Coast Western, one might assume that Matthew H Fleeger has spent his whole career focusing on the domestic oil and natural gas industry. While he worked in this industry for years before accepting a leadership position with Gulf Coast Western, he also has significant experience in other industries.

Matt H Fleeger's Experience in Medical Waste Management

Matt H Fleeger founded a medical waste management company named MedSolutions, Inc, in 1993. He had graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BA in Business in 1986 and worked in various executive positions within the oil and gas industry before starting his own company. This gave him the experience that he needed to found a successful organization.

By 1993 Matthew Fleeger had a solid understanding of business subjects like marketing, acquisitions, and finance, so he used these tactics to expand the reach of MedSolutions, Inc. The organization acquired other regional companies and continued taking more contracts with medical facilities that needed help transporting, treating, and disposing of its regulated wastes. By 2007 the company was a regional leader and had attracted the attention of Stericycle. Stericycle is recognized as the industry's leader, so it was quite an accomplishment when Matt H Fleeger negotiated the sale of his company to them for $59 million.

Matthew H Fleeger's Experience in Tanning

Matt Fleeger has also been instrumental in founding two highly successful tanning enterprises. The first, Palm Beach Tan, Inc, started off as a six-store chain. Over time, though, the company grew. Today it is one of the largest indoor tanning booth chains the U.S.

Mystic Tan is perhaps an even greater accomplishment. With Matt H Fleeger's help, it has grown into the world's top providers of spray-on tanning services.

Mystic Tan and Palm Beach Tan, Inc have combined revenue of about $100 million.

Matt Fleeger's Experiences in Oil and Natural Gas

Matt Fleeger's father founded Gulf Coast Western in 1970, so it was only natural that the young man would take his first executive management positions in the oil and natural gas industry. Matthew Fleeger learned how to apply his academic background to the real world while working with various organizations based in Texas. This provided a sound background for him to set out on his own and found his own companies.

After selling MedSolutions, Inc in 2007, though, Matthew H Fleeger was ready to return to oil and natural gas. He found that Gulf Coast Western needed new leadership that could move it forward into the future of domestic energy. Shortly after taking his position, though, the price of oil, land, and many commodities dropped during the world financial crisis.

Instead of seeing this as a setback, Matt H Fleeger took advantage of the falling prices to invest in the future of Gulf Coast Western by exploring new areas and building pipelines. As the company continues to acquire more domestic oil and gas reserves, it prepares itself to recoup its investments in the future when the prices of oil and natural gas return to profit-bearing levels.