Wicklund spent 15 years in the oil and gas industry, working in geophysics and engineering before joining the financial services industry as a research analyst covering the Oilfield Services sector.
He has been head of the energy research group at Rauscher Pierce Refsnes Inc., now Royal Bank of Canada, managing director and head of energy research at Banc of America Securities Inc., a portfolio manager at Carlson Capital, an $8 billion hedge fund responsible for all of energy investments, and now the senior Oilfield Services analyst at Credit Suisse. He has been recognized by various awards and recognition including #1 rankings in Institutional Investor, Greenwich Surveys and the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” and was a frequent contributor to CNBC, CNN and other media outlets.
He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association, the Maguire Institute at SMU Advisory Board, the editorial board of Offshore Magazine, and the Dallas Petroleum Club.