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Wade Brawley founded the company in 2009 with business process and management consulting as the foundation. While identifying process improvement and data quality opportunities, he discovered his clients needed both software solutions and staff augmentation to overcome existing challenges. Today, Land Information Services is the premier Land back-office provider, offering outsourcing services alongside our LandVantage software platform to help companies turn their data into meaningful information. LandVantage is not only used by our ever growing client base, but it is also the platform used daily by our 50+ Analysts. This helps us identify ways to deliver an ever improving product and widen the gap between LandVantage and other software platforms.

we think differently.

Our practice provides multiple custom options to help your company continue on a path of growth and success. We tailor services to provide premier back office Land functions including Lease Records, Division Orders, and Document tracking. We provide management consulting and software solutions to help Land departments operate on a more efficient level.

WE ENCOURAGe CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION.

We organize our staff into teams that collaborate and support one another. We strive to create an open, honest, creative, flexible, and fun work environment that enhances the lives of each of our valued employees. We believe creativity and innovation form the impetus for excellence.

WE BELIEVE RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

We listen to you. We pride ourselves in taking the time to listen to our clients and adapting our solutions to the client’s work environment. Client challenges may be similar, but no two are ever the same. There are no cookie cutter solutions. LIS recommends routine status meetings with those we represent – daily, weekly, or bi-weekly. This not only ensures we are accountable, but it keeps our clients engaged and in full ownership of their data.

Wade Brawley

CEO

Jim Shaw

President & COO

Amy Hopman

Chief Process Officer

Drew Hopkins

Chief Revenue Officer

Drew Hopkins brings more than 13 years of experience in owner relations management, land administration maintenance, and training consultation to his role as Chief Revenue Officer. Drew’s primary focus is to help build awareness of Land Information Services' unique capabilities among prospective clients...Read More

Joel Thomas

Chief Technology Officer

Wade Brawley

CEO

Wade is responsible for the vision and leadership of the company, defining the company’s core competencies and developing additional service offerings and strategic partnerships that create superior value for their clients. Prior to forming Land Information Services, Wade served as Chesapeake Energy’s Vice President, Land Administration, where he managed Lease Records, Division Orders, GIS, Owner Relations, Corporate transaction documentation and Well Information Management. There, he facilitated the needs of the end user and the capabilities of the IT staff. This experience, together with earlier career experience as a Land Manager, Landman and Lease Analyst, has been leveraged to provide solutions to companies like SandRidge Energy, Continental Resources, Concho Resources, Apache, Le Norman Energy and Chaparral Energy. Wade’s publishing credits include various articles published in The American Oil and Gas Reporter, World Oil and Landman. He also contributed to the fourth edition of Brock’s Petroleum Accounting Principles, Procedures & Issues. Wade is a CPL and conducted his undergraduate studies at the University of Texas and obtained his MBA at Oklahoma City University.

Jim Shaw

President & COO

Jim manages day-to-day operations, including providing oversight for the company’s LandVantage software development and client implementations. He is passionate about serving others and pursues each day with the motivation of delivering unparalleled software and service to the clients LIS proudly serves. Prior to joining LIS, Jim was a Supervisor in Chesapeake Energy’s Land Administration department where he served as an advisor for several processes within Land, Lease Records, Division Orders and Treasury. Jim also managed the support for all major monetization transactions and mortgages for A&D, Land, Treasury, Finance and Reservoir Engineering. In addition to pre-close support, he also interfaced directly with external clients providing services and solutions for due diligence, transfer of data and data conversion. Jim helped design and implement workflow solutions that benefited interdepartmental communication and data integrity. Jim received his Bachelor’s degree in Finance with an Accounting minor at Oklahoma State University.

Amy Hopmann

Chief Process Officer

Amy is responsible for overseeing the company’s outsourcing department, as well as contributing to system conversions, LandVantage development, process and procedural documentation and training. Before joining Land Information Services, Amy was a Supervisor in Land Administration at Chesapeake Energy, responsible for multiple teams including ownership transfers, owner number set-up and maintenance, and payment processing; including the suspense, billing, 1099 and escheat. She was also charged with the minimum royalty review and Federal, State and BIA payments and reporting. Prior to her time at Chesapeake she spent 15 years of her career at Mustang Fuel Corporation as a Lease Analyst handling all aspects of lease records. During her time at LIS, she has been actively involved in Lease Records management, System Conversions and LandVantage development, processes, documentation and training. Amy is active in both OCAPLTA and NALTA and is a CPLTA. She has experience with Artesia, MS Dynamics, LandWorks, Quorum Land Suite, P2 Land and LandVantage systems.

Drew Hopkins

Chief Revenue Officer

Drew Hopkins brings more than 13 years of experience in owner relations management, land administration maintenance, and training consultation to his role as Director of Business Development. Drew’s primary focus is to help build awareness of Land Information Services unique' capabilities among prospective clients, and develop and maintain relationships with current clients. Drew is an advocate of the company’s vision to enrich the performance of organizations and to positively impact the industry by providing premier software solutions. Prior to joining Land Information Services, Drew spent 12 years at Chesapeake Energy Corporation where he served as the Manager of Owner Relations and the company’s Communications Specialist. Drew has been featured in multiple speaking events across the nation where he was able to give presentations on building stronger owner relations and navigating through high-stress business conditions. Drew graduated from Oklahoma Christian University where he studied Business Management then went on to gain a Masters in Energy and Legal Studies from the Oklahoma City University.

Joel Thomas

Chief Technology Officer

Joel is responsible for leading the technology department, along with implementing innovative strategies and solutions. He is instrumental in the design, development, and implementation of LandVantage and other products. His passion for technology drives his vision and creativity to push our products to the next level. Before joining Land Information Services, Joel was the Founder & CEO of JTLogic; a company specialized in cloud-based web development, graphic design, and IT services. His company served clients across industries such as Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Hospitals, Advertising, and much more.