David Lamp
Mr. Lamp is COO and Executive Vice President of HollyFrontier Corporation. In 2011, Holly and Frontier completed a merger of equals and changed name to HollyFrontier Corporation. Mr. Lamp joined Holly in January, 2004 as Vice President, Refinery Operations and was responsible for all aspects of the Company’s refining operations. In November, 2005 Mr. Lamp was named Executive Vice President, Refining and Marketing adding the additional responsibilities of the Company’s crude, light products marketing, and asphalt businesses. Mr. Lamp was then named President of Holly in November, 2007.
Mr. Lamp has more than 29 years of technical, commercial, and operational experience in the refining and chemical industry. Prior to joining Holly, Mr. Lamp was the Vice President and General Manager of El Paso Energy’s Aruba refining complex. Earlier in his career he served as Director of Operations for KOSA, a polyester production joint venture between Koch Industries and Saba, where he oversaw KOSA’s 15 chemical and fiber plants in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Europe. Prior to joining KOSA, Mr. Lamp had a long and distinguished career with Koch Industries, spanning more than 20 years. Mr. Lamp rose through various positions of increasing authority, ultimately becoming Executive Vice President-Refining and Chemical Operations where he had responsibility for all operating aspects of Koch’s 500,000 barrels-per-day of crude refining capacity and all of Koch’s chemical plants. Mr. Lamp obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University.