John A. Carrig (born January 14, 1952) served as the

chief operating officer A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the " C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if ...

and president for ConocoPhillips. In 2010, he announced his intention to retire from the company effective February 2011. He had been with ConocoPhillips since 1978 when he was hired as a

tax attorney A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or ...

. He had previously been chief financial officer and executive vice president of finance since the merger of Conoco and Phillips Petroleum in 2002. Before then, he had been CFO at Phillips since 2001. He graduated from

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...

in 1974, received a law degree from

Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then calle ...

in 1977, and an advanced degree in tax law from the

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

School of Law in 1978.

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"ConocoPhillips" on Google Finance

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