Timothy L. Dove (born 1956/57) is the former

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

Pioneer Natural Resources Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration headquartered in Irving, Texas. It operates in the Cline Shale, which is part of the Spraberry Trend of the Permian Basin, where the company is the larges ...

Early life and education

In 1975, Dove graduated from the

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (commonly referred to as Jesuit Dallas or Dallas Jesuit, and formerly known as Jesuit High School) is a private, college-preparatory school for young men under the direction of the Society of Jesus a ...

, where he was the

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. In 1979, Dove received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. In 1981, he received a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

Career

Early in his career, Dove worked for

Diamond Shamrock Diamond Shamrock Corp. or Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing was an oil refinery and gas station company in the United States, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. Since 2001, it operates as a brand of Valero and has withdrawn the brand f ...

and Maxus Energy. He then joined Parker & Parsley first as vice president of business development and then as senior vice president. In 1997, Parker & Parsley merged with MESA Inc. to form Pioneer, which Dove joined as vice president of business development. In May 2016,

Scott D. Sheffield Scott Douglas Sheffield (born 1952/53) is an American businessman and president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Pioneer Natural Resources Company. Early life Sheffield received a bachelor's degree in petroleum engineering from the Universi ...

, the CEO and chairman of Pioneer, retired and was succeeded by Dove. In February 2019, Dove retired.

Personal life

Dove serves on the board of trustees of the Jesuit Dallas Foundation and the MIT Corporate Development Committee. He has previous served on the Dream Dallas Advisory Council for

Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or Habitat, is a US non-governmental, and nonprofit organization which was founded in 1976 by couple Millard and Linda Fuller. Habitat for Humanity is a Ch ...

, as trustee for the KidLinks Foundation, as chairman for the Dallas Wildcat Committee, and as president of the Dallas Petroleum Club. While in graduate school, Dove married Jenny Vilfordi. They have four children, including a son and 3 daughters, all of whom attended Catholic private school in Dallas.

References

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