Barry Barksdale founded PDS in 1990 and continues to serve as President. From 1996 to 2008, Mr. Barksdale served as a consultant and expert on numerous royalty cases where the PDS Posted Price Database was the de facto standard database for such litigation. Prior to founding PDS, Mr. Barksdale had a variety of roles around crude gathering and gas gathering systems. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and continues to hold out hope for the return of their football program.