Michael Kimner: Champion Energy Michael Kimner has spent twenty years in the Energy industry with a focus on risk management and trading. He began his career working at Champion Energy in Greenwich, Connecticut. He has worked for a private trading firm in Charlottesville, Virginia, and at firms in Maryland and Texas. Michael Kimner has been a coach for different Recreation League youth sports teams, is an avid golfer, and a member at the Daniel Island Club on Daniel Island, South Carolina.