Staff Members

Matthew David Kyle is the Vice President Operations of High Mountain Hunts. Matt leads the company in strategy, people and operations. Matt and Pat have hunted together for more than 30 years. Both are avid hunters and fishermen. Before joining High Mountain Hunts, Matt founded four companies. One company was sold in 1996. The other three remain in operation. From 2000-2005, Matt worked for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young as an implementation consultant on large-scale telecom projects transforming carriers' operations support systems. He has been involved in leading implementations of carrier class and enterprise-wide provisioning, inventory, financial and OSS systems, such as JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Granite. While attending the University of San Francisco, Matt worked full-time as a financial analyst for Point West Capital. He was responsible in structuring financings for startups, mergers, acquisitions and private loans. Matt is a graduate of the University of Texas, Dallas with a Bachelors degree in Economics and Finance and a graduate of the University of San Francisco with a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Telecommunications. In 1999 he attended the Monterrey Institute of International Studies, Monterrey CA. and Taipei Language Institute, Taipei Taiwan, where he studied Mandarin Chinese.

Judy Latham is the Executive Assistant. She recently retired from American Airlines where she worked at the headquarters in Fort Worth. She attended North Texas University majoring in interior design. She loves playing bridge, sings in her church's choir and performing in Community Theater. She has worn many hats in her life including interior decorator, legal secretary, corporate secretary, PTA president, and Aggie Moms President, first editor of the Texas Bighorn Society magazine, and several newsletters but the jobs she has enjoyed most are being a wife to one, a mother of three, a grandmother to seven and traveling with Pat.

Lee Shetler retired from the Arlington Police Dept. with the rank of Sergeant after a 34 year Law Enforcement Career. As a career Law Enforcement Officer, he worked as a Jailer, Communications Officer, Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Vice & Narcotics Officer and as a Supervisor in the Patrol Division and Burglary Division. He maintained expert marksman classification with both the Dallas County Sheriff and Arlington Police Department. Lee majored in Criminal Justice. He has hunted in over a dozen states, two Canadian Provinces, South America, Mexico and Africa. While on safari in Africa Lee harvested all animals on his list except the Cape buffalo, with a muzzleloader rifle. Hunting is his passion, though a few would argue that it is his obsession. Lee says that he is “just obsessed with his passion”. Lee is a member of the Arlington Sportsman Club, Dallas Safari Club, NRA, National Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited, Texas Trophy Hunters Association and Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and was a founding member of the Underwater Search and Recovery Team with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department and currently holds a Senior Advanced Scuba Certification with PADI and a Sportsman Dives Certification with NAUI. He is well versed on Global Rescue and emergency security evacuations for crisis, war, or natural disasters and field rescues for those who need hospitalization. He has first aid and CPR certification. As you can see from his extensive law enforcement training, expert marksman classification and experience in search and rescue, he will be a valuable asset to any of our clients wishing to have him accompany them on their hunting treks anywhere in the world.

Otambek Otambekov is a citizen of Tajikistan. He was educated at Khorog State University, Khorog, Tajikistan majoring in finance and linguistics. He has also extensively studied mathematics, computer science and physics. He speaks Tajik, Russian and English fluently and has a working knowledge of the Persian language. Otambek has worked as a market analyst, a market planner, grant writing and assessments, project manager, report writing, managing communications center, managing HR profile, oral and written translator, instructed computer skills to all levels, and an English teacher. More importantly, he is an experienced guide and hunter. As you can see, he will be a great asset to our company. He is eager to accompany all of our clients who travel to Asia for their trophies. He will meet and greet any hunter who desires his services at the airports of Asia and accompany them through their hunt and return them to their departure airport, help with the paperwork and then put you on your flight home.