He has previously served as vice president of production for Bracken Energy Company in Oklahoma City.
He has previously served as an adjunct professor for energy management at the University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business.
In 2009, Governor Brad Henry appointed him as a member of the Oklahoma Clean Energy Independence Commission.
He previously served as the President of "Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America" (RPSEA) in Houston, Texas.
On January 6, 2011, Republican Governor-elect Mary Fallin announced that she had selected Ming to serve as her Oklahoma Secretary of Energy.