Keith D. Spickelmier - Mr. Spickelmier has been a Director and our Chairman of
the Board since May 2012. He is the Executive Chairman of Sintana Energy Inc.
(SNN: TSX-V), a public company with oil and gas operations in South America. He
was a founding partner of Northbrook Energy LLC, which subsequently completed
a business combination with Sintana Energy (previously Drift Lake Resources).
He was the founder and Chairman of Westside Energy a Company he grew from a start
up in May 2002 to US $200 million sale in 2008. Prior to joining Westside Energy,
he was a partner with the law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand.
From April 2001 through July 2003, Mr. Spickelmier was of counsel with the law
firm Haynes and Boone, LLP. Mr. Spickelmier holds a B.A. from the University of
Nebraska at Kearney and a J.D. from the University of Houston.
Keith J. McKenzie - Mr. McKenzie has been a Director of ours and our Chief
Executive Officer since January 2012. He has over 28 years of experience working
with public companies in the Industrial and Resource sectors. Over the past
18 years in the Oil & Gas sector, Mr. McKenzie has been engaged in various
executive, finance, start up, and consulting capacities. He was the CEO of Star
Oil Company a private start up oil and gas exploration and production company
he founded in September 2009 to acquire oil and gas resources in the United
States. In 2004, he was a founding principal and later served as the Chief Operating
Officer of Paxton Energy, Inc., with responsibility for the company’s
development and operations at the Cooke Ranch project located in La Salle County,
Texas. Mr. McKenzie has consulted to numerous public and private Oil & Gas,
Mining and industrial companies with both domestic and international operations.
William E. Begley - Mr. Begley has been our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
since January 2012. He has been a Director of ours since May 2012. Mr. Begley
has more than 30 years of energy industry and finance experience, and began
his career with British Petroleum (BP). He has also held senior positions in
energy banking including Solomon, Inc. and was recently President of Stone &
Webster Management Consulting, specializing in the design and development of
major energy projects. As a leading energy advisor in Australia, Mr. Begley
was instrumental in the development of the liberalized natural gas markets in
Australia and Victoria specifically, with Gas & Fuel Victoria, and in the
development of VENCorp, the natural gas trading and scheduling exchange in Australia.
Mr. Begley also has a strong background in leading major capital energy projects
including LNG, Methanol, and related petro chemical and gas monetization projects,
which will complement ongoing Company initiatives. In addition, he has also
been involved in over $100 billion in energy related mergers and acquisitions,
initially with Solomon, Inc. and more recently on an independent basis through
WEBGruppe GmbH. Mr. Begley recently served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
for Magellan Petroleum Corporation. His graduate JD/MBA studies are in international
business and energy law. Mr. Begley graduated in 1976 with a B.A. from St. Michaels’
College in Vermont.
Michael D. Dahlke - Mr. Dahlke has been our President and Chief Operating Officer
since January 2012. At present, Mr. Dahlke is the principal of CSB Partners,
LLC that he founded in 2008. CSB Partners provides strategic and business development
consulting service to firms operating in the oil field services, upstream and
mid-stream oil and gas industries. He was the President of Star Oil Company.
Prior to founding CSB Partners, Mr. Dahlke was a member of the Jefferies &
Company oil and gas banking and consulting group. He joined Jefferies after
a 30-year career with Enron Corp (and predecessors), where, at various times,
he held the positions of President, Enron Americas, Managing Director, Corporate
Development, and Vice President, Enron Gas Processing. Mr. Dahlke holds a B.S.
and M.S. in Economics from Iowa State University.
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