Mr. McLaughlin has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 12, 2004. Mr. McLaughlin also serves as Chairman of Blue Wireless & Data, Inc. (a publicly traded company), a position he has held since June 2004. Mr. McLaughlin was formerly CEO and Co-Chairman of Ocean Resources, Inc. (a publicly traded company) and served as such from September 2003 to January 2005. Mr. McLaughlin founded MAC Partners, LP (MAC Partners), a merchant banking company, in January 2002. Prior to that he founded Aurion Technologies, LLC in 1998 and served as CEO and was a Director through 2001. He founded Aurora Natural Gas, LLC in 1993 and served as CEO through 2001. Prior to starting his own companies, he worked as a Manager of Marketing & Transportation for Highland Energy from 1991 to 1993, and before this worked as a gas marketing representative for Clinton Natural Gas from 1990 to 1991. Mr. McLaughlin received a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1992. |