Mr. Novinskie is the President interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Novinskie has been the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company since August 2007. Mr. Novinskie has been the President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since October 1996 and was previously the Chief Operating Officer of Deven Resources Inc. Prior to his employment with Deven Resources Inc. Mr. Novinskie was a Vice President of Broad Street Financial Company a privately held holding company in Columbus Ohio for four years. Mr. Novinskie also served as the President of Omni Exploration Inc. a public oil and gas company for seven years as Vice President in the Energy Lending Department of the Huntington National Bank in Cleveland Ohio and has held various engineering and management positions during his career with Amoco Production Company at various locations throughout the United States. Mr. Novinskie holds a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and an M.B.A from Case Western Reserve University majoring in Banking and Finance. |