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is a director and Secretary and CFO of the Company. He resides in Dallas and runs the Company's headquarters office. He holds a Bachelors degree in Earth Science from Antioch College, and three Masters degrees -- in Geology, Marine Affairs, and Business Administration -- from the University of Florida, University of Rhode Island, and Boston University, respectively. His career spans more than 30 years, with more than 17 years in international oil exploration, and 12 years in the securities and investments industry. Initially, he served as an exploration geologist with Phillips Petroleum Company, from 1978 to 1982, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, as well as Singapore and London. His overseas assignments included working in the North Sea, North Africa and Indonesia. In 1982, he joined Jackson Exploration, serving as the company's General Manager and Chief Geologist in Jakarta, and later in Dallas where he was responsible for overseeing that company's new ventures activities. In 1987, he joined Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., stationed both in New York and Dallas, where he specialized in energy futures, international equities, and options and currency trading. In 1992 he was named Vice President of Finance for Tracer Petroleum in Vancouver, where he was responsible for financing activities and management of the company's cash assets. In 1994 he joined Southwest Securities Inc. in Dallas, where he specialized in oil and gas and international equities. From 1998 to 2000 he was President of Dimensions West Energy, Inc. and in 2000 rejoined Southwest Securities in Dallas until leaving in 2004 to join the company. | 