Lari Paradee Vice President and Controller has served in her current capacity since joining us in July 2003. As Vice President and Controller Ms. Paradee is primarily responsible for our accounting and reporting functions. From September 2000 until March 2003 Ms. Paradee served as Accounting and Consolidations Manager for Intergen a global power generation company jointly owned by Shell Generating (Holdings) B.V. and Bechtel Enterprises Energy B.V. Ms. Paradee served as Vice President and Controller of DeepTech International Inc. (an offshore pipeline and exploration and production company) from May 1991 until August 1998 when DeepTech was merged into El Paso Energy Corporation. Ms. Paradee then served as Manager Finance and Administration of El Paso Energy until March 2000. Ms. Paradee has served as Senior Auditor and Staff Auditor for Price Waterhouse. Ms. Paradee graduated magna cum laude from Texas Tech University with a B.B.A. in Accounting. Ms. Paradee is also a Certified Public Accountant. |