Mike Liddell has served as the chairman of the board and a director of our company since our incorporation in November 2006 and has been involved with our company since commencement of our operations in 2005. He has served as a director of Gulfport Energy Corporation, a Nasdaq Global Select Market listed independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, since July 1997 and as its chairman of the board since July 1998. He also served as Gulfport's chief executive officer from April 1998 to December 2005 and as its president from July 2000 to December 2005. Mr. Liddell has served since May 2005 as a director of Bronco Drilling Company, Inc., a Nasdaq Global Market listed provider of contract land drilling services, and as its Chairman of the Board from May 2005 until August 2007. Mr. Liddell also serves as the chairman of the board and a director of Windsor Energy Resources, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, since December 2005. In addition, Mr. Liddell served as chief executive officer of DLB Oil & Gas, Inc., a publicly held oil and natural gas company, from October 1994 to April 1998, and as a director of DLB Oil & Gas from 1991 through April 1998. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Liddell was president of DLB Oil & Gas. From 1979 to 1991, he was president and chief executive officer of DLB Energy. Mr. Liddell received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Oklahoma State University. |