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Richard E. Kurtenbach became our Vice President - Administration and Controller in April 2004, after having worked for us on a part-time basis since January 2004. He has over 25 years of experience in domestic and international oil and gas operations and auditing. From May 2003 to January 2004, he was an accounting supervisor with respect to the Powder River business unit for Marathon Oil Company, with responsibility for the preparation and analytical review of monthly and quarterly financial statements for local management and corporate consolidation purposes. He was the finance and administration manager for Hilton Petroleum, Inc./STB Energy, Inc. from March 1998 to January 2001. He provided management of all financial, administrative and accounting functions for these companies that were U.S. subsidiaries of a Canadian publicly traded company. Between his employment with Marathon Oil and Hilton/STB, he was self-employed as a financial, accounting, auditing, tax, and administrative consultant. Mr. Kurtenbach received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Illinois State University and is licensed as a certified public accountant in Illinois and Colorado (inactive status).
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