Stephen C. Haynes has served as our Chief Financial Officer since February 6, 2006. Mr. Haynes has over 20 years of experience in the petroleum and related industries. From May, 2005 until joining the Company, Mr. Haynes served as the Controller of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., a Houston, Texas based oil and gas exploration and development company whose shares are publicly traded. As Controller, Mr. Haynes was primarily responsible for developing and managing financial controls and reporting. In January 2001, Mr. Haynes founded Stephen C. Haynes, CPA where he provided financial consulting services to the oil and gas exploration, power generation and pipeline companies from January 2001 until May 2005. Prior to that, he worked for British Gas for eleven years holding a series of increasingly responsible positions culminating in his appointment as Vice President - Finance of Atlantic LNG, a joint venture of British Gas and several industry partners in Trinidad and Tobago. Mr. Haynes earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Sam Houston State University and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Houston. Mr. Haynes is a certified public accountant and has attended the Executive Development Program at Harvard University. |