Mr. Powell is a senior financial leader with a track record of successfully creating and executing business strategies. As a former partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Mr. Powell maintains extensive public company experience in SEC and corporate governance issues as well as business development on a global scale. From 1974 to 2002 Mr. Powell held various positions including Worldwide Engagement Leader-Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers focusing on energy companies. From 2003 to 2004 Mr. Powell was the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for La Quinta Corporation and served as Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ABS Group of Companies from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Powell a former carrier jet pilot received his B.S. in Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a B.A. in Accounting from the University of West Florida. |