>4 years
as CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick
>28 years
in senior management and executive positions in private and public
companies, including international experience and assignments
>Previously
CFO of Innuity (INNU) and The SCO Group (SCOX), and held senior
management positions in West-Wind, Webmiles, Sento (SNTO), CerProbe
(CRPB), Fresh Technologies, Clyde Digital, and NP Energy (NPEE)
>Assisted
both private and public companies raise over $150 million through IPOs,
APOs, and PIPEs
>Background
includes oil and gas, the software, hardware, and semiconductor
industries
>Mr. Bench
is a CPA and holds a bachelor degree in accounting from Utah State
University
>Currently
serves as the Independent Board Chairman for the Wasatch Funds, a
family of 11 mutual funds managed by Wasatch Advisors, Inc., and has
served as a director of Wasatch Funds since they were organized in 1990
>Outside
director at the University of Utah Research Foundation and is a
director of the Utah chapter of the National Association of Corporate
Directors
>Served as
Secretary and General Counsel and a director of NPS Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.(NPSP)
>Served as
an outside director to InterWest Home Medical, Inc. (IWHM) and served
first as outside counsel and then as Chief Financial Officer to
Cericor, Inc.
>Has been
counsel or director to many high-tech private companies
>Graduated
from the University of Utah, served a Fulbright Grant in Mexico and
received his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Columbia University
>28
years’ experience in the energy resource and infrastructure
industries, with an emphasis on project development.
>From 1997 to 2006, he was the head of Project and Business
Development for ARB, Inc., where he was responsible for development and
review of new business ventures and process improvements for domestic
and oil and gas exploitation, domestic energy infrastructure
development, international pipeline and facility construction projects
in the U.S., Canada, Guyana, Mexico, Canada and Uganda.
>Served as Vice President Operations of Frontier Utilities of
North Carolina, and had executive positions at Mobil Oil Company,
Mojave Pipeline Company and Union Pacific.
>Mr. Teague received a B.S chemical/petroleum engineering degree
from Texas Tech (1978).
David R. Keller:
V.P. Exploration
>27 years at Chevron USA, Senior Geologist,10 years as Technical
Specialist at Pioneer Natural Resources
>Extensive experience in interpretation of 3-D and 2-D seismic,
synthetic seismograms and depth conversion, Interpreted seismic data in
the Gulf of Mexico, the Permian Basin, East Texas, South Texas,
>Florida, Alaska, South Africa, West Africa, and Bolivia
>Mr. Keller holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Master
of Science in Geology from Brigham Young University
Richard Moon:
Controller
>Over 10 years of experience in the areas of finance,
accounting, treasury and corporate development.
>Held positions at Unocal in corporate development and treasury
and advised executive management on numerous strategic and financing
alternatives.
>As a Director of Finance at Rentech, an alternative energy
company based in Los Angeles, Mr. Moon was responsible for development
of the company's long-term strategic plan. He also played a vital role
in direct commercial negotiations with strategic partners, which led to
the signing of several milestone agreements.
>Mr. Moon graduated from UCLA with a degree in Economics (1991),
holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Southern California
(2001), and is a Certified Public Accountant.
J Roger Howard,
Chairman of the
Board of Directors
>Mr. Howard has held a number of executive and technical
positions with ChevronTexaco and its predecessors, Texaco and Getty
Oil. Among his many assignments was to manage all of Texaco’s
Permian Basin assets, and was a Senior Vice President of Texaco
responsible for new business development for its global electrical
power portfolio.
>He has extensive oil and gas M&A experience, both
domestic and international, and oversaw all mergers and acquisitions
activity for Getty Oil.
>Extensive experience as a reservoir engineer and a field
engineer.
>Mr. Howard is a Registered Petroleum Engineer in the State of
Texas. He received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the
University of Texas (1969).
James U. Jensen:
Director
>See background in the section above.
Naomi Nakagama,
Director
>Ms. Nakagama has over 20 years experience in energy finance and
capital.
>She is a former Senior Vice President-Finance of Entergy
Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy corporation, and prior to that had an
11-year banking and finance career and ultimately headed the Energy
Sector in Project Finance at BNP Paribas (the largest bank in France)
for North and South America in the late 1990’s.
>Throughout her banking and business career, she has been
responsible for over US$3.0+ billion in project financing, as well as
developing and executing key financial and JV structures in excess of
US$500 million in sustained, economic value specifically to support
growing companies’ cash flow and valuations from inception
through IPO.
>She has provided capital and corporate/business formation
services to numerous technology companies and entrepreneurs since 1992,
resulting in initial seed capital, technology transfers, venture
capital and mergers.
>She graduated with a B.A. with distinction from UCLA (1987).
James Thompson: Director
>Since
2001 Mr. Thomson has been a member of the board of Directors of
Sumitomo Corporation of America and also serves as an investment
advisor for North American Power.
>From 1996 to 2000 he was President and CEO of CNG
International, a US$3.5 billion international electric and natural gas
company.
>From 1990 to 1996 he was Vice President and General
Manager–Asia Pacific for Edison Mission Energy, where he was
responsible for development, finance, construction and operations in
the Asia-Pacific Region.
>From 1983 to 1990 he was Vice President--Operations, Fuel, and
Power Contracts for SITHE, responsible for development, finance,
construction and operation of seven cogeneration plants.
>From 1976 to 1983 he held various positions with San Diego Gas
& Electric Company, and from 1970 to 1976 was in the U.S. Navy
Submarine Service.
>Mr. Thomson received a B.S. in Industrial and Systems
Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (1970), an M.S. in
Industrial and Systems Engineering from Iowa Sate University (1976) and
an MBA from the University of Michigan (1981).
