| Patrick D. O'Brien |
Chairman/CEO
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| Patrick D. O’Brien has served as CEO and as Chairman of the Board if Directors since February 19, 2003. Mr. O’Brien served as President from February 19, 2003 until July 16, 2003. Mr. O’Brien was CEO, President, co-founder and a Director of Tower Colombia Corporation. Prior to co-founding Tower Colombia Corporation in 1995, Mr. O’Brien co-founded Tower Energy in 1984 and co-founded Tower Drilling Company in 1980. Mr. O’Brien began his career in the oil and gas industry with the Dowell Division of Dow Chemical Company where he engineered and supervised all phases of well stimulation and cementing. He joined the Colorado Interstate Gas Company in 1974 where he was responsible for the design, acquisition and development of company-owned gas storage fields. In 1980, Mr. O’Brien joined Montana Power Company as Senior Petroleum Engineer with the responsibility for design, long-range planning and performance economics for its exploration and development programs. Mr. O’Brien has spent over 25 years working in the Powder River Basin. Mr. O’Brien received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the Montana College of Mineral and Science and Technology. |
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| Andrew P. Calerich |
President and Director
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| Andrew P. Calerich has served as President since July 17, 2003, as a Director since October 30, 2003 and served as CFO from July 17, 2003 through June 29, 2006. Mr. Calerich has over 16 years of public company oil and gas finance experience in a variety of capacities for various companies. Most recently, Mr. Calerich served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for PYR Energy Corporation. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Calerich was a business consultant specializing in accounting and finance for public and private oil and gas producers in Denver. From 1990 to 1993, Mr. Calerich was employed as corporate Controller at Tipperary Corporation, a public oil and gas exploration and production company. Mr. Calerich began his professional career in public accounting with an international accounting firm. Mr. Calerich is a Certified Public Accountant and earned B.S. degrees in both Accounting and Business Administration at Regis College, in Denver. |
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| Joseph B. Feiten has served as CFO since June 29, 2006. Mr. Feiten was previously CFO for Denver based Tipperary Corporation from June 10, 2002 until its acquisition by Santos Ltd on October 28, 2005. From January 2000 to March 2002, Mr. Feiten served as president of a privately held company serving pediatricians. From July 1974 to June 2000, Mr. Feiten served as auditor, consultant and executive with Pricewaterhouse Coopers or its predecessor Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Feiten was the National Director of C&L’s US energy program, was PWC’s energy and mining program global training leader and is co-author of Petroleum Accounting Principles, Procedures & Issues, the leading oil and gas reference and textbook. Mr. Feiten is a licensed CPA and a member of the AICPA, Colorado society of CPA’s, COPAS and Treasurers’ Club – Denver. Mr. Feiten graduated with a BSBA in accounting and an MBA from the University of Denver. |
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| Peter Loeffler |
Vice President - Exploration and Production
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| Peter Loeffler began employment on June 15, 2007 as Vice President, Exploration and Development. Since 2001, Mr. Loeffler had worked for Encana Oil and Gas, Inc., and was lead member of the Southern Rocky Mountain Exploration Team. Among his many accomplishments while with Encana, his team designed a 1,200 well development program in the Piceance Basin of Colorado, and he supervised the growth of the annual program budget from $4 million to $320 million over a four year period. Mr. Loeffler has over 30 years of oil and gas experience, and holds a B.A. in Geology from the University of Minnesota and an M.S. in Geology from the University of North Dakota. He began his professional career in 1977 with Kerr McGee Corporation in Casper, WY and has worked for Exxon Company USA and El Paso/Coastal Corporation. |
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| Kendell V. Tholstrom |
Manager - Oil and Gas Operations
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| Kendell V. Tholstrom has served as Manager of Oil and Gas Operations since April 21, 2005. Mr. Tholstrom was a Director and managed oil and gas operations for Tower Colombia Corporation. Prior to joining Tower Colombia Corporation in 1995, he served as Vice President/General Manager for Presidio Oil Company from 1986 to 1995. His responsibilities included the day-to-day management of 35 office employees and 40 field employees. Mr. Tholstrom worked at Sabine Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company, from 1982 to 1986 as Division Operations Manager. He worked at Terra Resources 1977 to 1986 in various engineering and management positions and at ARCO Oil & Gas from 1970 to 1972. Mr. Tholstrom is a Registered Professional Engineer in Colorado and has 30 years of petroleum industry experience. Mr. Tholstrom received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering in 1968 and an M.S. in Petroleum Engineering in 1970 from the Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology. |
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| Bob Solomon |
Vice President - Oil and Gas Economics
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Bob Solomon has served as Vice-president oil and gas economic evaluations since April 21, 2005 and was previously co-founder and Vice-President of Tower Colombia Corporation. Prior to co-founding Tower Colombia Corporation in 1995, he was co-founder of Tower Energy in 1984 and co-founder of Tower Drilling Company in 1980. Prior to 1980, Mr. Solomon worked at Sonat, Inc in the areas of strategic planning, acquisitions analysis and corporate development for Sonat's interstate gas pipeline and exploration subsidiaries. He also was employed in various engineering, supervisory and financial capacities for Homestake Mining Company, Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Ethyl Corporation and Atlanta Gas-Light Company. Mr. Solomon has a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), and an MBA degree from Stanford University. Mr. Solomon has over 30 years of petroleum industry experience.
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| Don Schroeder |
Vice President - Land
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Don began his career in 1978 as a petroleum landman with Amoco Production Company, and later worked in various land management and executive positions with CSX Oil & Gas, Meridian Oil, Summit Resources, and EnCana Oil & Gas (USA). Don’s primary focus has been in the Rocky Mountains, but he also has experience in Texas, Oklahoma, and Canada.
Don holds a B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. (with honors) from the University of Denver.
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