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Mr. McLaughlin has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from October 13, 2006 to May 1, 2007. Mr. McLaughlin serves as Chairman of Apollo Resources International, Inc. (a publicly traded company) since November 2004. Mr. McLaughlin also serves as Chairman of Blue Wireless & Data, Inc. (a publicly traded company), a position he has held since June 2004. Mr. McLaughlin was formerly CEO and Co-Chairman of Ocean Resources, Inc. (a publicly traded company) and served as such from September 2003 to January 2005. Mr. McLaughlin founded MAC Partners, LP (MAC Partners), a merchant banking company, in January 2002. Prior to that he founded Aurion Technologies, LLC in 1998 and served as CEO and was a Director through 2001. He founded Aurora Natural Gas, LLC in 1993 and served as CEO through 2001. Prior to starting his own companies, he worked as a Manager of Marketing & Transportation for Highland Energy from 1991 to 1993, and before this worked as a gas marketing representative for Clinton Natural Gas from 1990 to 1991. Mr. McLaughlin received a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1992. | 