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Mr. Herlin co-founded the Company and served as President, CEO and Director since the inception. He has 26 years of experience in development, mergers and acquisitions, operations and finance. Previously, Mr. Herlin served as Chief Financial Officer and, subsequently, as President and Chief Executive Officer for Benz Energy, Ltd, an oil and gas exploration company focused on 3 D seismic applications. He also served as Vice President, Strategic Initiatives of Enron Liquids prior to 1997 and Director of Acquisitions for several independent oil and gas companies. He also led a consulting group focused on acquisitions and strategy. Mr. Herlin earned his B.S. and M.E. degrees from Rice University and his MBA from Harvard.
Mr. Herlin has been involved in numerous transactions totaling more than $800 million. In the course of his oil and gas acquisition work, he has evaluated properties along the Gulf Coast, mid-continent, Rocky Mountains and Los Angeles basins and led numerous evaluation teams of professionals. Mr. Herlin created and led an operating group that initiated and successfully completed a conventional horizontal drilling program with 28 wells in the early stages of horizontal drilling by industry. He was the lead consultant and manager for a $65 million manufacturing company leveraged buy-out and turn-around. In addition, Mr. Herlin currently serves on the Board of Directors of Boots and Coots Group. | 