B.B.A. Hardin Simmons University, 1984; 28 years of E & P experience with 15 years as Executive V.P. for a private Dallas -Fort Worth based E & P Company, in a wide range of activities including: lease and production acquisition and sales, drilling and production operations with extensive experience in bringing projects from conception, to leasing, thru drilling & completion and continuing through revenue distribution to investing partners.

B.S. TCU, 2004; 14 years of experience in E&P in a wide range of activities including: land management, acquisitions, mapping, legal research: drill site, cursory and curative title evaluations; prospect divestiture. In areas including: South Texas reef plays, Knox-Arbuckle in Mississippi/Alabama and East Texas, Barnett Shale in North Texas, CBM in Colorado, Arkansas Smackover, East Texas Haynesville Shale, and South Texas Eagle Ford Shale.

Professional field and in-house landman with over 14 years experience in multiple facets of the oil and gas industry. Areas of expertise include lease acquisition across many states and plays, prospect identification and in-depth title reviews for both leasing efforts and drill site curative title evaluations.