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The executive management team of Red Leaf Resources consists of a number of seasoned oil shale industry veterans, rounded out by professionals in the fields of finance, law, and petroleum engineering. Selected biographies of key employees are provided below:
Dr. James Patten — President and CEO
Dr. Patten is regarded as one of the foremost experts in the United States on oil shale and advanced fuels. Dr. Patten was Vice President, Unconventional Fuels at Battelle, responsible for the unconventional fuels research portfolio for Batelle and the Batelle-managed Department of Energy (DOE) National Laboratories and has served as a consultant to the U.S. DOE Office of Petroleum Reserves and the Office of Transportation Technology. Prior to working for Batelle, Dr. Patten spent 18 years as an executive director at Cummins Engine Co., where he shared responsibility for establishing and/or managing several international ventures.
Mr. Anton Dammer — Senior Vice President
Mr. Dammer is the former Director of the Office of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves, within the DOE. In that capacity, he managed the operation of three petroleum and three oil shale reserves with yearly operating budgets of between US$150 and US$240 million, and revenues of between US$440 million and US$1.2 billion. He was the founder of the DOE’s Unconventional Fuels Program.
Mr. Matt Greene — Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Greene has over fifteen years experience in corporate finance and management. He has an extensive background in managing corporate finance, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, conducting due diligence, and strategic planning to secure the long-term financial viability of the organization. Mr. Greene received a Masters in Business Administration from the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University.
Dr. James W. Bunger — Senior Technology Consultant
Dr. Bunger is currently President and CEO of James W. Bunger & Associates (“JWBA”), which provides technology, products and services to the petroleum, chemical and environmental industries. More broadly, Dr. Bunger has conducted a wide range of projects for government and industry in oil shale, tar sands, coal and petroleum. Prior to his work at JWBA, Dr. Bunger was a petroleum chemist at the U.S. Bureau of Mines Energy Research & Development Administration, where he worked in Utah and Wyoming in the late 1960s and 1970s on several projects attempting to commercialize oil shale production.
Dr. Laura Nelson —Vice President, Energy and Environmental Development
Dr. Nelson is the former chair of the U.S. Unconventional Fuels Task Force and Energy Advisor to Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. Dr. Nelson has worked extensively on energy policy matters, including those related to emerging technologies and cross-cutting environmental issues. Dr. Nelson has considerable knowledge of energy markets and the regulatory and political environment for energy development.
Lester Thompson — Manager, Field Operations
Mr. Thompson has over thirty years operational experience in oil and gas. He was instrumental in overseeing the commissioning and startup of the world’s second largest floating platform. Mr. Thompson supervises the daily operations and maintenance of the EcoShale™ In-Capsule Test Site.
Lance Lehnhof, J.D. — Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel
Mr. Lehnhof practiced law at the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Stoel Rives, LLP in Washington, DC and Salt Lake City, Utah, respectively, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, public and private securities offerings and general corporate and securities law compliance. Prior to beginning private practice, Mr. Lehnhof served as a law clerk to the Honorable Monroe G. McKay on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Mr. Lehnhof received his law degree, summa cum laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. He is a member of the state bars of New York and Utah, as well as the District of Columbia.
Shawn Packard, MBA — Vice President, Operations
Mr. Packard spent the past 18 years with Fidelity Investments in Boston where he specialized in business building, channel development and turn-around situations. Most recently he served as Vice President, National Phone Sales, where he developed and implemented scalable distribution models nationally in two separate channels for Fidelity’s insurance arm, thus reducing expenses and headcount by a third while enabling sales growth from US$1.3 to US$5.0 billion-per-year from 2006 to 2008. Mr. Packard has a Masters in Business Administration from Westminster College.
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