Education: B.S., Geology and Geography, University of Southern Mississippi

Education: Production and exploration geologist with 23 years of broad experience in the oil and gas industry working with major and independent oil and gas exploration companies and with governmental agencies. Developed management, communication, and negotiating skills while operating a consulting firm. Experienced in oil and gas property appraisals, economic evaluations, evaluation of gas reserves, well log evaluation, and the use of 3-D seismic data. Has served as an expert witness. Expert in many geographic areas including the Gulf of Mexico, south Louisiana, east Texas, the Black Warrior basin of Alabama and Mississippi, the Jurassic of Alabama and Florida, and the Miocene of south Texas. Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, AutoCAD, ATLIS Graphics, and GIS.

Responsible for oil and gas property appraisals, economic evaluation of oil and gas properties, evaluation of field development programs, evaluation of exploratory prospects, oil and gas reserve calculations, well log evaluation, and subsurface mapping. Developed Geographic Information Systems for large landowners. Extensive experience in prospect generation, field development, evaluation of exploratory prospects, and reserve determination. Responsible for detailed subsurface mapping and petrophysical analysis of well logs. Developed and managed a comprehensive exploration program.

Served as an expert witness before state regulatory agencies. Responsible for geologic consulting on oil and gas projects. Experience includes property appraisals, well log analysis, and land management. Managed various mapping and evaluation project teams. Responsible for mapping federal offshore tracts for the Gulf of Mexico OCS lease sales. Responsible for sidewall and conventional core analysis. Performed laboratory tests to determine the petrophysical characteristics, capillary pressures, grain size distributions, and critical water saturations of core samples.

Affiliations: American Association of Petroleum Geologists

Society of Professional Well Log Analysts

Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME