J. Michael Gatens, CEO

Education

• B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1980
• M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1987

• CEO, Co-Founder, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada Operating, Inc., Calgary, Alberta
• Chairman, Quicksilver Resources Canada, Calgary, Alberta
• Chairman and Co-Founder, MGV Energy Inc., Calgary, Alberta
• Director and Vice President, S. A. Holditch and Associates, Inc., College Station, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Petroleum Engineer, Bass Enterprises Production Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, Fort Worth, Texas & Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

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George Voneiff, President and Chief Executive Officer

• B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1983
• M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1992

• CEO & President, Co-Founder, Unconventional Resources, LLC, College Station, Texas
• President, Co-Founder, MGV Energy Inc., Calgary, Alberta
• Manager of Technical Support / Reservoir Engineer, S. A. Holditch and Associates, Inc., College Station, Texas
• Engineer, Enserch Exploration, Inc., Dallas & Athens, Texas

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Kin Chow, President

Education

• B.Sc., Geophysics, University of Alberta, 1984
• MBA, University of Calgary, 1994

• President, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada Operating, Inc., Calgary, Alberta
• Executive Vice President, CDX Canada, Co., Calgary, Alberta
• Vice President of New Ventures, CDX Canada, Co., Calgary, Alberta
• Team Leader, Plains CBM, EnCana Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
• Manager, New Ventures, PanCanadian Energy, Calgary, Alberta
• Land Coordinator, PanCanadian Resources, Calgary, Alberta
• Geophysicist, PanCanadian Petroleum, Calgary, Alberta

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Hal Morris, Executive Vice President, Operations

• Southern Alberta Institute of Technology 1991
• Petroleum Engineering Technologist Diploma

• Executive Vice President, Operations, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada Operating, Inc., Calgary, Alberta
• Vice President, Operations, Quicksilver Resources, Calgary, Alberta
• Drilling and Completions Manager, Quicksilver Resources, Calgary, Alberta
• Completions Coordinator, Quicksilver Resources, Calgary, Alberta
• Drilling Coordinator, MGV Energy, Calgary, Alberta
• Completions Superintendent, EnCana Corporation, Calgary, Alberta
• Drilling Superintendent, PanCanadian Energy, Calgary, Alberta
• Completions Foreman, PanCanadian Resources, Calgary, Alberta
• Drilling Foreman, PanCanadian Petroleum, Calgary, Alberta
• Service Technician, Dowell Schlumberger, Medicine Hat, Alberta

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Jeff Jongmans, Chief Financial Officer

• Attained Certified General Accountants designation, 1985

• Chief Financial Officer, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada Operating, Inc., and Unconventional Resources, LLC, Calgary, Alberta 
• Vice President, Finance and CFO, Find Energy, Ltd., Advantage Energy Income Fund and Search Energy Ltd., Calgary, Alberta 
• Led conversion of Search Energy into a Royalty Trust
• Board of Directors of Ironhand Drilling Inc.

Peter A. Bastian, Vice President, Engineering

• B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1982
• M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1983

Work Experience

• Vice President, Engineering, Unconventional Resources, LLC, College Station, TX
• Manager, Resource Evaluation and Simulation, Quicksilver Resources, Inc., Ft. Worth, TX
• Manager, Reservoir Engineering, Schlumberger Data and Consulting Services, Houston, TX
• Senior Reservoir Engineer, S. A. Holditch and Associates, Inc., College Station, TX
• Reservoir Engineer, Enserch Exploration, Inc., Dallas, TX

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Olwen Wirth, Vice President, Exploration 

• B.Sc., Specialization in Geology, University of Alberta 1983

• Vice President, Exploration, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada Operating, Inc., Calgary Alberta
• Geology Manager Southern Alberta, Pengrowth Energy Trust, Calgary, Alberta
• Geology Manager, MGV Energy (now Quicksilver Resources Canada), Calgary, Alberta 
• Consulting Geologist (Husky Oil, Renaissance Energy, GLJ Petroleum Consultants, Fekete Associates), Calgary, Alberta 
• Senior Geologist, Alberta Department of Energy, Calgary, Alberta 
• Consulting wellsite geologist

Bruce J. Seyler, Vice President, Production & Facilities

• Diploma in Petroleum Technology, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, 1976

Work Experience

• Vice President, Production and Facilities, Unconventional Gas Resources Canada Operating, Inc., Calgary, Alberta 
• Manager of Production & Facilities, Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc, Calgary, Alberta
• Manager of Production – MGV Energy Inc, Calgary, Alberta
• Operations Manager – Richland Petroleum Ltd, Calgary, Alberta
• Area Production Operations Supervisor – Tarragon Energy, Calgary, Alberta
• Northern Production Superintendent – Sceptre Resources Limited, Calgary, Alberta
• Downhole Support Specialist – Maersk Oil & Gas, Esbjerg, Denmark.
• Production Technologist – Westmin Resources, Calgary, Alberta

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John E. Jochen, Senior Petroleum Engineer

• B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1979
• M.Sc., Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1993

• Senior Petroleum Engineer, Unconventional Resources, LLC, College Station, Texas
• Project Manager in Engineering, Schlumberger Consulting Services, College Station, Texas
• Reservoir/Production Engineer, S. A. Holditch and Associates, Inc., College Station, Texas
• Production Engineer, Tenneco Oil Company, Houston, Texas

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Brad C. Wolters, Senior Operations Engineer

• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1982

• Senior Operations Engineer, Unconventional Resources, LLC, College Station, Texas 
• Vice President/Co-founder, Ely and Associates, Inc. Houston, Texas
• Petroleum Engineer, S. A. Holditch and Associates, Inc., College Station, Texas
• District Engineer, FESCO Inc., Bryan, Texas

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