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Chief
Executive Officer: Kent Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez joined the Company as President,
and Chief Executive Officer in January, 1997. Since 1995, he has been the Managing
Partner of Weyer Capital Partners, a Minneapolis-based venture capital corporation.
From 1985 to 1995, he was employed by the First National Bank of Elmore, Elmore,
Minnesota, in various capacities. He has a B.A. degree from Carleton College.
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Vice
President: Jill Allison
In leading Avalon's new technology initiatives,
Ms. Allison brings over 20 years of diversified management
experience in business development and technology commercialization.
Prior to joining Avalon, she managed a technology strategy
consulting practice with focus in the market convergence
of physical and IT security industries. Her venture development
background includes market leadership positions with Monsanto,
Iridian Technologies, Pinkertons and Cylink Corporation.
She holds a B.A. in Economics from Gustavus Adolphus College;
a Master's in International Management (MIM) in Marketing
from the American Graduate School of International Management
(Thunderbird), Glendale, AZ; and an MBA in Strategic and
Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania, where she focused on strategic
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Douglas Barton
Mr. Barton has served as a Director of the Company since December 2005. He was
a Director of XDOGS.COM from 1998 to February 2005. From 1987 to the present,
he has been the President and sole owner of Venture Communications, Inc., a private
promotion, and marketing consulting firm. He has a B.S. degree in Economics/History
from the University of Minnesota.
Thad
Kaplan
Mr. Kaplan has served as a Director of the Company since December 2005. He is
currently an independent food and beverage industry consultant. From 1997 to
2002, Mr. Kaplan was the owner of BS Holdings, Inc., a food and beverage industry
holding company. Mr. Kaplan is a director of Universal Property Development and
Acquisition Corporation (OTCBB: UPDA), a holding company that provides funding
through joint ventures with owners of proven oil and gas reserves and cutting
edge technologies. Mr. Kaplan holds an Associates degree from Sullivan County
Community College,
New York with studies in Food Service, Restaurant Management and the Culinary
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William
D. Anderson
Mr. Anderson joined Avalon’s Advisory Board in April 2006.
In this capacity he provides ongoing counsel to Avalon’s
senior management and the company’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Anderson is a seasoned industry veteran with 28 years of
technical and financial experience. His oil & gas industry
expertise covers business development, strategic planning,
property evaluation and technical management.
He currently heads an oil & gas consulting and advisory
business oriented towards significant divestment activities.
His prior industry experience includes: Executive Vice President
and COO for Wynn-Crosby Energy; Senior Vice President and Partner
with Netherland, Sewall & Associates; and Supervisory Reservoir
Engineer and Research Engineering responsibilities with Exxon
and Exxon Production Research Companies.
He holds an M.E. in Petroleum Engineering from Tulane University,
an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University and
B.S. from the University of Connecticut.
Glen P. Harrod
Mr. Harrod was appointed to Avalon’s Advisory Board in
April 2006. A senior working manager in the oil & gas
industry, Mr. Harrod brings 15 years of experience in all
aspects of natural gas and crude oil gathering, processing,
transportation and marketing. His background includes field
operational experience as an engineer and plant manager,
with a track record of senior level marketing and business
development responsibilities. He is currently Manager of
Business Development for National Fuel Marketing Company.
His prior experience includes Marketing Manager for EnCana
Oil & Gas Company; Vice President, Marketing,
for Koch Midstream Services; and Gas Plant Supervisor and Field
Facility Engineer, ARCO Oil & Gas Company. Mr. Harrod
has an MBA in Finance from the University of Houston and
a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tulane University.
John
Rhodes
John Rhodes brings a broad working knowledge
of the oil and gas industry to Avalon’s Advisory Board,
with 26 years of prospect development and operations experience.
He worked as a Senior Staff Geophysicist for Mobile Oil Company
from 1980 – 1995, working in the Gulf Coast, the Molasses
basin in Austria, and several other international divisions.
From 1995
– 2005, John was a Vice President at DeGolyer and MacNaughton,
responsible for reserve studies, data room evaluation, company
valuations, and field unitizations. He is currently the managing
partner of several small oil and gas partnerships active in
prospect development and operations. Mr. Rhodes has a M.S.
in Geophysics from Pennsylvania State University and a B.S.
in Geology from Allegheny College. He is a licensed Texas
Professional Geophysicist.
Mark Oliver
Mark Oliver adds 25 years of oilfield
operation experience to Avalon’s Advisory Board, including
nearly 20 years with Marathon/TXO, where he supervised all aspects
of building locations, closing pits, workovers and completions.
His production supervision background includes work with EnCana
Oil & Gas, where he was responsible for EnCana’s
significant East Texas production. He currently heads KROG
Partners, an independent oil and gas producer, focused on gas
and oil well acquisition and development, with emphasis in
acquiring mature oil wells with optimization and workover potential.
Billy D. Graham
Billy D. Graham has been in the oilfield service business
for 34 years. He work for FINA Petroleum for 14years
managing their East Texas Field Operations. H established
Gramco, Inc., in 1986. Gramco, Inc., is an oilfield
service company located in Henderson, Texas. Gramco
provides oilfield construction and operations services, specializing
in full well location hook-ups, pipeline and midstream facility
construction, dirt work, contract pumping, and well completion
consulting. Gramco's customer base includes Matador
Petroleum, Encana Oil & Gas USA, MME Desoto Pipeline,
Phillips Petroleum, Valance Operating, St. Mary Land, Ovation
Energy, Samson, and Tom Brown, Inc.
Gary Browning
As an Advisor to Avalon, Mr. Browning contributes over 30 years of oil and gas
industry expertise. His background covers all aspects of the energy sector, including
power plants, pipelines, oil and gas exploration and refining. He is an expert
in technologies to increase oil recovery using “secondary” and “tertiary” recovery
methods, as well as in the analysis of new technologies to improve yields of
high viscosity petroleum and tar sands. He is the founder of Northway Exploration
Limited (NEX), an energy project development firm. Prior to founding NEX, Mr.
Browning was an Independent Oil Industry Consultant to Dominion Energy Plc (a
UK stock market listed oil company.) Throughout his career, Mr. Browning has
held various technical management and engineering positions with Messina International,
NL Baroid and Dowell-Schlumberger, amongst others. He has tested and developed
new drilling and refining additive products in conjunction with major national
and multinational oil companies throughout Europe, the Middle East and North
Africa. Mr. Browning graduated with a B.Sc. (Honours) Degree in Geology from
Sir John Cass College, University of London.
Menno Wiebe
Mr. Wiebe is as Advisor to Avalon for Latin American petroleum development projects.
He has 36 years of energy industry experience as a geologist and manager in international
exploration and development projects.
He was, until recently, based in Bogota as Vice President of Exploration for
Solana Petroleum Exploration, a very active exploration and production company
in Colombia. He is currently involved in Surge Global Energy, a US based Heavy
Oil Acreage Aggregator which holds a large land position in the Canadian Oil
Sands sector. He also previously served as an officer and director of Deep Well
Oil and Gas, as the owner of Jacobean Resources and as the CEO and a director
of Pertacal Energy Inc., of Calgary, Canada. Mr. Wiebe was the Vice President
and General Manager of Hall-Houston Oil Company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for
8 years and General Manager of Husky Oil in Jakarta, Indonesia for 4 years. He
held senior geologist positions with Bow Valley Industries (Indonesia), Occidental
Petroleum (Libya, Scotland, USA, India, and Australia) and Hudsons Bay Oil and
Gas (CONOCO) in Canada. His educational background includes a BSc (Honours) in
Geology from the University of Manitoba, Canada and an MBA from the University
of Warwick, England.
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