Managers

   

 

Larry Richard, Director and President
& Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Richard had 24 years at Halliburton, culminating in being named Global Business Manager of Halliburton’s Integrated Solutions Division. In this position he led the identification, evaluation, contract and application of the technical solutions for the start-up of oil and gas development projects worldwide and directly supervised business activities in seven geographic locations located within three countries. From 1996 through Read More...


 

Larry Buchanan Executive Vice President – Operations


Mr. Buchanan had over 24 years of progressive experience at Halliburton in the development and application of state-of-the-art oil and gas well field technology, as well as management of large drilling programs and business development activities. While at Halliburton he headed the Integrated Solutions Division for both the Western and Eastern United States. Mr. Buchanan has managed operations with an annual capital Read More...


 

Joe Holsen – Executive Vice President Reservoir and Production Engineering

Mr. Holsen has over 18 years of diversified experience including production, drilling, and reservoir engineering in the oil and gas industry.  He has managed large drilling programs and business development activities with capital budgets exceeding $250 million annually.  Mr. Holsen has worked in many producing areas in the United States including the Appalachian Basin, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast, and Utah. Read More...


 

Mark Malinski, Director and Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Malinski has over 30 years of financial, operating, marketing and P&L experience in varying sized companies, including 15 years as CFO, primarily in publicly traded companies such as Pennzoil Company. He has over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry. While at Pennzoil, he was handpicked by J. Hugh Liedtke, Pennzoil’s Chairman and CEO, to lead the analysis of investment alternatives for the proceeds from the Pennzoil vs. Texaco settlement that would Read More...


 

Dr. John A. “Jack” Ward, Executive Vice President – Exploration & Production

Dr. Ward has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He was a consultant and international advisor for Petroleum Geoservices (“PGS”) and Teknica Inc. Employment history prior to Teknica included experience with a U.S major and an independent. He developed many of the techniques employed for seismic reservoir mapping and for the integrated study of hydrocarbon reservoirs. He has extensive experience managing projects within the U.S. for independent and national oil Read More...


 

David B. Miller, Director

Senior Managing Director and co-founder of EnCap Investments L.P. From 1988 to 1996, Mr. Miller served as President of PMC Reserve Acquisition Company, a partnership jointly owned by EnCap and Pitts Energy Group.
Prior to the establishment of EnCap, Mr. Miller served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of MAZE Exploration Inc., a Denver-based oil and gas company he co-founded in 1981. Mr. Miller began his professional career with Republic National Bank of Dallas, ultimately serving as Vice President Read More...


 

R. Jason McMahon, Director

Vice President of EnCap Investments L.P. Prior to joining EnCap in 2003, Mr. McMahon served for three years as the Vice President of Corporate Development for ProsoftTraining. Previously he was an associate in the Energy and Corporate Finance group of Prudential Capital Group from 1996 to 2000.
He received a Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Administration degree from Southern Methodist University. Read More...