Dan Denton Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

• Directs all financials for a boutique oil and gas investment firm with an in house Broker Dealer; the firm raises capital yearly through Private Placement Memorandums (PPM).• Heads accounting, finance, tax, audit, and compliance functions while administering the operational budget and implementation of the drilling programs with joint venture partners.• Works with external auditors each year to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations.• Manages relationships with 7 partnerships with 50 to 100 investors in each.

Houston, Texas Area

• Served as COO of a company publicly traded in Australia, which engaged in both exploration and contract drilling; charged with implementing the business plan and budgets set forth by the Board and Executive Directors.• Oversaw field operations, including the company’s flagship project in the Blue Ridge Dome field just south of Houston, Texas and in the Nash and Boling Dome Fields, west of Houston. • Professionalized the land, accounting, treasury, and regulatory compliance functions of the company to facilitate growing from 850 acres to 22,000 acres of oil and gas leases.• Managed the legal team in relations to land management and oversaw drilling schedules at operations increased from 4 wells per month to 12 wells per month.

• Consulted startup operations in business planning and growth as well as raising capital/funding.• Served as a consultant to the executive leadership team for Mesa Energy, an early stage oil and gas company; developed strategy and process for taking the company public and accessing the public capital markets.

• Co-founded an oil and gas exploration company based in Houston, Texas and proved vital in growing it to a five-state operation with $46M in revenue that is publicly traded.• Managed the refinement of an innovative business plan that focused on working with independent oil and gas professionals who had identified overlooked exploration prospects in the lower 48 states. • Defined and implemented operational and administrative structure to begin developing prospects, including outsourcing and coordination of technical (geologic and engineering), field services, legal and professional services, and the administrative functions needed to support the exploration and development projects.• Led efforts to merge with an existing publicly traded company to create a substantial market capitalization for the enterprise and expand options for project financing, allowing access to additional equity investments.• Provided instrumental in raising $16M for Petrosearch projects through private equity and PIPE investments

• Co-founded HME Advanced Health Concepts, Inc. in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex to provide durable medical equipment and oxygen sales and service; company was sold to another medical services firm in 2002.• Served as CEO of SlimUp1, Inc., a nationwide marketer of weight loss and sports nutritional supplements through a proprietary radio and television advertising and retail kiosk program; expanded the concept into five markets.*Career Note Prior roles include: President with Sunbelt Exploration, Vice President of Finance with Normandy Oil & Gas/Phoenix Capital, Senior Vice President of Finance with Shanley Oil & Gas, Vice President of Finance with JM Petroleum Corporation, and Management Consultant/Auditor with KPMG for a five year period in the Shreveport, Houston, and Dallas offices.