Management Team

Bill Pritchard, Chairman

• Founded Peak Energy Resources, Inc. - November 2002
• Managing Director, Oil and Gas Corporate Finance, Jefferies & Company, Inc.
• Managing Partner, Merchant Resources #1 L.P., a GE Capital oil and gas limited partnership
• Washington and Lee University (B.A. Geology) and South Texas College of Law (J.D. cum laude)

Frank Tsuru, President and Chief Executive Officer

• Founded Momentum Energy Group LLC in September 2004
• Founded Aka Energy Group, LLC, Southern Ute Growth Fund's midstream gas company in July 2002
• President of Red Cedar Gathering, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe's natural gas gathering and treating joint venture with Kinder Morgan
• University of Kansas (B.S. Petroleum Engineering)

George Passela, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

• 30 year veteran of the banking and investment banking industries
• Managing Director, Banc of America Securities LLC
• Established E&P practice at The First National Bank of Boston and held various management positions
• University of Miami (B.A.) and University of Utah (MBA)

George Francisco, Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development

• 12 years of investment banking experience with Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York and Palo Alto and with Dillon, Read & Co. in New York and London
• Tulane University (B.S.M) and The University of Texas at Austin (MBA)