Michael J. Greer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Waveland Capital Group LLC
Since entering the financial sector in 1981, Michael Greer has significant experience as an investment banker, financial advisor, corporate executive and entrepreneur. As Waveland’s CEO, he specializes in sourcing and structuring energy and private equity transactions, identifying sources of capital, and advising clients through all stages of corporate growth. Since co-founding Waveland Capital Partners in 2000, he has established the firm as a highly regarded boutique investment bank that has consistently performed for its clients in both good and difficult market conditions. During his career, Mike has also been actively involved in the oil and gas exploration industry. Mike founded Energy Partners, Inc. to co-venture natural gas exploration and production projects in California’s Sacramento Basin. Energy Partners was later acquired by Benton Oil and Gas Company, a NASDAQ-traded exploration and production company. Through Mike’s efforts, Benton Oil expanded its operations to include major projects in the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast. The company was also active in Russia and Venezuela. Mr. Greer is a licensed General Securities Principal with FINRA.
R. Thomas Fetters
President
Waveland Energy Partners LLC
Thomas Fetters has over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Tom formerly served as Exploration Planning Manager for Exxon U.S.A., Exploration Manager for Esso Australia and Chief Geologist for Esso Malaysia. During the mid-1970’s, Tom was Division Manager for Exxon’s research organization. During that period, he was Chairman of GEOSAT, a joint-industry-U.S. government (NASA & JPL) organization devoted to improving remote sensing capabilities (e.g., satellite imaging) for mapping hydrocarbon and mineral deposits around the world. Following his 17-year career with Exxon, Tom served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CNG Producing Company which, at that time, was the exploration and production arm of Consolidated Natural Gas (now Dominion Resources), where he was responsible for the discovery of the East Cameron 299 Field in the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to joining Waveland, Tom served as Managing Director of Exploration for Beta Oil & Gas, Inc., n/k/a Petrohawk (FINRAAQ:HAWK). Prior to joining Beta, Tom served as President of XCL China, a division of XCL Ltd. Tom serves on the board of directors for EnerGulf Resources, Inc., (TSXV:ENG) and Galaxy Energy Corporation (OTC BB:GAXI). Tom holds BS and MS degrees in Geology from the University of Tennessee.
Vickie J. Greer
Chief Operating Officer
Waveland Capital Group LLC
Vickie Greer, has over two decades of experience in operations, administration, legal services, investor relations and broker-dealer relations, and commercial banking. Since co-founding Waveland, Vickie has established a comprehensive platform to process investments, facilitate broker and investor relations and, in coordination with legal counsel, comply with corporate and securities law. Prior to her involvement in the financial industry, Vickie spent many years as a paralegal with law firms in both Irvine, California and El Paso, Texas.
K. David Foshee
Vice President, Operations
Waveland Energy Partners LLC
David Foshee has many years of experience in the financial sector. Prior to joining Waveland in 2004, Dave spent more than seven years in the oil and gas industry as a mud-logging technician, a drilling fluids engineer with Milchem, and as a fluids and drilling consultant to Amoco and Chevron on both land and offshore projects. His oil and gas background also includes serving as a Vice President and Branch Manager of a NYSE-trading firm where he was responsible for the packaging and marketing of oil and gas investment programs. Dave’s background includes more than six years of experience with the Air Force Management Engineering Agency performing operational and functional analysis, writing statistical programs to manage workload requirements, formulating manpower standards within the U.S. Department of Defense, and identifying and correcting workflow and productivity problems. Before coming to Waveland, Dave spent 15 years as a consultant to the financial services and communications industries in both advisory and direct operational roles.
Andre LaMontagne
Vice President, Project Management
Waveland Energy Partners LLC
Andre LaMontagne has been Vice President – Project Management of Waveland Energy Partners since November 2008. Prior to joining Waveland, from August 2006 to November 2008, Andre served as the Vice President of Operations for Winefield & Associates with the specific responsibility of creating and implementing standards, policies, procedures, and systems for information and documentation management. He joined Winefield in 2000, initially serving as Manager of Geology and Construction. Andre began his career as a licensed stockbroker specializing in evaluating, structuring, and funding limited partnerships in the oil and gas industry. In the late 1980’s he became a working geologist performing geotechnical and environmental engineering work. His background includes the ownership of three engineering companies, with one specifically dedicated to research and development of soil remediation technology. Andre brings 19 years of project management experience to Waveland, including management of large-scale grading projects, construction of water treatment systems, multi-phase and multi-contaminant remediation projects for defense contractors, the U.S. military, and municipalities. Andre received his BA in Geology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Alexander A. P. Singha
General Counsel
Waveland Capital Group LLC
Alex Singha has over 10 years of law experience practicing primarily in M&A, private equity, energy and project finance. As counsel, he has been directly involved in numerous corporate transactions totaling over $4 billion. Alex has been published in “The Venture Capital Legal Handbook – Industry Insiders on the Laws and Documents That Govern VC Deals, Raising Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions & More.” Alex is a member of the Federal Energy Bar Association, O&G and Energy Resources Law Section of the Texas Bar and American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Energy Business, Committee on Global O&G Exploration and Production and Committee on International Energy & Resources Transactions). He holds a JD from New York Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court Association, and a BA from Simon Fraser University. Alex is admitted to the state bars of New York, Colorado and California (registered in-house counsel).
Bruce Thompson
Board of Advisors
Waveland Capital Group LLC
Bruce Thompson is the founder and CEO of CapeDC Advisors, LLC, a private lobbying and business advisory firm based in Washington, DC. In this capacity he focuses on lobbying and general business advisory work for companies and individuals primarily in the energy, water and environmental sectors. In addition, Mr. Thompson serves on the Board of Advisors of Waveland Capital Group of Irvine, California. Waveland, through certain of its portfolio companies, has extensive investments in the E&P and oil and gas service company sectors.
Mr. Thompson also serves as President of The American Exploration & Production Council (AXPC), a client of CapeDC Advisors, LLC. AXPC is a Washington, DC based trade association whose membership is composed of 25 of America’s leading independent exploration and production companies, all but two of which are publicly held. The association’s Board of Directors is composed of the CEO’s of its member companies. As its President, Mr. Thompson lobbies on behalf of AXPC’s membership on a limited number of issues critical to the exploration and production sector of the energy industry in the US. The membership roster and various issues in which AXPC is interested and on which it lobbies the US Senate, House of Representatives as well as the Administration can be found on the website at www.axpc.us.
Mr. Thompson has served in senior management as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of two NYSE-listed independent exploration and production companies, Forest Oil Corporation and SandRidge Energy, Inc. He has testified before the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on issues relating to natural gas supply and pricing. He also has extensive international transactional and government affairs experience, having represented clients in dealing with various national and provincial governments in South Africa, as well as in transactions in the UK, Italy and Canada.
Mr. Thompson has been a Senior Counsel for the firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a 270-person Denver-based firm, with offices in, among other cities, Washington, DC. He has also served as Chief of Staff for Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK) when the Senator was in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Thompson is a native Oklahoman and received his Bachelor of Science in Economics for the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa College of Law.
Philippe A. Guertin
Senior Associate
Waveland Capital Group LLC
Phil Guertin has over seven years of experience in the mortgage banking industry as well as five years as a senior financial analyst, financial manager, or controller. In addition to his role as Senior Associate, Phil serves as Controller for Vanguard Stimulation Services, LLC, a Waveland private equity portfolio company. Prior to joining Waveland, Phil was a trader in the secondary mortgage market for one of the largest mortgage originators in the country. Phil was responsible for the disposition of pooled loan assets ranging between $100 – $500 million per month with large portfolio buys, such as Fannie Mae, CitiMortgage, HSBC and GMAC. Also at New Century, he served as Financial Manager responsible for the management and oversight of accounting and financial matters including budget preparation and consolidation, federal and state tax filings and compliance with HUD’s regulatory laws. Phil has a BA from California State University, Fullerton and an MBA from Pepperdine University.