Mr. Looper has been an independent oil and gas producer since 1982, with experience drilling and operating wells in Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming. In addition, he maintains project management experience in Botswana, Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Since 1993, Mr. Looper has been focused on the development of large resource plays in West Texas at Riata Energy, Inc. and most recently in the Barnett Shale trend, where his capital providers achieved >100% rates of return.
Mr. Winters has over 16 years of public company accounting experience, with a heavy focus in the oil and gas and renewable energy industry. Previously, he served as the Corporate Controller of Rosehill Operating Company, was Vice President of Accounting for Alert Logic, Corporate Controller and Financial Reporting Manager for KiOR, Inc. and worked in the audit practice for Deloitte and Touche. Mr. Winters holds a Master of Professional Accountancy and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Stephen F. Austin State University.