Founder of Element Resources, X-Drill, Cabrillo Energy, and Merlin Energy Services

Nearing 4 decades of experience. He has been the founder and / or in the founding group of start-ups both international and domestic, energy, marine transportation, and alternative energy companies, as well has served as Senior Executive with notable firms such as Mobil Oil, RB Falcon (now Transocean) and Kuwait Foreign petroleum Corporation

BS Petroleum Engineering University of California

Post Graduate Studies in Corporate Security – Harvard

Vice Chairman  – The General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle Trust

U.S. Sailing Federation Board of Trustees