Mr. Williams joined Tristone as a Managing Director in Investment Banking in October 2007. Prior to joining Tristone Mr. Williams spent over eight years with Simmons & Company International. His transaction experience has been focused on advising oil and gas services companies having executed numerous merger and acquisition assignments and financings for clients in the United States and Canada.

Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Goddard joined Tristone Capital Houston office in March 2007. Prior to Tristone, he was an Senior Vice President in Friedman Billings Ramsey's Energy Investment Banking Group. At FBR Mr. Goddard was involved in originating and executing over $2 billion in public and private capital markets and advisory transactions for E&P, midstream, and alternative energy clients. Prior to FBR, he was VP Finance at a small pipeline development company. Prior to that, he worked in the energy investment banking group at CIBC World Markets where he was involved in multiple equity, debt, and advisory assignments for the E&P, oilfield service, and midstream sectors. Mr. Goddard received his B.B.A. in Finance from Southern Methodist University.

Mr. Strand joined Tristone's Houston Investment Banking Group in May 2007. Prior to Tristone, he was an analyst with GulfStar Group, a boutique investment bank focused on sell-side mergers and acquisitions. Prior to GulfStar, Mr. Strand was an analyst in the corporate development group at Oil States International, a diversified oil services company. Mr. Strand attended Indiana University, where he received a Bachelor degree in Finance and was a member of the men's tennis team.

Vebs Vaishnav joined Tristone Capital as an Associate in Investment Banking in April 2008. Prior to Tristone Capital, he worked at RBC Capital Markets as an Oil Services Equity Research Associate. Before that, Mr. Vaishnav worked at JPMorgan in their Oil Services Corporate Banking group.

Mr. Vaishnav holds a Masters in Business Administration degree with concentration in Finance from University of Houston.

Mr. Bilger began his oil and gas career with Marathon Oil after earning a BSBA degree from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business. He was Executive Vice President, CFO and Director of Samson Investment Company from 1999-2001 and held the same title with Ashland Exploration from 1987-1998. Mr. Bilger was Director of Acquisitions for Apache Corporation from 1984-1987. He has directed the negotiations and closings of more than $12 billion of acquisitions and divestitures during his career.

Mr. Bilger is a member of IPAA and its Business Development and CFO Roundtables, as well as being a member of TIPRO, the Houston Producers' Forum, and on the Board of Directors of IPAMS.

Mr. Redfield joined Tristone in May 2004, with over 14 years of petroleum engineering, finance and acquisition and divestiture experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Tristone, Mr. Redfield founded and co-managed Wells Fargo Energy Advisors having closed over $550 MM in transaction during his three year tenure. Mr. Redfield spent three years with GE Capital where he gained experience associated with oil and gas equity and debt financing. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Redfield acted as a senior member of BP Amoco's Acquisition and Divestment Group closing over $1.1B in transactions. Prior to getting an MBA, Mr. Redfield worked for Chevron USA and Kaiser Francis Oil Company in various petroleum engineering roles.

Mr. Redfield holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from The University of Tulsa and a M.B.A. in Finance from The University of Texas.

Mr. Simon brings to Tristone 24 years of experience in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry. Over the last 16 years, he has specifically focused on the acquisition, development and divestiture of oil and gas properties. Mr. Simon has since managed more than $1.8 billion in transactions. Prior to joining Tristone, he was a principal with Grey Horse Energy Partners, LLC. He has also served as Chief Investment Officer of JMI Energy Associates I, LLC, where he coordinated the company's acquisitions. Prior to JMI, he was Executive Vice President of Fleet Energy, LLC, which was formed as a management buyout of Destec Energy, Inc.'s natural resource assets. Mr. Simon managed the acquisition and divestiture of natural gas reserves at Destec Energy, Inc. where he became Vice President of its oil and gas subsidiary. He began his career as a Petroleum Engineer with ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Inc.

Mr. Simon received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1983 and a MBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Houston Producers' Forum. He currently serves on the Board of Directors and is an ex-President of The Periwinkle Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides camping and recreational programs to children that are patients at Texas Children's Cancer Center.

Mr. Cox has more than 25 years of oil and gas technical experience, focused on reservoir engineering studies in the U.S. and internationally. He began his career with Exxon in 1981 upon graduation from Louisiana State University. During his nine years with Exxon, he was a Reservoir Engineer, a Drilling Engineer, and finally a Senior Staff Engineer for the Reservoir Technology New Ventures Group. Mr. Cox joined Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. in 1990, holding the position of Senior Vice President where he successfully managed and oversaw integrated reserve and resource studies, including oil and gas property appraisal, reserve certifications and resource assessments. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

Jerry Gips has over 38 years of experience in the oil and gas industry including employment at Texaco and Bartling Oil Company.  In 2000 he joined Tristone Capital after working 18 years as a consulting geologist.  Since 1997 he has worked on A&D projects with experience in most major producing basins including the Rocky Mountain, Permian and Panhandle, as well as in the Gulf Coast, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and offshore Gulf of Mexico.

Mr. Gips was awarded a patent for the use of CO2 to recover hydrocarbons from groundwater.  He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Texas, is a licensed geologist in the State of Texas and is an active member of AAPG, HGS, the Houston Producer’s Forum and West University Rotary Club.

Mr. Hopkins brings over 25 years of diversified experience in all phases of the E&P business. He began his career as a petroleum engineer with Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation in 1976, and later held various technical and management positions with Tenneco Oil and Apache Corporation. In 1996 he joined Enervest Management Co. where he was Division Manager and later Sr. VP of Operations, leading the successful assimilation of over $125 million in acquisitions. Most recently, Mr. Hopkins served as Vice President - Acquisition Evaluations with Xpronet Resources, where he led the acquisition evaluation efforts for that company from 2001-2002. Mr. Hopkins also worked as an independent petroleum consultant for various E&P clients.

Mr. Hopkins earned a B. S. in Petroleum Engineering with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Houston Producers' Forum, and Houston Chapter of API.

Mr. McNichol joined Tristone Capital in 2006. Mr. McNichol has 25 years of varied experience in the E&P industry. Prior to joining Tristone, Mr. McNichol was a partner in Hite, McNichol & Associates, Inc., an established engineering consulting firm in Houston. As a consultant Mr. McNichol's clients included major E&P companies, independents, financial institutions, law firms and large landowners. He has over 15 years experience in acquisitions and divestitures including marketing assets for clients, advising buyers, evaluating exploration ventures and issuing fair market value opinions. Mr. McNichol began his career with Amoco Production Company as a production and reservoir engineer with an emphasis on tight gas sands and secondary recovery. In 1989, Mr. McNichol joined Cox & Perkins Exploration as lead reservoir engineer with a focus on Gulf Coast and Austin Chalk exploration. Mr. McNichol later joined the consulting firm that was predecessor to Hite, McNichol & Associates, Inc. and was named partner in 1999.

Mr. McNichol earned a B. S. in Geological Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1981. He continued his education with Amoco in-house training and business studies at University of Houston. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Houston Producers Forum and is a past officer of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers. Mr. McNichol is Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Mr. Perley joined Tristone in May 2004. Mr. Perley has over 20 years of economics and acquisition and divestiture experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Tristone, Mr. Perley founded and co-managed Wells Fargo Energy Advisors having closed over $550 MM in transaction during his three year tenure. From 1990 to 2000, Mr. Perley acted as a senior member of BP Amoco's Acquisition and Divestment Group closing over $1.8 B in deals. Earlier in his career at Amoco, Mr. Perley held various financial analyst positions including treasury and economic evaluation of international projects since 1982.

Mr. Perley holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Princeton University and a MBA from The Wharton School of Business.

Tom Andreen joined Tristone Capital in February 2003, and has more than 30 years of experience in petroleum engineering activities. Prior to joining Tristone Capital, Mr. Andreen worked in various aspects of drilling, production and reservoir engineering. His experience includes analysis of conventional oil and gas properties, as well as expertise in non-conventional assets including coal bed methane, shale gas, tight gas, waterfloods, and CO2 floods. While at Tristone Capital, Mr. Andreen has worked numerous areas and has expertise in the Mid-Continent, Permian, Gulf Coast, South Texas, East Texas, North Louisiana and Rocky Mountains.

Mr. Andreen is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering.

Jim Coe started his career in the petroleum industry in 1970 as a reservoir engineer. Mr. Coe has analyzed natural drive reservoirs, waterfloods, miscible floods and is experienced with field development in both conventional and low permeability reservoirs. His experience includes most geologic environments, including deltaic, shoreline, continental, shallow water, deep water, and thrust belts as well as a variety of geographic locations including the Gulf of Mexico, Rocky Mountains, Southeast U.S., West Texas, Canada, North Sea, South Africa and Venezuela.

Mr. Coe joined Tristone Capital in 2006. He has a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Doug Cowan joined Tristone Capital in 2005. He has over 35 years of domestic oil and gas experience which includes 20 years with Pennzoil and Total. He later worked as an independent consultant and served as Regional Exploration Manager (Enstar) and has participated in drilling over 1,000 wells in his career.

Mr. Cowan has worked East Texas, North Louisiana and the Gulf Coast producing trends as a geologist and geophysicist in exploration, lease sales, prospect generation, development drilling, unconventional reserves analysis and A&D. He also has exposure to the Ft. Worth, Anadarko, Arkoma and Williston basins. Mr. Cowan is fluent in Geographix, Kingdom and Petra.

Mr. Cowan has a BA in Geology from Trinity University, 2 years of graduate school at New Mexico Tech and is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, International Association of Mathematical Geologists, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, Canadian Well Logging Society and the Houston Geological Society.

Terry Davidson has 35 years of diversified experience in all phases of petroleum geology. Prior to joining Tristone Capital in 2006, he worked for El Paso/Coastal Corporation, Western Geophysical, American Trading and Production, Comexco and C&K Petroleum. His experience includes exploration plays, field development and property A&D, detailed structural and sand trend mapping, and production type maps utilizing subsurface and geophysical methods.

Mr. Davidson is a registered Professional Geologist with the State of Texas. He has a BS in Geology from the University of Houston and a MAG in Resource and Environmental Management from Southwest Texas State University. He is a Certified Petroleum Geologist through the American Association of Petroleum Geologist and the American Institute of Professional Geologist and an active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicist and the Houston Geological Society.

Robin Gaines joined Tristone Capital in March 2007 and has 14 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Tristone Capital, Ms. Gaines spent 11 years at Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. as a Petroleum Analyst Coordinator where she specialized in the management and development of economic models for US and international oil and gas properties, database manipulation and technical document generation, editing and standardization.

Ms. Gaines graduated with honors from Louisiana State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics.

Philip Pavlich joined Tristone Capital in August 2005 and has 29 years experience in petroleum engineering. Prior joining Tristone Capital, Philip worked at Tri-Union Development and Atasca Resources as a reservoir and operations engineer. His assignments included projects with secondary recovery operations, identifying A&D related upside opportunities, and implementing drilling and workover projects. While at Tristone Capital he has been the lead engineer on assignments in the Rockies, Oklahoma, Permian Basin, Panhandle, Gulf Coast, and offshore Gulf of Mexico.

Mr. Pavlich is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He has a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas and an MBA degree in Finance from the University of Houston.

Jane Reiss has 37 years experience as a Petroleum Geologist in exploration and development geology and geophysics. She has worked as a senior geologist for Tristone Capital since June of 2003. Ms. Reiss has worked in both technical and management positions with major and independent oil and gas companies. Her responsibilities have included prospect generation, field development, reserve calculations, wellsite evaluation, seismic acquisition and interpretation, oil and gas expert witness testimony, and A&D. Ms. Reiss has worked A&D in the onshore and offshore Gulf Coast, East Texas, South Texas, Anadarko Basin, Texas Panhandle and Permian Basin.

Ms. Reiss is a certified professional geologist in the State of Texas and a member of numerous professional societies. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Indiana University.

Mrs. Synnott joined Tristone in June 2007. Mrs. Synnott has over seven years of experience in acquisition and divestiture transaction execution. Prior to re-joining Tristone, Mrs. Synnott was an Associate at LaSalle Corporate Finance, where she focused on sell-side transaction advisory across multiple industries, and, prior to that, she was an Associate with Wells Fargo Energy Advisors, where she focused on oil and gas property divestitures. Mrs. Synnott began her career as a Financial Analyst at Enron Corp. Mrs. Synnott earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University. She is a member of the Junior League of Houston and is a DePelchin Children's Center Volunteer.

Jim Zavitsky has 21 years oil and gas experience. He has been with Tristone Capital since March of 2000. Mr. Zavitsky has previously worked for Amoco Production Company in a variety of assignments including both conventional (primary and secondary) and enhanced recovery projects (CO2 Flooding). Mr. Zavitsky has worked A&D in most major basins including the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent, Permian, Panhandle, and Gulf Coast as well as a number of coalbed methane packages in the Powder River and Cherokee Basins.

Mr. Zavitsky is a registered professional engineer and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He has a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.

Doug Rogers joined Tristone Capital in 2008 after working five years for ExxonMobil as a reservoir engineer.  He worked a variety of assignments and gained experience including reserves analysis, field development and economics, lease negotiation, and scoping-level simulation.  Assignments were in south Texas, California, and various locations onshore and offshore in the Middle East and Eurasia.

Doug earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University in 2003.  In 2008 he graduated from the University of Texas with a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Mr. Cossich joined Tristone Capital in September 2007. Mr. Cossich is a 2007 graduate of Washington & Lee University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

Ms. Fox joined Tristone in February 2006. Ms. Fox is a 2005 graduate of Louisiana State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with a Minor in Business Administration. She is a member of the Houston Producers' Forum.

Erin Pleva joined Tristone Capital in October 2007 after working at Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. as a Petroleum Analyst. Prior to that, she was employed with Duke Energy North America, where she provided custom weather forecasts to traders. Ms. Pleva is a 1998 graduate of Texas A&M University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology.

Ms. Yuen joined Tristone Capital in November 2007. Ms. Yuen is a 2007 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics.

Ms. Bednarz joined Tristone Capital in November 2007. Ms. Bednarz is a 2007 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Corporate Communications.

Robert Mendiola joined Tristone Capital in August 2005. He has 13 years experience in domestic and international geological mapping. Prior to joining Tristone Capital, he worked at First Seismic Corporation as a GIS Technician and Technical Illustrator. His assignments included marketing seismic data packages and data management. His software skills include GeoGraphix, Petra, ArcGIS and SMT.

Andrea Richardson joined Tristone Capital in January 2008. Ms. Richardson is a 2007 graduate of The Art Institute of Houston, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design.

Jill Botkin joined Tristone Capital in September 2008. Mrs. Botkin has more than 15 years experience in desktop publishing and spent the last 8 years as a Lead Presentation Specialist at Goldman Sachs.

Mrs. Botkin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Newspaper Journalism from Kent State University.

Ms. McMahan joined Tristone in 2007 as an Executive Assistant in the Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Tristone she was the office manager at Arctas Capital Group working closely with the Managing Directors/Co-Founders of the firm.

Mr. Davis has 28 years of industry experience both with Buy and Sell side institutions. He was also a AVP at Merrill Lynch with primary analyst coverage of the Domestic E&P companies from 1981-1984. Mr.Davis also served as a Managing Director/Partner for Warburg Pincus (now CSAM), Beck Mack and Oliver, and Cowen (now TCW) both as an analyst with primary energy coverage and portfolio manager. Mr. Davis was a SVP at Trust Company of the West on the small cap value team. He further managed 1988's #1 performing closed-end mutual fund, Counsellors Tandem Fund, as rated by the Lipper Survey. Prior to joining Tristone in January 2007, he was an institutional salesman for Petrie Parkman, a US-based energy boutique firm from 2001 to 2006.

Mr. Davis was a past member of National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts (NAPIA) and the Oil Analyst Group of New York. Mr. Davis graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in Mathematics and Geology in 1979.

Mr. Racanelli joined Tristone in January 2007 as Vice President & Director, Institutional Trading. Prior to Tristone, Mr. Racanelli was Head of Institutional Trading at energy boutique Petrie Parkman and Co. Before Petrie Parkman, he spent seven years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange trading for Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Keegan and Co. Mr. Racanelli holds a Bachelors of Science degree with an emphasis in management from the University of Northern Colorado.

Ms. Acierno joined Tristone in January 2007. Prior to Tristone, she spent ten years as an institutional salesperson and equity sales trader with Petrie Parkman & Co., a well-respected energy boutique. In all she has over 20 years of energy-related experience including Vice President of Investor Relations for Basin Exploration and was a member of Apache Corp.'s Investor Relation's team. She began her career as a research assistant for the E&P sector at PaineWebber.

Mr. Chewning joined Tristone in January 2007 as Vice President, Institutional Trading. Before joining Tristone, Mr. Chewning was an equity sales trader with energy boutique Petrie Parkman & Co. in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that, he was a Vice President with Morgan Keegan & Co. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where he worked for six years. Before that, he was employed by HSBC Securities for one year, also at the NYSE. Mr. Chewning began his career working for OppenheimerFunds Inc. in New York, where he worked for four years on the sales desk. Mr. Chewning holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Seton Hall University.

Mr. Ulrich joined Tristone in July 2007 as Associate, Institutional Sales. For 5 years, prior to Tristone, Mr. Ulrich was an institutional salesperson and operations manager at Petrie Parkman and Co., a well respected energy boutique. Before Petrie Parkman, he worked at Janus Capital as an investment specialist. Mr. Ulrich holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Mr. Busnardo joined Tristone Capital in January 2007 to establish institutional research coverage of the U.S.-based small/mid-cap E&P group. Prior to joining Tristone, he spent six years as a research analyst at Petrie Parkman & Co. covering the small/mid-cap E&P group with an emphasis on activities in the Rockies. While at Petrie Parkman, Mr. Busnardo increased the size of his coverage group from eight companies to eighteen and maintained this level of coverage while losing ten additional companies through merger transactions. Prior to Petrie Parkman, Mr. Busnardo worked in various accounting, finance and investor relations positions with Barrett Resources over six years. Mr. Busnardo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting (minor in Finance) from Metropolitan State College of Denver. He is a member of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts (NAPIA).

Mr. Chow joined Tristone Capital in July 2007 and is responsible for institutional equity research coverage of the U.S. independent refining and integrated oil and gas companies. Prior to Tristone, Mr. Chow spent five years as a senior research analyst for Merrill Lynch and Petrie Parkman & Co. covering the U.S. independent refiner group. Prior to his analyst positions, Mr. Chow worked in investment banking at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin for three years and various financial positions at ARCO for five years.

Mr. Chow holds an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas.

Mr. Syed joined Tristone Capital in January 2007 as Vice President and Director to initiate the company's oilfield services research practice in the United States. He joined Tristone from Petrie Parkman & Co. where he had started the oilfield services research practice for the firm in 2002. For his 2006 research coverage, Mr. Syed was ranked number four amongst all analysts and first amongst oilfield services analyst for earnings forecast accuracy by StarMine and Forbes. Mr. Syed has been affiliated with the oil and gas industry for over twenty years, first as a wireline field engineer with Schlumberger oilfield services, and later as an equities analyst with Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Securities. At Schlumberger, he provided formation evaluation and testing services in the Middle East to some of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. At Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Securities, Mr. Syed provided equity coverage on a number of domestic, European and South American oil and gas companies.

Mr. Syed received a M.B.A degree from Yale University and a B.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. He is an active member of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts.

Mr. Magner joined Tristone Capital's Denver office in January 2007 and is responsible for providing institutional equity research coverage of the Large and Mid-Cap U.S. independent E&P companies. Prior to Tristone, he spent five years with Petrie Parkman & Co. providing research coverage of the Mid-Cap U.S. E&P sector and maintaining the firm's natural gas macroperspective. Prior thereto, Mr. Magner worked seven years in equity research with various firms on both the sell-side and the buy-side.

Mr. Magner holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, cum laude, from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Masters of Science in Finance degree from the University of Denver. Mr. Magner is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

Mr. Buller joined Tristone Capital in February of 2007 as a Research Associate. Prior to Tristone, he was employed by First Albany Capital where he served as a Research Associate focusing on the small and mid-cap U.S. E&P sector. Mr. Buller holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance, cum laude, from the University of Denver.

Mr. Dolsen joined Tristone Capital in July of 2007 as an Institutional Research Associate. His most recent duties include coverage of the U.S. independent refiners. Prior to Tristone, he was employed by Merrill Lynch and Petrie Parkman & Co., specializing in the downstream sector and integrated oils. Prior thereto, Mr. Dolsen worked as an analyst with a high yield and distressed debt fund manager, specializing in the energy and autos sectors.

Mr. Dolsen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Mr. McCormick joined Tristone in January 2007 as a Research Associate. His most recent duties include research focused on the Oilfield Services Sector. Prior to joining Tristone, Mr. McCormick was a Research Associate with Petrie Parkman & Co., specializing in the Oilfield Services Sector. Mr. McCormick earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance with a Minor in Economics from Montana State University.

Mr. Wren joined Tristone Capital's Denver office in March 2007 as an Institutional Research Associate. His most recent duties include research focused on U.S. independent E&P companies. Prior to Tristone, Mr. Wren spent three years with Stifel Nicolaus as a research associate covering the Media sector.

Mr. Wren holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Mathematics and Statistics, with honors, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, with honors, from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Mr. Wren has completed the Series 7, 66, 86 and 87 licensing exams and is currently a Level III Candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst program.

Mr. Hines joined Tristone Capital's Denver office in June 2007. Prior to Tristone, he was the Financial and Operations Principal as well as Chief Compliance Officer for Petrie Parkman & Co. for sixteen years. In addition, Mr. Hines also spent over 20 years in the energy and securities industries in various financial and accounting positions.

Mr. Hines holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Colorado and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Stephenson joined Tristone in March 2007. Prior to joining Tristone Capital he worked at JPMorgan Chase in Investment Banking as a Senior Associate in Syndicate Originations in New York for almost two years, and prior to this as a Sales/Trade support analyst in Domestic Institutional Trading at Lehman Brothers in New York.

Mr. Stephenson holds an M.B.A. in Finance from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1997.

Ms. Shelton joined Tristone in 2007 as the Business Manager of the Denver office. Prior to joining Tristone she worked in the administrative department of Petrie Parkman & Co. for four years. Ms. Shelton worked closely with the Chairman and CEO and provided accounting, back office and front office support.