Total Compensation: $ 909,354.00
Ben M. "Bud" Brigham, age 48, has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board since we were founded in 1990. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Brigham served as an exploration geophysicist with Rosewood Resources, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Mr. Brigham began his career in Houston as a seismic data processing geophysicist for Western Geophysical, Inc., a provider of 3-D seismic services, after earning his B.S. in Geophysics from the University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Brigham is a member of the National Petroleum Council, the Independent Producers Association of America, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists. Mr. Brigham is the brother of David T. Brigham, Executive Vice President -Land and Administration.
Total Compensation: $ 776,724.00
Eugene B. Shepherd, Jr. has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2003, and previously served as Chief Financial Officer from June 2002 to October 2003. Mr. Shepherd has approximately 25 years of financial and operational experience in the energy industry. Prior to joining us, Mr. Shepherd served as Integrated Energy Managing Director for the investment banking division of ABN AMRO Bank, where he executed merger and acquisition advisory, capital markets and syndicated loan transactions for energy companies. Prior to joining ABN AMRO, Mr. Shepherd spent fourteen years as an investment banker for Prudential Securities Incorporated, Stephens Inc. and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. Mr. Shepherd worked as a petroleum engineer for over four years for both Amoco Production Company and the Railroad Commission of Texas. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering and an MBA, both from the University of Texas at Austin.
Total Compensation: $ —
Scott W. Tinker, Ph.D., age 48, was appointed to our Board of Directors in December 2007. Dr. Tinker is the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Tinker is President Elect of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, a member of the National Petroleum Council, and has completed two Distinguished Lecture tours for AAPG and one for SPE. Dr. Tinker is the State Geologist of Texas, past President of the Association of American State Geologists, and a Professor in The University of Texas' Department of Geological Sciences where he holds the Allday Endowed Chair. Dr. Tinker is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Jackson School of Geosciences. Prior to joining the Bureau in January 2000, Dr. Tinker spent 17 years as a geologist in various capacities in the oil and gas industry. During this time, Dr. Tinker was with Marathon Oil's Petroleum Technology Center in Littleton, Colorado, where he built 3-D models of large oil and gas fields. Dr. Tinker holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado, a M.S. from the University of Michigan and a B.S. from Trinity University.
Total Compensation: $ 650,027.00
David T. Brigham, age 47, joined us in 1992 and has served as a Director since May 2003 and as Executive Vice President - Land and Administration since June 2002. Mr. Brigham served as Senior Vice President -Land and Administration from March 2001 to June 2002, Vice President - Land and Administration from February 1998 to March 2001, as Vice President -Land and Legal from 1994 until February 1998 and as Corporate Secretary from February 1998 to September 2002 and as interim Corporate Secretary from April 3, 2007, until April 25, 2007. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Brigham worked as an attorney in the energy section with Worsham, Forsythe, Sampels & Wooldridge. For a brief period of time before attending law school, Mr. Brigham was a landman for Wagner & Brown Oil and Gas Producers, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. Mr. Brigham holds a B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Texas and a J.D. from Texas Tech School of Law. Mr. Brigham is the brother of Ben M. Brigham, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board.
Total Compensation: $ —
Harold D. Carter, age 69, has served as a Director on our Board and as a consultant to us since 1992. Mr. Carter has more than 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry and has been an independent consultant since 1990. Prior to consulting, Mr. Carter served as Executive Vice President of Pacific Enterprises Oil Company (USA). Before that, Mr. Carter was associated for 20 years with Sabine Corporation, ultimately serving as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1986 to 1989. Mr. Carter consults for Associated Energy Managers, Inc. and is a director of Energy Partners Ltd., and a director of Abraxas Petroleum Corporation, both publicly traded oil and gas companies, and Longview Production Company, a private company. Mr. Carter is also Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. Mr. Carter has a B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management from the University of Texas and has completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard University Business School.
Total Compensation: $ —
Hobart A. Smith, age 71, has served as a Director on our Board since December 2002. Mr. Smith has been associated with Smith International, Inc. and its affiliates and predecessors, a products and services supplier to the oil and gas and petrochemical industries, in various capacities since 1965, including Vice President of Customer Relations, Assistant to the President and Vice President of Marketing. Since 1992, Mr. Smith has served as a consultant to Smith International, primarily in Customer Relations and Industry Affairs. Mr. Smith is also a director of HKN Corp., a publicly traded oil and gas company. Mr. Smith has a degree in Business Administration from Claremont-McKenna College.
Total Compensation: $ —
Stephen C. Hurley, age 58, has served as a Director on our Board since December 2002. Mr. Hurley is President of Hunt Oil Company and a member of the Hunt Oil Company Board of Directors. Prior to joining Hunt Oil, Mr. Hurley served as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors for Chieftain International, Inc. from August 1995 to August 2001. Mr. Hurley holds a Masters of Science degree in Geology from the University of Arkansas and an advanced degree in business studies from Harvard University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Stephen P. Reynolds, age 56, has served as a Director on our Board since 1996. Mr. Reynolds is currently a private investor. Mr. Reynolds served as a special adviser to General Atlantic Partners, LLC and was associated with General Atlantic or its predecessor entities from April 1980 to 2000. From 1975 to 1980, Mr. Reynolds worked for Peat Marwick Mitchell, an accounting firm, that later merged to form KPMG LLP. There, he served as the Supervising Senior Accountant on the auditing staff where he was responsible for auditing businesses of various sizes. Mr. Reynolds holds a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College and a Masters Degree in Accounting from New York University.
Total Compensation: $ 637,074.00
A. Lance Langford joined us in 1995 as Manager of Operations, served as Vice President - Operations from January 1997 to March 2001, served as Senior Vice President - Operations from March 2001 to September 2003 and has served as Executive Vice President - Operations since September 2003. From 1987 to 1995, Mr. Langford served in various engineering capacities with Meridian Oil Inc., handling a variety of reservoir, production and drilling responsibilities. Mr. Langford holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.
Total Compensation: $ 644,672.00
Jeffery E. Larson joined us in 1997 and was Vice President - Exploration from August 1999 to March 2001, Senior Vice President - Exploration from March 2001 to September 2003 and has served as Executive Vice President - Exploration since September 2003. Prior to joining us, Mr. Larson was an explorationist in the Offshore Department of Burlington Resources, a large independent exploration company, where he was responsible for generating exploration and development drilling opportunities. Mr. Larson worked at Burlington from 1990 to 1997 in various roles of responsibility. Prior to Burlington, Mr. Larson spent five years at Exxon as a Production Geologist and Research Scientist. He holds a B.S. in Earth Science from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and a M.S. in Geology from the University of Montana.
