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Chief
Executive Officer: Kent Rodriguez
Mr. Rodriguez joined the Company
as President, and Chief Executive Officer in January, 1997.
Since 1995, he has been the Managing Partner of Weyer Capital
Partners, a Minneapolis-based venture capital corporation. From
1985 to 1995, he was employed by the First National Bank of
Elmore, Elmore, Minnesota, in various capacities. He has a B.A.
degree from Carleton College.
Jill Allison
Ms. Allison brings over 20 years of diversified
management experience in business development and technology
commercialization. Prior to joining Avalon's board, she managed a technology
strategy consulting practice with focus in the market convergence
of physical and IT security industries. Her venture development
background includes market leadership positions with Monsanto,
Iridian Technologies, Pinkertons and Cylink Corporation. She
holds a B.A. in Economics from Gustavus Adolphus College; a
Master's in International Management (MIM) in Marketing from
the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird),
Glendale, AZ; and an MBA in Strategic and Entrepreneurial Management
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
where she focused on strategic alliances and management of
technology.
Douglas Barton
Mr. Barton has served as a Director of the Company since December
2005. He was a Director of XDOGS.COM from 1998 to February
2005. From 1987 to the present, he has been the President and
sole owner of Venture Communications, Inc., a private promotion,
and marketing consulting firm. He has a B.S. degree in Economics/History from
the University of Minnesota.
René Haeusler
Mr. Haeusler recently joined Avalon’s Board, and brings considerable expertise in international equity investment, covering a wide range of public company and private equity markets for commodities, mineral exploration, biotechnology, and software.
Currently, Mr. Haeusler is Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of the L’Avenir Group (a Swiss investment company comprised of L’Avenir Finanz AG and Lawewa International Ltd.) He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Bowl Construction AG, Member of the Board of ProgressNow!invest AG, a SIX-listed private equity investment company; Member of the Board of ThaiSwiss SME-Industrial Center Ltd., Pranburi, Thailand, and of Sempre-Automaten AG and Theracon AG.
Since 1997, Mr. Häusler has successfully raised funds for private equity and PIPE’s, in conjunction with various investment funds for biotechnology and precious metals. His background includes Assistant to the Managerial Committee and Head of several departments for Bank Sogenal. He also served as a member of the military-diplomatic Swiss delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) in Korea, as liaison officer to the UN High Command and the Government of South Korea.
Mr. Häusler has a Master’s degree in history, political science and constitutional law from the University of Zurich. Based in Switzerland, he has published numerous books and articles on the economy and stock markets.
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William
D. Anderson
Mr. Anderson joined Avalon’s Advisory Board in April 2006.
In this capacity he provides ongoing counsel to Avalon’s
senior management and the company’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Anderson is a seasoned industry veteran with 28 years of
technical and financial experience. His oil & gas industry
expertise covers business development, strategic planning,
property evaluation and technical management.
He currently heads an oil & gas consulting and advisory
business oriented towards significant divestment activities.
His prior industry experience includes: Executive Vice President
and COO for Wynn-Crosby Energy; Senior Vice President and Partner
with Netherland, Sewall & Associates; and Supervisory Reservoir
Engineer and Research Engineering responsibilities with Exxon
and Exxon Production Research Companies.
He holds an M.E. in Petroleum Engineering from Tulane University,
an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University and
B.S. from the University of Connecticut.
Menno Wiebe
Mr. Wiebe is as Advisor to Avalon for Latin American petroleum development projects.
He has 36 years of energy industry experience as a geologist and manager in international
exploration and development projects.
He was, until recently, based in Bogota as Vice President of Exploration for
Solana Petroleum Exploration, a very active exploration and production company
in Colombia. He is currently involved in Surge Global Energy, a US based Heavy
Oil Acreage Aggregator which holds a large land position in the Canadian Oil
Sands sector. He also previously served as an officer and director of Deep Well
Oil and Gas, as the owner of Jacobean Resources and as the CEO and a director
of Pertacal Energy Inc., of Calgary, Canada. Mr. Wiebe was the Vice President
and General Manager of Hall-Houston Oil Company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for
8 years and General Manager of Husky Oil in Jakarta, Indonesia for 4 years. He
held senior geologist positions with Bow Valley Industries (Indonesia), Occidental
Petroleum (Libya, Scotland, USA, India, and Australia) and Hudsons Bay Oil and
Gas (CONOCO) in Canada. His educational background includes a BSc (Honours) in
Geology from the University of Manitoba, Canada and an MBA from the University
of Warwick, England.
Foy Streetman
Mr. Streetman has served as a Manager of Carbon Economy, LLC (“Carbon”) and its predecessor APPS Energy since 1986. Mr. Streetman also has been President of Fossiltec Inc. since October 2001 and Metha Mae Inc. since April 1997 and as Managing Member of Thunder Energy LLC since October 2004, Access I 40 LLC since March 2004, Storage 7000, LLC since July 2003 and Royal Rose LLC since May 2001, which companies own oil and gas interests and real estate holdings. Additionally Mr. Streetman is the President of Strategic Energy Investments Inc., an employment services company, and has served in that capacity since November, 1996. Mr. Streetman served as a director of the Oklahoma Independents Producers Association in 2003 and 2004. Mr. Streetman also served as director of the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Marginal Well Commission from 1992 to 1994.
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