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KODIAK ENERGY, INC.


 
William S. (Bill) Tighe
Position: Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chief Operating Officer

Bill has held the positions of Chief Operating Officer, President and Director of the company since September 2005 and Chief Executive Officer of the company since December 2007. At Kodiak's 2008 annual meeting in December, he assumed the position of Acting Chairman of the Board with position of Chairman at the company's board of directors meeting in January 2009. Since 2005, Bill has focused on developing the company's business interests.

His past experience includes approximately thirty years in management, operations, maintenance, and more recently major and minor projects for both Canadian and other international energy companies. These positions were in a variety of field settings from the heavy oil industry, sour gas and liquids plants in Alberta and British Columbia and the sub-arctic in Canada, to design offices, construction, construction and startup, and operation of large gas/liquids processing operations in Southeast Asia. From 2004 to 2005, Bill worked for Suncor Energy Ltd. as a Business Services Manager, Growth Planning and Development. From 2000 until 2004, he worked for Petro China International as Operations Development and Commissioning Manager. Prior to that, Bill had extensive experience in both Alberta and internationally in the oil and gas industry. He attended the University of Calgary where he studied general science and computer science. Bill is a director of Tamm Oil and Gas Corp., a junior heavy oil exploration and development company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

He holds an Interprovincial Power Engineering Certification II Class.

 
Leslie (Les) R. Owens */**
Position: Director

Les was elected as a Director of the company at the December 2008 annual meeting. He has more than 25 years of oil and gas experience, primarily in completions and production services. Les is currently General Manager at Canadian Sub-Surface, Energy Services, a provider of cased-hole completion, production and evaluation services. From October 2001 to April 2008, he was in management positions with Ultraline Services Corp., a provider of wireline services. Prior to that, from October 1999 to October 2001, Les was in sales with Plains Perforating Ltd., a provider of perforating services. His previous experience was with various oil and gas service companies, in positions progressing from sales to senior management.

 
Gregory (Greg) F. Juneau */**
Position: Director

Greg is a Calgary based professional engineer with over 19 years of oil and gas experience as a project engineer and manager. His competency includes engineering, procurement and construction management of surface facilities. Greg is the president and engineering manager at Segment Engineering Ltd. from 2000 to present. He coordinates full discipline engineering, procurement, construction and management (EPCM) projects consisting of oil and gas well sites, gathering systems, transmission pipelines, pump stations, satellites, batteries, compression and gas plants within British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Greg graduated from the University of Alberta in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), and Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGofBC).

 
Gordon (Gord) E. Taylor *
Position: Director

Gord is a Calgary based businessman with over 16 years of financial experience in mortgages, investments, real estate acquisition, and development. He is the founder and president of Liberty Mortgage Services Ltd. from 1996 to present, specializing in syndicated mortgages. From 1992 to present, he is also founder and president of Tach Investments Ltd., a private investment company. Prior, Gord was with Alberta Opportunity Company for over 18 years, with 15 years as Branch Manager financing small to medium sized businesses in the province of Alberta.

 
William (Bill) E. Brimacombe *
Position: Director

Bill is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a director of the company commencing Jan 4, 2010. From January 2007 to January 4, 2010, he was the Chief Financial Officer of the company. From 2000 to 2006, he was Vice-President Finance of AltaCanada Energy Corp., a publicly traded Canadian oil and gas company. Prior, Bill has over 30 years financial experience working for a number of public and private oil and gas companies with operations in Canada, the United States and other countries, including experience as an independent financial consultant during the years 1988 to 2000.

He is a member of both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.

 
David (Dave) A. Wilson
Position: Chief Financial Officer

Dave has over 20 years of professional accounting experience with various public and private oil and gas exploration companies, both domestically and internationally. He has expertise in accounting, securities and regulatory standards for publicly traded companies including U.S. GAAP and Canadian IFRS. From 2006 to 2009, he was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Kootenay Energy Inc. From 2001 to 2005, Dave was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for Monroe Energy Inc. His previous financial experience consisted of progressive finance positions within various industries, including oil and gas.

Dave is also accomplished in various financing initiatives, related negotiations, and M&A transactions. His proven executive management skills in the capacities of Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer were instrumental in successfully executing various strategic transactions.

He obtained his Certified Management Accountant designation from the Alberta Society of Management Accountants.

 
Glenn Watt */**
Position: Director, Vice President Operations

Glenn has been a director of the company since November 2005 and Vice President, Operations of the company since April 2007. Prior to joining Kodiak, Glenn worked primarily in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin and, from May 2003 to March 2007, was drilling and completions superintendent for a large Canadian oil and gas royalty trust. Prior to that, he worked for a major oil and gas company as a completions superintendent. Glenn has additional field experience working on drilling rigs in Alberta and British Columbia.

He has an honours diploma in Petroleum Engineering Technology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Applied Petroleum Engineering Technology Degree from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.

 
Steven Peter
Position: Vice President, Exploration

Steven is a professional geologist with over 25 years of diversified experience in the Canadian oil and gas industry. For the last 10 years, he has worked for small to medium-sized companies including Koch Exploration Canada Corporation, Compton Petroleum Corporation, Infiniti Resources International and G2 Resources Inc.

Steven has a broad range of geological expertise in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. His proven ability to find oil and gas is an asset to the Kodiak team.

He graduated from McMaster University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology. Steven is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.

 
*     Member of the audit committee
**   Member of the compensation committee


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Last Updated Jan 04, 2010