Management Team
Forrest E. "Eddie" Harrell, Sr.
Non-Executive Chairman
Eddie Harrell and others formed Citation Oil & Gas Corp. in 1981. Prior to founding Citation, Eddie was President and CEO of TransOcean Oil, Inc. ("TransOcean") from 1979 until it was sold to Mobil Oil Company in late 1980. Before that he served as Senior Vice President with Vickers Energy Corporation, the parent of TransOcean, and as Financial Vice President of TransOcean. From 1964 to 1973, he was employed by Tenneco Oil Company in a number of engineering and management positions, ending as Manager of the Economics and Planning Department. Prior to his association with Tenneco, Eddie held a variety of petroleum and reservoir engineering posts with Exxon. He received a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas in 1958.
Curtis F. Harrell
President — Chief Executive Officer
Curtis Harrell joined Citation in 2002. Prior to joining the company, Curtis served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Brigham Exploration Company. From 1997 to August 1999, he was Executive Vice President and Partner at R. Chaney & Company, Inc., an equity investment firm focused on the energy industry, where he managed the firm's investment origination efforts in the U.S. From 1995 to 1997, Curtis was a Director of Domestic Corporate Finance for Enron Capital & Trade Resources, Inc., where he was responsible for initiating and executing a variety of debt and equity financing transactions for independent exploration and production companies. Before joining Enron Capital & Trade Resources, Curtis spent eight years working in corporate finance and reservoir engineering positions for two public independent exploration and production companies, Kelley Oil & Gas Corporation and Pacific Enterprises Oil Company, Inc. He has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.
Forrest E. Harrell, Jr.
Vice President Marketing — President — CCMI
Forrest Harrell joined Citation in 1995 and was promoted to Vice President Marketing in July 1997. Forrest also has served as President of CCMI since its inception in January 1997. Prior to joining Citation, he managed various sectors of Phibro Energy USA, Inc.'s refined products marketing and trading business in its Houston, Nashville, and Atlanta offices. Forrest holds a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Texas.
Steve K. Anna
Senior Vice President — Engineering
Steve Anna has been with Citation since 1985, first serving as a Geological Engineer and later managing the Geological and Reservoir Engineering Department. He was promoted to Vice President - Geological and Reservoir Engineering in 1992 and promoted to Senior Vice President - Engineering in 2002. Prior to his employment with Citation, Steve worked for the Superior Oil Company in their Eastern, Offshore and Western Division offices. He has actively worked in numerous petroleum basins in the United States, including the Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast, Permian, and Rocky Mountain areas. Steve received a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Oklahoma.
Robert "Bobby" T. Kennedy
Senior Vice President — Business Development & Land
Bobby Kennedy has been with Citation since August 1997, first as Land Manager, then as Vice President - Land and now as Senior Vice President - Business Development & Land. He began his career with Smackco, Inc., and then joined Southland Royalty Company as a staff landman in its Houston office. After Southland Royalty Company merged into Meridian Oil, Inc., Bobby served as Area Landman and Land Manager in Meridian's Houston and Farmington, New Mexico offices, working in the Gulf Coast, Permian, Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain areas. Bobby holds a B.S in Business from Auburn University and, a B.S. in Science from the University of Houston. He has also completed the Petroleum Land Management Program at the University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Professional Landman.
Jerry C. Martin
Senior Vice President — CCMI
Jerry Martin joined CCMI in 1997 as Manager of Crude Oil Marketing and was promoted to Vice President in 2000 and Senior Vice President in 2009. Jerry has over 30 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining CCMI, he served as Manager of Crude Oil Purchasing for Northridge Energy Marketing, a division of TransCanada Pipelines. Before that, he worked for Phibro Energy, U.S.A., Tesoro Petroleum Inc., NRG Energy Inc., Howell Crude Oil Company, Coastal Corporation and Shell Oil Company. Jerry was instrumental in the founding of Howell Crude Oil Company, a subsidiary of Howell Petroleum Corporation, where he served as its first President and CEO. He holds a B.S. in Economics from Rice University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Steven C. Pearson
Senior Vice President — Operations
Steve Pearson began his career with Citation in February, 2007 as Senior Vice President - Operations. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in May 1977 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. Steve began his career in the energy industry with Amoco Production Company in Odessa, Texas. After working for Amoco in various engineering assignments in West Texas and Houston for three years, he went to work for IMC Exploration as an Operations Engineer, mainly responsible for production in Texas and Louisiana. In 1980, Steve went to work for Anadarko Petroleum Corp in Oklahoma City. During his 26 year tenure with Anadarko, he handled all facets of operations, including drilling, production, construction, gathering and facilities, in the Lower 48 states, Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. His most recent assignment was Vice President - Operations for Anadarko's Lower 48 onshore assets. He retired from Anadarko in January 2007.
Christopher A. Phelps
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Chris Phelps joined Citation in 2006. Prior to joining the company, Chris was a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group from 2001 to 2006, where he advised senior managers of Fortune 500 companies in the energy and technology industries on a range of strategic and operational issues. From 1998 to 2001, Chris worked in corporate finance, strategic planning and investor relations roles at Brigham Exploration Company, most recently as Vice President - Finance & Strategic Planning. He began his professional career as an investment banker with Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. from 1992 through 1997, where as Vice President - Corporate Finance he was responsible for executing a variety of debt and equity financing transactions and providing M&A advisory services principally for independent exploration and production companies. He has a B.B.A. in Finance and the Business Honors Program and an M.B.A., both from the University of Texas at Austin.
Wayne Wiesen
Senior Vice President — General Counsel & Secretary
Wayne Wiesen joined Citation in 2008. Prior to joining Citation, Wayne served in the position of Senior Vice President - Legal, Commercial Businesses for Duke Energy Corporation. Prior to joining Duke Energy Corporation in 1999, he was an attorney in the Business and International Section of Vinson & Elkins LLP. Wayne has a B.B.A. in Accounting and Finance from Baylor University and received his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Mark A. Anchondo
Vice President — Information Systems
Mark Anchondo joined Citation in 1994 as Manager of Information Systems and was promoted to Vice President - Information Systems in May 1997. In addition to Citation, Mark has worked in the oil and gas industry in various positions, most recently as Director of Information Systems at American Exploration and as a Senior Manager in the consulting firm of Cap Gemini America. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from West Texas State University.
Nancy A. Anglin
Vice President — Administration
Nancy Anglin joined Citation in 2000 as a Human Resources Specialist, was promoted to Manager of Human Resources in 2002 and then to Vice President - Administration in 2006, now managing both human resources and corporate administration for the company. Before joining Citation, Nancy served with AT&T and its predecessor companies for a total of 26 years in several different positions, including as a Branch Support Administrator and as the Human Resources Director.
Curtis W. Carver
Vice President & Controller
Curtis Carver joined Citation in 1988 as Vice President & Controller. From 1982 until he joined Citation, Curtis was Operations Accounting Manager for Sabine Corporation, an exploration and production company. In 1979, he joined Cities Service Corporation as Internal Audit Manager in the Exploration and Production Area. Curtis began his career in the Tulsa office of Arthur Young & Company in 1974, where his major clients were in the oil and gas industry. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Scott A. Loosley
Vice President - Commercial Activities & Business Development
Scott Loosley joined Citation in 2008 as Manager of Commercial Activities & Business Development and was promoted to Vice President in 2010. Prior to joining Citation, he spent 16 years at ConocoPhillips in their Finance, Product Marketing, and Crude Supply & Trading organizations. While at ConocoPhillips, Scott was responsible for refinery supply and managed key domestic and foreign crude oil trading positions. He has a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Oklahoma.
Thomas E. Patrick
Vice President — Taxation
Tom Patrick joined Citation in February 1994 as Director of Tax and was promoted to Vice President Taxation in 1999. Prior to joining Citation Tom was a Tax Manager at Ernst & Young in Houston, Texas. He previously was Controller at Windsport, Inc., a manufacturing company, from 1987 to 1989. From 1980 through 1986, Tom held various positions with the Austin, Texas office of the Internal Revenue Service as Problem Resolution Tax Examiner and Quality Assurance Manager. He has a B.S. in Communications and a M.P.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Certified Public Accountant.