Management Team

Forrest E. "Eddie" Harrell, Sr.
Chairman

Mr. Harrell, Sr. and others formed Citation Oil and Gas Corp. in 1981. Prior to founding Citation, Mr. Harrell, Sr. 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, Mr. Harrell, Sr. 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

Mr. Harrell joined Citation in 2002. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Harrell 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, Mr. Harrell 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, Mr. Harrell 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.

 

Wayne Wiesen
Senior Vice President — General Counsel & Secretary

Mr. Wiesen joined Citation in 2008.  Prior to joining Citation, Mr. Wiesen served in the position of Senior Vice President - Legal, Commercial Businesses for Duke Energy Corporation.  Prior to joining Duke Energy Corporation in 1999, Mr. Wiesen was an attorney in the Business and International Section of Vinson & Elkins LLP.  Mr. Wiesen has a BBA in Accounting and Finance from Baylor University and received his JD from the University of Texas.

 

Steve K. Anna
Senior Vice President — Engineering

Mr. Anna has been with Citation since 1985, first serving as a Geological Engineer and later managing the Geological and Reservoir Engineering Department. In May 1992 he was promoted to the position of Vice President - Geological and Reservoir Engineering. In 2004 Mr. Anna was promoted to Senior Vice President - Engineering. Prior to his employment with Citation, Mr. Anna worked for the Superior Oil Company in their Eastern, Offshore and Western Division offices. He has actively worked in numerous basins in the U.S., including the Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast, Permian, and Rocky Mountain areas. Mr. Anna received a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Oklahoma.

 

Robert T. Kennedy
Senior Vice President — Business Development & Land

Mr. 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. Mr. Kennedy 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., he 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. Mr. Kennedy holds a B.S in Business from Auburn University, a B.S. in Science from the University of Houston and he completed the Petroleum Land Management Program at the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a Certified Professional Landman.

 

Steven C. Pearson
Senior Vice President — Operations

Mr. 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 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He 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, Mr. Pearson went to work for Anadarko Petroleum Corp in Oklahoma City. During his 26 year tenure with Anadarko, he handled all facets of operations, such as 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
Chief Financial Officer — Vice President — Finance & Strategic Planning

Mr. Phelps joined Citation in 2006. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Phelps 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, he worked in corporate finance, strategic planning and investor relations roles at Brigham Exploration Company, most recently as Vice President - Finance & Strategic Planning. Mr. Phelps 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.

 

Nancy A. Anglin
Vice President — Administration

Mrs. 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. Before joining Citation, Mrs. Anglin served with AT&T and its predecessor companies for a total of twenty-six years and in several different positions, including as a Branch Support Administrator and as the Human Resources Director.

 

Curtis W. Carver
Vice President & Controller

Mr. Carver joined Citation in 1988 as Vice President & Controller. From 1982 until he joined Citation, Mr. Carver 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. Mr. Carver began his career in the Tulsa office of Arthur Young & Company in 1974, where his major clients were in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Carver holds a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Mark A. Anchondo
Vice President — Information Systems

Mr. Anchondo joined Citation in 1994 as Manager of Information Systems and was promoted to the position of Vice President - Information Systems in May 1997. In addition to Citation, Mr. Anchondo 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. Mr. Anchondo holds a B.S. in Mathematics from West Texas State University.

 

Thomas E. Patrick
Vice President — Taxation

Mr. Patrick joined Citation in February 1994 as Director of Tax and was promoted to Vice President Taxation in 1999. Prior to joining Citation Mr. Patrick 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 he held various positions with the Austin, Texas office of the Internal Revenue Service as Problem Resolution Tax Examiner and Quality Assurance Manager. Mr. Patrick has a B.S. in Communications and a M.P.A. from the University of Texas in Austin and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Forrest E. Harrell, Jr.
Vice President Marketing — President — CCMI

Mr. Harrell, Jr. joined Citation in 1995 and was promoted to Vice President Marketing in July 1997. Mr. Harrell, Jr. also has served as President of CCMI since its inception in January 1997. Prior to joining Citation, Mr. Harrell, Jr. managed various sectors of Phibro Energy USA, Inc.'s refined products marketing and trading business in its Houston, Nashville, and Atlanta offices. Mr. Harrell, Jr. holds a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of Texas.

 

Jerry C. Martin
Vice President — CCMI

Mr. Martin joined CCMI in 1997 as Manager of Crude Oil Marketing and was promoted to Vice President in 2000. Mr. Martin has over 30 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining CCMI, Mr. Martin 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. Mr. Martin 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. Mr. Martin holds a B.S. in Economics from Rice University and is a Certified Public Accountant.