Manager Management

chris steinhauser

Email: *********@********.***

Address: PO Box 338

City: Cypress

State: TX

Zip: 77410

Country: USA

Phone: 925-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: MAX

Willing to Relocate

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J. Chris Steinhauser

P.O. Box 338

Cypress, TX 77410

Cell: 925-***-****

E-mail: *********@********.***

EXPERIENCE

Energy industry financial executive with over twenty years of top level reporting experience in both public and private company settings in the oil and gas industry:

Mergers, acquisitions & divestitures

Previous Big 4 experience

SEC reporting

Financial statement preparation

SOX 404 implementation & compliance

Investor relations

Corporate governance

Financial forecasting & budgeting

Banking and credit

Proven capital raiser

Initial public offerings

Private placements

Road show presentations

Contract negotiations

Extensive financial contacts

International experience

Business valuation

Litigation resolution

Debt restructuring

Demonstrated track record of bringing oil and gas companies from the start-up stage to the public markets. In depth knowledge of E&P business in general, extensive deal making and negotiations experience (acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, farm-outs, etc.), industry contacts, capital markets contacts, land/legal/contracts exposure, petroleum engineering/geologic/geophysical concepts and applications, financial/valuation analytics, and experience at managing people internally and externally (outside technical consultants, attorneys, land professionals, accountants, etc.).

Served on various public and private industry Boards and held senior management positions in five publicly traded upstream and midstream energy companies.

Norse Energy Corp., Houston, Buffalo, Pittsburgh & Oslo, Since April 2010

Executive Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions (and Divestitures) (April 2010 to present)

Chief Financial Officer (September 2011 to present)

Responsible for financial management and M&A function for upstream and midstream oil and gas company positioned as a North American "pure play" on unconventional resources in the Appalachian Basin. Norse Energy Corp. USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norse Energy Corp ASA (Oslo Stock Exchange Symbol: NEC). Principal focus includes capital markets, financial reporting and A&D. Currently leading the complete restructuring and recapitalization of Norse through a combination of right sizing, equity infusions, debt for equity swaps, bond debt refinancing, new reserve based lending facility and asset sale transactions. Successfully executed divestitures of non-core assets (i.e. pipeline & marketing companies as well as non-core acreage). Executed strategic joint ventures with industry partners on promoted terms accretive to Norse. Assembled and directed deal execution teams composed of land professionals, attorneys, geologists, engineers, management, financial or other personnel who have the combined talents to evaluate, present, structure and close a proposed transaction. Identify and evaluate transaction opportunities. Enter into negotiations and intensive due diligence on targeted opportunities. Lead multi-disciplinary project evaluation including financial analysis and modeling, providing economic evaluation support for acquisitions and divestitures, taking investment or divestiture recommendations to the Norse CEO and Board. Engage and coordinate investment bankers as needed to assist in the acquisition & divestiture process and capital markets transactions. Coordinate closing activities. Work closely with CEO and other executives to assure that all necessary Board, shareholder, debt-holder, regulatory and other approvals are obtained. Assure that necessary financing is in place to close transaction as well as perform post-closing development, exploitation. Work closely with seller/purchaser/industry partner to finalize agreements and resolve all pre-closing and post-closing issues. Regular attendance at industry conferences (NAPE, IPAA, International Conferences, etc.) to present Norse company and projects, identify new acquisition opportunities and identify new capital sources.

GeoPetro Resources Company, San Francisco, California, 2000 to 2010

Chief Financial Officer (June 2000 to January 2009 and May 2009 to March 2010) and Director, September 2002 to July 2010.

Responsible for financial leadership of publicly traded upstream and midstream oil and gas company doing business in Indonesia, Australia, Canada and the U.S. Principal activities focused on establishing a public trading market and development of business for GeoPetro. These efforts culminated in the company's initial public offering and listing on the NYSE Amex under the symbol "GPR" and the Toronto Stock Exchange "TSX" under the symbol "GEP." IPO responsibilities included an international road show as well as preparation, filing and completion of IPO prospectus under the securities laws of each of the provinces of Canada, underwriter agreements and due diligence, TSX applications and/or response letters. Related activities included the preparation, filing and completion of an S-1 Registration Statement and amendments thereto with the SEC and acquisition of a U.S. public listing on the AMEX. Other activities included numerous private placements of both debt and equity capital, assisting in the drafting and negotiation of all material contracts, property acquisitions and divestitures, investor presentations, investor relations, analyst reports, corporate finance, offering documents, annual and quarterly SEC and Canadian reporting requirements, SOX 404 implementation, financial statement preparation, accounting functions, tax filings, financial analysis of company projects, financial projections, budgeting, risk management, administration, and shareholder communications. Transactions completed included the acquisition and associated debt & equity financing of a 68 million cubic feet per day capacity gas treatment plant and related gathering system in East Texas, midstream joint ventures with Hanover Compression and JP Morgan Partners, as well as upstream joint ventures with CNPC (HK) and Korea National Oil Company (KNOC).

PetroHunter Energy Corporation, Denver, Colorado, (January 2009 to April 2009)

Chief Financial Officer 2009

Responsible for financial management of publicly listed oil and gas company engaged in exploring and developing acreage in the US (Piceance Basin) and exploration permits comprising over 7 million acres in Australia. Responsibilities include corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting (10K, 10Q, 8-K, proxy statements, Section 16 compliance), tax reporting, accounting functions, preparation of financial statements, restructuring and recapitalizing existing balance sheet, budgeting and financial projections. Related functions include investor relations and capital markets activities, including interfacing with investment bankers, due diligence officers, shareholders, analysts and potential acquisition targets.

Beta Oil & Gas, Inc., Newport Beach, California, January 1998 to June 2000

Chief Financial Officer and Director, 1998 to 2000.

Responsible for financial management of public company listed on NASDAQ- NMS: formerly listed under "BETA" (subsequently listed under "HK" on NYSE). Joined Beta as a start-up company where my primary activities focused on Beta's initial public offering, development of business and corporate acquisitions. Beta was renamed PetroHawk Energy, LLC and provided the initial growth platform that placed PetroHawk as one of the top 25 oil & gas producers in the U.S culminating in the acquisition by BHP for total transaction value of $15.1 billion. IPO responsibilities included Beta road show as well as preparation and filing of S-1 registration statement, IPO prospectus, selling shareholder prospectus, underwriter agreements and due diligence, blue sky filings, SEC, NASD and NASDAQ applications and/or response letters. Other responsibilities included corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, SEC reporting (10K, 10Q, 8-K, proxy statements, Section 16 compliance), tax reporting, accounting functions, preparation of financial statements, financial projections, administration, drafting and negotiation of material contracts, risk management, implementation and administration of employee benefit programs. Related functions included investor and public relations, including interfacing with due diligence officers, shareholders, analysts and members of the financial press. Transactions completed included the acquisition of a privately held E&P company, as well as upstream joint ventures with Wagner & Brown, Parallel Petroleum, Spinnaker Exploration, and Cheniere Energy.

Sharon Energy Ltd., Englewood, Colorado, 1986 to 1998.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 1995 to 1998.

Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, 1987-95. Controller and Treasurer, 1986-87.

Responsible for managing public oil and gas company listed on Vancouver and Boston Stock Exchanges. Primary activities were development of business and finance plan, capital formation, investor road shows, securities regulatory compliance and financial reporting functions including preparation of interim and annual SEC and BCSC (Canada) filings, annual reports, other shareholder communications, offering documents, SEC Form 10 registration statement, and tax filings. Served as Chief Operations Officer of operating subsidiary managing exploration and production operations, as well as property acquisitions, farm-outs and dispositions in eight states. Extensive experience with drafting and negotiating a variety of agreements including bank financing, employment, product marketing, pipeline and gathering, lease, joint operating and joint exploration agreements. Developed upstream joint ventures with Enron Oil & Gas, Montana Power, Ivory & Sime and Rockefeller Family Trusts.

The Cambridge Group Inc., Englewood, Colorado, 1984 to 1986.

Branch Manager and Registered Representative

Served as Colorado Branch Manager for a national broker dealer and held series 7, 22, 39 and 63 securities licenses.

Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (KPMG), Los Angeles and Denver, 1981-84.

Senior Tax Specialist and Staff Auditor

Performed tax & audit work for clients in the banking, manufacturing and petroleum industries.

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Business Administration, Los Angeles, CA, Class of 1981.

Graduate Studies, University of Denver Graduate Tax Program, 1985.

OTHER

1986 - Certified Public Accountant, State of Colorado Certificate #9980 (Status - inactive)

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