BILLY O’CONNELL

**** ********** **.,

POB ******

Dallas, TX 75379

CELL: 817-***-****

HOME: 682-***-****

EMAIL: acx5q6@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

● CW2 UNITED STATES ARMY

AVIATION WARFIGHTING CENTER

FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA;

● Graduate of Western State University College of Law;

● B.S. Finance, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

● 3 years in-house Land Manager;

● 5+ years in-house Petroleum Landman;

● 9+ years operating as an independent contractor with E&P organizations;

● Appointed Notary Public by the Secretary of State of Texas, Kansas, Wyoming, Michigan, Ohio;

● Real Estate Broker’s license (California);

● General Contractors B-2 license (Arizona)

● Insurance Broker’s P&C L&H license (Arizona, Texas)

● CPL designation

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

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2005-present S r. Landman/Land Manager/Consultant, Financial Performance Group LLC, Dallas, Texas

● Initially, sub-contracted with Chesapeake Energy which then turned into working in-house as Land Manager supervising 6-12 in-house ‘landman’ whose primary responsibility was to guide and direct brokers as well as 9 administrative staff members. Acquired oil and gas leases directly through lease brokers;

● Specifically trained in and knowledge associated with land acquisition, development and vertical construction lending, concepts, procedures and documents, leasehold acquisition, integration of regulatory and legal requirements leading to the drilling of wells as well as writing, negotiating and administering joint ventures with industry partners

● Identified and acquired oil and gas leases

● Provided consulting and training services to E&P groups and brokers in the oil and gas field. Focused on ‘World-Class’ customer service.

● Provided the best products and making the entire experience a pleasant and easy one for the client.

● Contracted/Supervised 6-12 ‘landman’ as well as 9 administrative staff members;

● Utilized experience, technical know-how and administrative knowledge to assist company in the launching of new branches requiring extensive supervision and training of landmen who would be responsible to lead a team. Senior management position responsible for overseeing administration and compliance functions that include responsibility for monitoring portfolio performance and sales effectiveness.

● Established and maintained broker guidelines. Oversaw implementation of those within the Automated System. Recommended, and am in the process, of implementing changes to guidelines, products and pricing.

● Monitored operating decision performance and recommended changes to rules to achieve an optimum balance of approval ratio and risk tolerance. 1989-2005* CEO, Shalamar Development Group LLC,

Los Angeles, CA

● Supported oil and gas clients with E & P activities by ensuring effective administration and control for land related activities.

● Responsible for analyzing, interpreting, drafting and negotiating exploration and production activities and other land related documents, i.e. oil and gas leases, joint operating agreements, utilization agreements, letter agreements, farm-out/farm-in agreements, surface use agreements, participation agreements, AMI agreements, right-of-way agreements, damage settlements and releases.

● Supervised and coordinated field brokers in the acquisition of oil and gas leases, oil and gas property acquisitions, lease checks, title examination and curative.

● Acted as liaison between clients Geology, Engineering, and Accounting departments while maintaining communication with surface owners and with field operations personnel on ongoing basis to resolve exploration, development and production issues;

● Experience drafting, analyzing, reviewing, negotiating and administering joint ventures with industry partners on Oil and Gas contracts; leases, Farmins/Farmouts, R OW agreements.

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● Measured, monitored and evaluated business performance and established objectives for improvement to ensure an efficient operation;

● Proactively drove program sales through focusing on relationship deepening; Responsibilities included handling all business development activities, including prospecting for new programs and researching new markets;

● Senior managerial background in knowledge of the laws regulating oil and gas

1987-2004* V P-Loan Administration, B ank of America, D FW HomeBuilder Mortgage Group, Los Angeles, CA

● I was hired to act in a managerial role responsible for launching and managing 3-5 operation teams consisting of processing, underwriting and closing functions in the newly created Phoenix center. In the interim, while in Dallas, I was responsible for the day-to-day support of line management for problem resolution, vis-à-vis, to act as Liaison between the current operations center in Jacksonville Florida and other multiple business units. Specifically trained in, and knowledge associated with, land acquisition/development and vertical construction lending, concepts, procedures and documents. Thorough knowledge of content, intent and application of local, state, and federal laws/regulatory requirements and secondary marketing requirements as well as understanding of accounting standards and practices as it relates to application closing, processing, reporting and compliance activities.

1983-1987 Branch Manager, United Bank, San Diego, CA

● Managed branch with 5 loan officers as well as administrative support staff for commercial and retail lending together with residential mortgage programs. Developed a diversified and superior source of leads and managed and achieved the sales, profitability and day-to-day production and profitability goals for the branch. Handled all treasury activities, i.e. lockbox, cash management etc. Developed, maximized and expanded customer relationships and retention for investments, trust, business banking and mortgage. 1980-1983 B usiness Development/Credit Relationship Mgr. United Bank, San Diego, CA

● Responsible for all business development activities in Southern Arizona including prospecting for new programs, generating incremental revenue from existing programs, identifying and developing new relationships. PREVIOUS CLIENTS

● Chevron

Company brought me on-board on a 1099 basis as Sr. Landman; after several months, executives reviewed my work in progress and elected to offer me a in-house position as Land Manager supervising brokers throughout local ‘hotspots’ for title and leasing; company reorg. required relocation to an offshore subsidiary; 3

family issues required me to resign;

● Shell

In-house Landman developing new IT technology and looking for new and better ways to remove oil from the ground, i.e. oil sands in Canada. Title and lease work in Alberta Canada

● ExxonMobil

Title research for expansion of ROW for JJDJet.Woodford Shale

● Chesapeake

In-house Land Manager responsible for working with team to negotiate a JVA with Total-Canada in the Marcellus Shale play Mesa Petroleum

General American Oil,

Gulf Oil (now Chevron)

PFM

PLS

EOG

XTO

Eagle

CLS

ERP

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