35+ years building and financing upstream companies. Founder of Arcan Resources (grew from zero to 4,000 BOE/d, sold for CAD $300MM). Third employee of Pacalta Resources (scaled from 150 to 45,000 BOE/d, sold for CAD $1B). Co-founder of Tonalli Energía in Mexico, one of the first foreign operators in onshore Mexico post-Energy Reform. Specialist in bridging technical execution with financing and government relations.