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Corporate
Governance
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Management

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J.
Scott Zimmerman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. Zimmerman is President
of Storm Cat Energy. He is an innovative and
highly accomplished engineer in the North American
coalbed natural gas industry. Mr. Zimmerman joined
Evergreen Resources, a premier leader in the
development of coalbed natural gas, as Vice-President
of Operations & Engineering in January
2002. Prior to this, as J.M. Huber’s
Vice-President-Energy Sector, Mr. Zimmerman
spent 20 years specializing in CBNG exploration
and development in the Rocky Mountain region,
with emphasis on the San Juan and Powder River
Basins. Prior to J.M. Huber, Mr. Zimmerman
was the Senior Production & Reservoir Engineer
with Amoco Production Company. Mr. Zimmerman
received a BS in Petroleum Engineer from Texas
Tech University in 1979 and is a member of
the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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Keith
J. Knapstad, Vice President of U.S. Operations
Mr. Keith J. Knapstad has joined Storm Cat Energy as Vice-President,
Operations (USA). Mr. Knapstad has a strong managerial and operational
background, most recently as Manager Powder River Basin Assets for J.
M. Huber Corporation; a privately held corporation with extensive unconventional
resource holdings. Prior to Huber, Keith worked for Marathon Oil Company/Pennaco
Energy in the Rocky Mountain region managing a multi-disciplined team
responsible for engineering and development of various Rocky Mountain
producing areas. Mr. Knapstad is an ambitious professional with proven
abilities in executive leadership, project management, reserve evaluation/
reporting, and operational expertise. Mr. Knapstad received a BS in Petroleum
Engineering from Montana Tech in 1984.
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Don
Martin, Vice President of Canadian and International
Operations
Don Martin has joined Storm Cat Energy Corporation as Vice President,
Canada and International Operations. He has over 25 years exploration
and development experience in the western Canadian sedimentary basin,
and has achieved greater than a 75% success ratio on over 350 prospects
drilled to date. Prior to joining Storm Cat, Don was with Nytis Exploration
Company as Vice President Exploitation, a private Canadian based exploration
and production company. Prior to Nytis, Mr. Martin held the position
of Vice President Exploration with Evergreen Resources Canada Ltd where
his duties included coordinating exploration as well as operations and
engineering departments. A professional geologist by trade, Don is a
member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists
of Alberta, and the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.
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Paul
Wiesner, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Wiesner is the Chief
Financial Officer for Storm Cat Energy. He has
over 20 years experience, 13 of which have been
in the oil and gas industry for upstream and mid
stream companies with financial responsibilities
ranging from Analyst to Vice President of Finance.
Most recently, Mr. Wiesner was CFO for NRT Colorado
Inc., a $125,000,000 a year revenue corporation
with over 150 employees and 20 locations. Mr. Wiesner
holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management
and a BA from Claremont McKenna College.
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Directors
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J.
Scott Zimmerman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. Zimmerman is President of Storm
Cat Energy. He is an innovative and highly
accomplished engineer in the North American
coalbed natural gas industry. Mr. Zimmerman joined
Evergreen Resources, a premier leader in the
development of coalbed natural gas, as Vice-President
of Operations & Engineering in January
2002. Prior to this, as J.M. Huber’s
Vice-President-Energy Sector, Mr. Zimmerman
spent 20 years specializing in CBNG exploration
and development in the Rocky Mountain region,
with emphasis on the San Juan and Powder River
Basins. Prior to J.M. Huber, Mr. Zimmerman
was the Senior Production & Reservoir Engineer
with Amoco Production Company. Mr. Zimmerman
received a BS in Petroleum Engineer from Texas
Tech University in 1979 and is a member of
the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
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Michael
O’Byrne
Michael O’Byrne
is Vice President of Land and principle of
Golden Eagle Energy Ltd and President and principle
of OMJ Land Services Ltd. Mr. O'Byrne has a
breadth of land experience across Canada and
the U.S, skilled in deal negotiations, land
acquisition, production optimization, corporate
asset evaluation and due diligence.
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Robert
Penner
Mr. Robert
Penner, CA, recently retired senior tax partner
with KPMG, joins Storm Cat Energy with more
than 35 years of public practice. During his
career, Mr. Penner specialized in advising
clients on Canadian and international tax matters,
with particular emphases on the taxation and
financing of oil and gas and other natural
resource projects.
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Mike
Wozniak
Mr. Wozniak has been
a partner in the Environmental, Natural Resources
and Energy Group of the international law firm
of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, where he also
served as Partner-in-Charge of the Denver office.
Mr. Wozniak is currently founding partner of
Beatty & Wozniak LLC, a natural resources
law firm located in Denver, Colorado. He received
his B.A. degree with distinction from Indiana
University in 1976 (Phi Beta Kappa) and his
J.D. from the University of Colorado School
of Law in 1980. Mr. Wozniak has an active merger,
divestiture and acquisition practice, representing
buyers and sellers of oil and gas producing
properties, midstream assets, gas processing
plants and natural gas and oil pipelines throughout
the United States. He represents oil and gas
clients in regulatory and environmental compliance
matters, Public Lands appeals, and natural
resources litigation in both state and federal
courts. He is licensed to practice law in the
states of Colorado and Wyoming, is a member
of the Colorado, Wyoming, Southern Ute Tribe
and Federal Energy Bar Associations and is
a frequent lecturer on natural resources matters.
Mr. Wozniak is active in community and governmental
affairs and serves on the boards of numerous
charitable organizations and currently serves
as a city council member in Cherry Hills Village,
Colorado.
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Robert
J. Clark
A 38-year veteran of
the oil and gas industry, Mr. Clark is President
of Bear Cub Energy, LLC, a privately held gas
gathering and processing company, which he
founded in 2001. In 1995, Mr. Clark formed
a predecessor company, Bear Paw Energy LLC,
which was sold in early 2001 to Northern Borders
Partners. From 1988 to 1995, he was President
of SOCO Gas Systems, Inc. and Vice President – Gas
Management for Snyder Oil Company, a NYSE-listed
exploration and production company. SOCO was
merged with Santa Fe Energy forming Santa Fe
Snyder in 1995. Mr. Clark was Vice President
Gas Gathering, Processing and Marketing of
Ladd Petroleum Corporation, an affiliate of
General Electric from 1985 to 1988. Prior to
1985, Mr. Clark held various management positions
with NICOR, Inc. and its affiliate NICOR Exploration,
Northern Illinois Gas and Reliance Pipeline
Company. Mr. Clark received his Bachelor of
Science Degree from Bradley University and
his M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University.
Mr. Clark currently serves as a member of the
Board of Managers for Bear Cub Energy, LLC
and Fluid Compressor Partners and serves on
the Board of Directors of IPAMS, the Independent
Petroleum Association of Mountain States. He
most recently served on the Board of Directors
for Evergreen Resources, Inc. which was sold
in late 2004 and Patina Oil and Gas Corporation
which was sold in early 2005.
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