Chris has twenty-five years of executive management, operations oversight, private equity, investment banking, business development and strategic advisory experience focused entirely on the energy industry. He has served in numerous financial and operational oversight capacities as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President as well as served as a Director on numerous company boards. He founded Vega Oil and Gas, LLC (Vega) to acquire, own, and operate proven producing oil and gas properties in the mid-continent region of the United States. Over three-years, Chris grew Vega from startup to a significant production company generating 2,000 BOEPD. In 2009, Mr. Czuppon co-founded CC Natural Resource Partners (CCNRP), an energy merchant banking firm focused on providing investment banking and strategic advisory services as well as managing private equity investments. In addition to advising on 34 financing and M&A transactions, he raised, structured and subsequently managed $85.0 million of invested capital from 2012 to 2016 across a portfolio of energy private equity investments that was monetized and generated a 2.5x ROI. Chris served at the board level to these companies as well as Chief Financial Officer to several of these companies. Prior to forming CCNRP, Chris was employed by Energy Capital Solutions, the Hunt Oil Company and ENRON. Chris is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in economics.

Bill is an Independent international energy consultant based in Houston and founder of Well Completion Technology (WCT), a global engineering consulting and petroleum industry training firm established in 1986. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, Certificate No. 53292, an SPE 50-year member, and SPE Distinguished Lecturer 2007–08. In addition to worldwide consulting, he has conducted and coordinated technical petroleum training for some 200 programs over 30 years with Japan National Oil Co. (JNOC)/Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC). Additionally, Bill has written numerous technical papers relating to O&G and geothermal well completion and workover operations, including co-authoring the popular World Oil Modern Sandface Completion Practices Handbook and World Oil Downhole Remediation for Mature Oil & Gas Fields. Bill started his career with 12 years working domestically with Halliburton, supporting their various field operations, and then internationally as the Technical Manager in Singapore for their entire service line.

Bill has 40 years of private/public energy sector experience. Strategic advisor to multinationals, including Marubeni, ABB Inc., J-Power Japan, Fiat, Honeywell, Accenture, Deloitte, Grant Thornton, and dozens of startup and small-to-medium-sized energy firms. He also served at the highest levels of government, including the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy and the U.S. Department of Energy, leading staff of up to 250 and budgets of up to $250M. Renewable energy efficiency experience includes geothermal, virtual power plants, AI-driven energy balancing software, materials, and net-zero modular datacenter technology. MA, International Economics and Energy, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and BA from University of Texas at Austin.

James is a highly experienced Exploration & Operations Geologist specializing in drilling wells in complex basins using pore pressure, geo-seismic hazard evaluation. In his 38 years working at Texaco and Chevron, he has demonstrated success, in both working on, and leading geology and engineering-integrated drilling teams to reduce project risks and decrease drilling costs. James has expertise in seismic interpretation, formation evaluation, pore pressure, geomechanical assessment, and project management, resulting in successful well execution and significant resource discoveries. He is committed to safe operations, reducing drilling risks and advancing geological understanding in challenging drilling environments.