Gary R. Vickers is founder and chairman of P2 Energy Solutions and Petroleum Place, respectively. Starting with a simple vision in 1998, Mr. Vickers and his colleagues have fashioned the industry's leading ERP software and data service vendor specializing in the global upstream energy sector. Today P2 Energy Solutions' products and services are deployed in over 450 energy companies. The Company reports annual revenues well in excess of $100 million annually and services clients throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East with over 550 qualified and dedicated oil and gas professionals. Mr. Vickers has identified and led all in-house merger, acquisition and integration efforts through the consolidation of The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse, Inc. (1999), Paradigm Technologies (2000), Novistar (2002), Tobin International (2003) and Qbyte (2005) into P2 Energy Solutions. The amalgamation of these companies has created a unique 21st-century upstream oil and gas service company assisting its clients with global IT solutions, data solutions and transactional services to maximize value in core upstream business processes and in their producing and non- producing oil and gas portfolios Mr. Vickers has over 20 years of combined investment banking and operating experience in the software development and energy industries. Prior to founding Petroleum Place and P2 Energy Solutions, Mr. Vickers served as a consultant and strategic adviser for the Information Handling Services ("IHS") Energy Group. Mr. Vickers also served as the president of Creative Programming and Technology Ventures, Inc. ("CPTV"), a company that made early stage investments in and proactively operated several emerging growth software companies. Mr. Vickers joined CPTV after serving as a vice president for Dean Witter Reynolds Investment Banking firm. Mr. Vickers also serves on the advisory board of directors of the Carlyle Riverstone Global Energy Private Equity Funds (NY, Washington D.C.) and is active in numerous energy forums and associations.