Board of Directors / Management Team

Stephen G. Roman, Executive Chairman, Director

Mr. Roman is an entrepreneur/financier who has been involved in the resource industry over the past 30 years and has successfully identified, financed, developed, and brought into commercial production a number of mining and oil and gas projects.  His past experience includes acting as a director and senior officer of Denison Mines Limited, Lawson Mardon Group, and Zemex Corporation.  He also worked to modernize Canada's Armed Forces in 1984/1985 as Policy Adviser to the Minister of National Defense. In addition, Mr. Roman spearheaded the privatization of two major petrochemical companies in Central Europe and was appointed Chairman of Novacke Chemicke Zavody, a.s., in 2002.

In recent years, Mr. Roman's focus has been to finance and develop emerging junior, publicly-listed companies, which included: Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., Exall Energy Corporation, Polar Star Mining Corporation, Silvermet Inc., Verena Minerals Corporation, Global Atomic Fuels Corporation (a private Ontario corporation) and Gabriel Resources Ltd.  Mr. Roman was recently the founder, Co-Chairman and Director of Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., which was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. for $1.5 billion, the highest price ever paid by a major for a junior gold exploration company.

Mr. Roman holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph, Ontario in the field of Geology and Geography.  He is also a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and a director of the Advisory Board of the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph.

Frank S. Rebeyka, Vice Chairman & CEO, Director

Frank S. Rebeyka has 34 years experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, and has been with Exall Resources Limited as Vice President of Operations since 2003.  Previously Mr. Rebeyka worked for Kaiser Energy Ltd., Poco Petroleum Corporation, Canada Northwest Energy Ltd., Golden Eagle Oil & Gas Ltd., and Canada-Cities Service Ltd.

Mr. Rebeyka’s career experience has focused on Reservoir Engineering, including mergers and acquisitions, and Engineering Operations, which includes drilling, completions, and production engineering.

Mr. Rebeyka holds a Bachelor of Science Advanced degree from the University of Saskatchewan and is a Professional Geologist.  He also studied Mechanical Engineering Technology at the Saskatchewan Technical Institute and attended the Petroleum Engineering Co-operation Program sponsored by Cities Service Company.  Mr. Rebeyka is a Life Member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Roger Dueck, President & COO, Director

Mr. Dueck graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in Geological Engineering in 1974.  In August 1985 Roger N. Dueck co-founded Kimberly Resources Ltd. (KRL) as a private corporation.  From 1985 to 1993 six joint venture programs managed by Mr Dueck participated in the drilling of more than 100 wells in western Canada. After the sale of the Joint Venture interests in December 1993, KRL joint-ventured with GIEL in developing selected oil and gas properties in west central Alberta.  Gross production from these properties grew to over 600 barrels of oil and three million cubic feet of gas per day.

Mr. Dueck served as the Vice President, Exploration and Development for Mesquite Exploration Ltd. from July 1999 to January 2002.  He developed an ongoing exploration and development program, and was responsible for direction of staff and consultants in drilling operations, reservoir development, evaluations and acquisitions.  During this time production increased from 115 BOE/day in 1999 to 2000 BOE/day by January 2002.

In February 2002 Mr. Dueck founded Kingsmere Exploration Ltd., a private oil and gas exploration company. Kingsmere is an operating company with a full-cycle exploration program.  As founder, president, CEO and Chairman Mr. Dueck has been responsible for all aspects of its operations.

Mr. Dueck is a member of APEGGA, the CSPG, the AAPG and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Wayne Egan, Director

Mr. Egan, age 46, is a partner at the law firm of WeirFoulds LLP in Toronto, Ontario and acts for several public companies on the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange.  He has been a director of Aspen Group Resources Corp. (TSX:ASR) since June 1996, a director of OceanLake Commerce Inc. (TSXV:OLI) since September 2001 and a director of James Bay Resources Inc. (TSXV:JBR) since March 2008. From June 1998 to March 2008, Mr. Egan was also a director of Verena Minerals Corporation (TSXV:VML).  Mr. Egan obtained a B.Comm from the University of Toronto and an LL.B from Queen's University.

Bernard A. Lang, Director

Mr. Bernard A. Lang is a chemical engineering graduate from the University of Birmingham and a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.  Mr. Lang is currently President, Bert Lang & Associates, a mega projects and energy consulting organization.  He was formally Executive Vice President Engineering & Design of Synenco Energy Inc.

Mr. Lang has over 40 years of industry experience including 19 years of petrochemical experience, overseeing the engineering, procurement and construction of a $400 million gasphase propylene plant.  Mr. Lang has a further 23 years of oil sands experience, during which time he directed an award winning changeover project of an upgrader control room from manual to computer control and a $210 million flue gas desulphurization.

In addition, from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Lang served as Vice-President, Millennium Project with Suncor Energy Inc. where he was accountable for a $3.4 billion oil sands expansion.

Mr. Lang recently completed the academic requirements for the Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors, at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and University of Alberta.  He has also received the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

D. Allan Menzies, Director

Mr. Menzies is a chartered accountant who received his CA designation in 1975.  He has 36 years of experience in the public accounting profession and from 1970 to 2006 was with Grant Thornton LLP and predeccesor firms.  He was Managing Partner of the Calgary office, regional Managing Partner for the prairie provinces, and a member of the firm's policy board for a three-year term.  His practice was primarily focused in the entrepreneurial businesses including some smaller public entities in a vast range of industries including real estate, oil & gas service, hospitality, and professional entities.

Roderick Phipps, Director

Mr. Roderick Phipps, P. Eng., is a professional engineer who graduated from the University of Calgary in 1973. Since 1975, Mr. Phipps has been providing engineering consulting services to the oil and gas industry and has been the managing partner of Concise Design since June of 1994.  Concise Design provides engineering services for production and processing facilities to the oil and gas industry.  Mr. Phipps has served as a Director for several private and public oil and gas companies and is currently on the Board of Avenger Petroleum Inc., a private company engaged in exploration in N.E. British Columbia.

Warren F.E. Coles, Vice President Finance & CFO

Mr. Coles joined Exall in February, 2010 as Vice President Finance & CFO.  Prior to joining Exall, Mr. Coles served as the Vice President Finance for Black Mountain Energy Corporation from May 2008 and as Chief Financial Officer for DeeThree Exploration Inc., Dual Exploration Ltd., and Deep Resources Ltd. from 2004 to 2008.  Prior to Deep Resources Ltd., Mr. Coles spent 10 years with Applied Terravision Systems Inc., a publicly traded technology firm that developed software for the North American oil & gas industries, culminating in his role as Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Coles has over 18 years of financial and business experience and has a track record of economically achieving stakeholder growth through enhanced business productivity as well as through acquisitions.  Mr. Coles has an MBA from the University of Calgary, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the University of Calgary.

Glen Kerr, P.Eng., Vice President, Operations

Glen Kerr has over 30 years experience in all facets of operations within the oil and gas industry.  Mr. Kerr joined Exall in August, 2008 after several years consulting with Exall and its predecessors. Prior to running his own consulting business, Mr. Kerr worked for ENCO Gas, Pioneer Natural Resources, Norwich Resources, and Home Oil.

Mr. Kerr holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta and is a Professional Engineer.  Mr. Kerr is a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Janet MacKenzie, P.Geol., Mgr. Operations/Geology

Janet MacKenzie has 20+ years experience in the Oil and Gas industry with proven track record/discoveries throughout Alberta and British Columbia.  She has also been actively involved in evaluation and recommendations resulting in several significant acquisitions and divestitures for both major and minor Oil and Gas Corporations, most recently, Talisman Energy.  Prior to joining the Exall Team, Ms. MacKenzie worked for Geotechnical Resources, GIEL, North Star Energy (Devon Canada), Mesquite Exploration (Highpoint Resources), and Talisman Energy.

Ms. McKenzie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Calgary, and is a member of APEGGA, CSPG, and AAPG.

She is currently involved with the Federation of Calgary Communities and Partners in Planning/Plan It Calgary.

Dee A. Dueck, Controller

Dee A. Dueck holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Calgary, and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).  She has over 20 years of financial accounting experience with private and public oil & gas companies, and was previously Controller of Kingsmere Exploration Ltd., before its amalgamation with Exall Energy Corporation.

Douglas W.J. Goodyear, P. Geol., Geological Consultant

Mr. Goodyear is a senior petroleum geologist with 30+ years in the oil & gas industry.  During this time, he has been directly responsible for numerous successful wells, drawing upon his extensive experience and skills for practical analysis and interpretation, particularly in Exall's Mitsue core area.

Mr. Goodyear holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Geology, from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and is a member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) and Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA).