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Mark is passionate about producing energy for America and the world.  Growing up in western Colorado, he was raised in an entrepreneurial natural gas production company, Argali Exploration.  The exposure to industry and business throughout his upbringing drove him to earn a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Energy and the Environment at the University of Colorado in Boulder.  He went on to work in a myriad of engineering and project management roles at Encana, Anadarko, Sundance Energy, and OneEnergy Partners.  He currently serves as Director of Engineering Innovation at the newly formed Franklin Mountain Energy where he’s helping to build a “Best in Class” Delaware Basin focused operator.  Mark is a licensed Professional Engineer (Petroleum) in Colorado, and he actively volunteers for the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Denver chapter.  When he’s not brainstorming about how to power pumping units with solar panels, Mark enjoys playing piano, snowboarding and climbing mountains of all sizes, most forms of fitness, beer of all flavors, and traveling the world.

Andrew is currently an Associate at Aether Investment Partners, LLC, a boutique investment management firm focused on real assets, with an emphasis on private investments in the energy, mining, and agriculture sectors. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and monitoring investments within these areas, and is actively involved in the monitoring of several investments in the upstream oil and gas and power sectors. Prior to joining Aether Investment Partners, LLC, he was an Associate at Pacific Investment Management Company  (“PIMCO”) focused on the firm’s commodity and inflation-linked bond strategies. Before joining PIMCO, Andrew earned a BS in Finance with minors in Statistics and Mathematics from Florida State University, where he graduated magna cum laude. Andrew is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Mineral and Energy Economics at the Colorado School of Mines.