Robert M. Nimocks, CEO, Zeus Development Corporation

Mr. Nimocks, a certified public accountant, brings experience and leadership in the management and organization of energy businesses along with a thorough understanding of supply-chain dynamics in a rapidly evolving, globalizing marketplace. Moreover, he provides consulting expertise to some of the world's leading participants in the energy sector. A partial list of client services includes:

• Strategy development and implementation
• Business segment strategy development
• Market analysis
  
• Organizational analysis
  
• Industry restructuring
  
• Asset valuation
  
• Value-chain analysis
  
• Strategic alliance/partnership development
  
• In-country risk assessment
  
• Due diligence review of strategy and plans
  
• Skills and competency assessment

Prior to founding Zeus in 1991, Mr. Nimocks was vice president of corporate development for Elders Resources North America, the North American division of Elders IXL, an international energy and natural resources company with substantial natural gas production. He earned an MBA from Harvard University (1987), served in the management consulting division of Accenture (1981-84) and obtained BS and BBA degrees from Mississippi State University (1981).

J. Patrick LaStrapes, President, Zeus Development Corporation

A senior manager and global energy consultant, Mr. LaStrapes brings the leadership necessary to take complex energy deals to fruition. He has developed world-class integrated energy projects with investments/revenues in the $billions and has established new international business platforms in rapidly evolving energy markets. He brings experience in leading multi-disciplinary international development and asset acquisition teams. Mr. LaStrapes brings a deep background in project development, project/structured finance, due-diligence, risk mitigation, contracts, operations, energy policy and strategic planning.

Prior to joining Zeus, Mr. LaStrapes served in various management roles, including President and member of the board of directors of Texas-Ohio Power, VP/Principal of EnerTran Technology Company, VP of Heartland Development Corporation and VP/General Manager of Entra Technologies.

As a consultant, he has testified before state (provincial) and federal authorities and has prepared expert testimony in contested proceedings. A partial list of client services includes:

• global market research and broad-based value-chain analysis of the markets for natural gas via LNG, pipeline, CNG, GTL, gas-by-wire, etc.;
• economic studies of super-critical pulverized coal and integrated gasification combined-cycle power generation;
• CNG project development advisory services, including gas supply acquisition and negotiation support, transportation services, market assessment, benchmarking, feasibility analysis, project configuration, business plan development, project financing, due-diligence and documentation support;
• comparative economic studies of competing major gas pipeline projects;
• linear programming model construction for gas-utility planning purposes;
• electric generation expansion planning;
• reservoir simulation, estimation of proved hydrocarbon deposits and forecasting of field deliverabilities;
• economic studies of liquefaction, LNG peak-shaving and regasification; and
• due-diligence on behalf of lenders and developers in connection with non-recourse project financing.

Mr. LaStrapes holds an MBA degree from the University of Houston and a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Amy Nussmeier, VP Marketing & Sales, Zeus Development Corporation

A member of the company’s senior management team, Amy Nussmeier, in addition to managing the sales and marketing activities of Zeus Development Corporation, performs energy market research and analysis on behalf of Zeus Energy Consulting Group in the areas of supply-chain development and expansion of global markets for natural gas; market integration; commercialization; and marketing strategy. Ms. Nussmeier also examines other principal monetization paths, including gas conversion. She holds a BS degree in Management from Miami University, Oxford, OH.