Mr. Sullivan received his B.S. degree in Business from the University of Colorado at Boulder.  He has also completed masters course work in finance and business evaluations at the University of Denver.  He has over 35 years of experience in all phases of oil and gas land work, which has included both domestic and offshore projects.  He begun providing independent land brokerage services in 1978 and currently owns Energy West Corporation.  Since beginning his career, he has represented and/or collaborated with over 200 different clients and partners in various facets of land and exploration work. These relationships have culminated in leasing over 5 million acres of leasehold interest.  Mr. Sullivan has also consulted for banking institutions and investment banking firms, acted as an expert witness in the area of petroleum land work and performed non-producing acreage evaluations.