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UNIVERSITY STUDIES

1983 – 1985: Rice University, Belaire Research Center, Houston, Texas ( Geophysical Engineering)
1982 – 1983: Tulane University, New Orleans, Lousiana (Advanced Finance Studies)
1978 – 1981: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. (B. S. Geology)

POSITIONS HELD

Currently, Director and Executive Chairman of the Board of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd., President of Fundacion Petaquilla, and President of the group of Operating Companies
2003 -2010 Director of of Petaquilla Minerals, Ltd. Petaquilla Copper Ltd. and President and CEO of the group of Panamanian Operating Companies
February 2002 to September 2003 : Presidential| Ambassador – At-Large
September 1999 to January 2002: Governor of the Province of Cocle and National Security Advisor of the Republic of Panama
1997 – 1999: President of the Panamanian Mining Development Corporation (CODEMIN)
1994 – 1998: Director and Chairman of Adrian Resources – Petaquilla Minerals, Ltd.
1993 – August 1999: Founder and Majority Shareholder of Grupo Geo (Consortium formed by seven companies which provided products and services in the Republic of Panama to the industrial sector, emphasizing Oil, Minerals, Reforestation and Technology
1987 – 1992: Landmark Graphics Corporation, Latin America Division
- 1992: Left to establish Grupo Geo in the Republic of Panama
- Landmark Graphics acquires Zycor and ITA, significant effort to incorporate these two important products on the established distribution system. Reaches goal of installing 60 systems in Latin America
- 1990: General Manager of Landmark Latin America:
  - Establishes Regional Office in Caracas, Venezuela
  - Landmark Graphics Corp. becomes the leader in 3D technology in Latin America, having installed more than 40 3D/2D interpreting and processing systems in 15 centers
  - Expands the interpreting and processing centers to all PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela) operative affiliates, including cities as Caracas, Puerto La Cruz and Maracaibo: on PEMEX (Petróleos de México) in Trinidad and Tobago, on HOCOL (Shell Company) in Cartagena, Colombia
1981-1987: Team Leader of Scientifics Group for Texaco in the development of new models for exploration of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina