People: Ultra Petroleum Corp (UPL.N)

UPL.N on New York Stock Exchange

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1 Aug 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Michael Watford

59 2005 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Marshall Smith

53 2011 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

William Picquet

61 2011 Senior Vice President - Operations

Garland Shaw

2013 Vice President, Controller

C. Bradley Johnson

41 2011 Vice President - Reservoir Engineering and Development

Douglas Selvius

54 2012 Vice President - Exploration

William Helton

71 2012 Lead Independent Director

Roger Brown

68 2007 Independent Director

Michael Keeffe

61 2012 Independent Director

Stephen McDaniel

51 2006 Independent Director

Kelly Whitley

IR Contact Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Michael Watford

Mr. Michael D. Watford is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Ultra Petroleum Corp., since January 1999. He was named Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer in 1999. Prior to joining Ultra Petroleum, Mr. Watford served as Chief Executive Officer of Nuevo Energy Company from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Watford has enjoyed a full range of domestic and international industry experiences in the exploration and production, downstream refinery and chemicals businesses and managed product marketing, processing, and pipeline businesses while working over his 38-year career. Mr. Watford has held various management positions for a number of energy companies including Shell Oil, Superior Oil, Meridian Oil (Burlington Resources), Torch Energy, and Nuevo Energy. Mr. Watford attended the University of Florida where he earned his undergraduate degree in Finance in 1975. While working for Shell Oil, he attended night school at the University of New Orleans where he earned his MBA in 1978. Mr. Watford is the Vice Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, he is on the Boards of Valerus and America’s Natural Gas Alliance, and he is a member of the National Petroleum Council, an oil and natural gas advisory committee to the Secretary of Energy.

Marshall Smith

Mr. Marshall D. Smith is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Ultra Petroleum Corp. He has been Senior Vice President since January 2011 and Chief Financial Officer since July 2005. Mr. Smith has 31 years of progressive experience in a multitude of disciplines within the energy industry including operations, strategic planning, corporate finance and business development. Early in his career, Mr. Smith was a practicing Petroleum Engineer for both independent oil companies and later focused his career on mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance advisory assignments in the energy sector. From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Smith served as the Chief Financial Officer at Gulf Liquids, Inc. Mr. Smith was the Vice President of Business Development at J.M. Huber Energy from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 until joining Ultra Petroleum in July 2005, Mr. Smith served as the Vice President of Upstream Business Development at Constellation Energy.

William Picquet

Mr. William R. Picquet is Senior Vice President - Operations of Ultra Petroleum Corp. since January 2011. He was Vice President of Operations from August 2005 to January 2011. Mr. Picquet has 36 years of industry experience in all aspects of operations and engineering in North American producing basins. He has worked for exploration and production companies serving in engineering and management capacities. Mr. Picquet served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Advantage Energy Services Ltd. from 1997 to 2001 and as the Managing Director of Waterous & Co. from 2002 to 2003. From 2003 to March 2005, Mr. Picquet served as the Chief Executive Officer and was on the Board of Governors of M3 Energy, LLC through 2009. Just prior to joining the Company, Mr. Picquet was the Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering at Mission Resources Company, serving in that role from March 2005 to August 2005.

Garland Shaw

Mr. Garland R. Shaw is Vice President, Controller of Ultra Petroleum Corp. Mr. Shaw joined Ultra in 2006 and brings over 28 years of experience with increasing leadership and responsibility that includes accounting, financial analysis, and economic evaluation for multi-national energy companies. Mr. Shaw earned an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Oklahoma State University and holds an MBA from the University of Dallas. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas.

C. Bradley Johnson

Mr. C. Bradley Johnson is Vice President - Reservoir Engineering and Development of Ultra Petroleum Corp. He joined the Company in 2008 as Director of Reservoir Engineering and Planning and has been Vice President, Reservoir Engineering and Development, since January 2011. He has 18 years of industry experience in operations, engineering, acquisitions, project management and corporate planning. Mr. Johnson has led multi-disciplinary teams that included engineering, geology, geophysics and land professionals. Prior to joining Ultra, Mr. Johnson was employed by Anadarko Petroleum for 13 years where he served in various engineering and leadership roles in several assets located in onshore North America, shelf and deep water Gulf of Mexico and in Algeria. Mr. Johnson earned a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas, Colorado, Wyoming and Pennsylvania.

Douglas Selvius

Mr. Douglas B. Selvius is Vice President - Exploration of Ultra Petroleum Corp. In 2010, Mr. Selvius joined the Company in 2010 as Director Exploration. Effective January 2012, he was appointed Vice President, Exploration overseeing the Geologic and Geophysical functions, as well as the Land and New Ventures groups. He has over 30 years of exploration and production experience in conventional and unconventional plays across North America, the Gulf Coast, and the Gulf of Mexico. Throughout his career, Mr. Selvius has served in multiple operational and managerial roles at both independent exploration and production companies. Prior to joining Ultra, he spent six years SM Energy’s Gulf Coast exploration effort focused on the Eagle Ford play in South Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Calvin College, and a Masters of Science in Geology from the University of Michigan.

William Helton

Dr. William Charles Helton is Lead Independent Director of Ultra Petroleum Corp. Dr. Helton is a medical doctor and has been the President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Enterprise Exploration & Production Inc., a private oil and gas exploration and development company, for the past five years. Dr. Helton has historical knowledge about the company and the business.

Roger Brown

Mr. Roger A. Brown is an Independent Director of Ultra Petroleum Corp., since October 2007. Prior to his retirement in 2007, Mr. Brown was Vice President-Strategic Initiatives for Smith International, Inc. from 2005 to 2007 and President of Smith Technologies, a division of Smith International, Inc., from 1998 to 2005. Before starting his thirty year career in oilfield services, Mr. Brown was a practicing attorney for eight years. He holds a Bachelor of Science, Economics, History and Political Science and a Juris Doctorate all from the University of Oklahoma.

Michael Keeffe

Mr. Michael J. Keeffe is an Independent Director of Ultra Petroleum Corp., since July 2012. Prior to his retirement in 2011, Mr. Keeffe was a Senior Audit Partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP. He has 35 years of public accounting experience at Deloitte & Touche directing financial statement audits of public companies, principally in the oil field service and engineering and construction industries, with international operations. He served as a senior risk management and quality assurance partner in the firm’s consultation network. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Business Administration both from Tulane University.

Stephen McDaniel

Mr. Stephen J. McDaniel is an Independent Director of Ultra Petroleum Corp., since July 2006. Mr. McDaniel serves as a director of Midstates Petroleum Company (NYSE), where he had previously been president and CEO. Mr. McDaniel’s previous experience included approximately ten years of oil and gas investment banking, the majority of which was with Merrill Lynch. He held the position of Managing Director at Merrill Lynch. He began his career with Conoco in 1983 and held positions in Conoco’s engineering, operations, and business development organizations.operations.

Kelly Whitley

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Michael Watford

4,142,830

Marshall Smith

1,509,030

William Picquet

1,766,530

Garland Shaw

--

C. Bradley Johnson

848,022

Douglas Selvius

827,860

William Helton

--

Roger Brown

--

Michael Keeffe

--

Stephen McDaniel

--

Kelly Whitley

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Michael Watford

5,055,312 257,747,500

Marshall Smith

275,000 6,278,955

William Picquet

250,000 3,865,000

Garland Shaw

0 0

C. Bradley Johnson

0 0

Douglas Selvius

0 0

William Helton

0 0

Roger Brown

0 0

Michael Keeffe

0 0

Stephen McDaniel

0 0

Kelly Whitley

0 0
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