People: Zion Oil and Gas Inc (ZN.W)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
John Brown	72	2012	Executive Chairman of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer
Victor Carrillo	47	2011	President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
Ilan Sheena	53	2012	Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer
Paul Oroian	60	2003	Lead Independent Director
Harvey Scammahorn	67	2012	Director
Kent Siegel		2013	Director
Yehezkel Druckman	73	2005	Independent Director
Justin Furnace	34	2012	Independent Director
Forrest Garb	82	2005	Independent Director
Robert Render	82	2011	Independent Director
Julian Taylor	59	2009	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
John Brown	Mr. John M. Brown is Executive Chairman of the Board, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Zion Oil and Gas Inc. Mr. Brown is the founder of Zion and has been a director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zion since its organization in April 2000. He also served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer until September 2004 and as President until October 2001. Mr. Brown has management, marketing and sales experience, having held senior management positions in two Fortune 100 companies - GTE Valeron, a subsidiary of GTE Corporation and a manufacturer of cutting tools, where he was employed from 1966-86 and served as the corporate director of purchasing, and Magnetek, Inc., a manufacturer of digital power supplies, systems and controls, where he was corporate director of procurement during 1988-89. Mr. Brown was a director and principal stockholder in M&B Concrete Construction, Inc. from 1996 to 2003 and is an officer and director of M&B Holding Inc. (a Nevada corporation) based in Dallas, Texas, and the sole shareholder of M&B General Contracting Inc. (a Delaware corporation). These companies primarily provide cement walls and floors for industrial buildings, office buildings and home developers. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Brown had been actively pursuing a license for oil and gas exploration in Israel for many years. His efforts led to the obtaining, in May 2000, the Ma'anit License in the Joseph Project, the precursor to the Joseph License. Mr. Brown holds a BBA degree from Fullerton College.
Victor Carrillo	Mr. Victor Carrillo serves as the President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. He was appointed a director in September 2010 and appointed Executive Vice President in January 2011. On October 18, 2011, he was appointed as the company's President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Carrillo currently serves as a director of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation; an oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of unconventional oil and gas resource plays in the United States and Canada. Mr. Carrillo is a petroleum geologist and geophysicist, attorney, former City Councilman and former County Judge. From February 2003 to January 2011, Mr. Carrillo served as a commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas (the State of Texas Board with regulatory jurisdiction over oil and gas exploration and production), having served as chairman of the three-member statewide elected board twice. Mr. Carrillo holds a law degree from the University of Houston Law Center, a Master of Science degree in geology from Baylor University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Hardin-Simmons University. Mr. Carrillo also received an honorary doctorate degree from Hardin-Simmons University in May 2006.
Ilan Sheena	Mr. Ilan N. Sheena is Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer of Zion Oil and Gas Inc. Mr. Sheena has been Vice President (Finance) of the Company's Israeli Branch since November 2009. Mr. Sheena is an accounting professional with broad local and international experience. He has a degree in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University and is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel. From 1985 to 1988 he worked for Somekh Chaikin (KPMG) in Israel where he specialized in both auditing and taxation, primarily for hi-tech and life science companies. From 1988 to 1989 he worked in Sydney, Australia for Horwarth & Horwath chartered accountants. From 1989 to 1993, he worked in Sydney, Australia for Alcatel Australia, the French telecommunications equipment manufacturer, as a financial accountant, where he specialized in financial reporting as well as project accounting. Returning to Israel in 1993, he became the Financial Controller of Arel Communications, a high-tech start-up that progressed to a NASDAQ listing. Between 1995 and 1996, he was the Chief Financial Officer of RCI Israel, a subsidiary of U.S. based leisure industry company. Between 1996 and 1998, he worked for Bezeq International, the Israeli telecommunications company, as its Financial Controller and Finance Manager. Between 1998 and 2000, Mr. Sheena worked at Verint Systems, a key subsidiary of the Comverse Group (a Telco software company) as its Finance Manager and Financial Controller. Between December 2000 and December 2008, he was employed by Portview Communications Partners L.P., a venture capital fund (with investors such as JP Morgan, Siemens, EDF, AXA and Schlumberger), as its Chief Financial Officer (December 2000 - January 2007) and as an Advisor (January 2007 - December 2008); Mr. Sheena also was a member of the venture capital fund's general partner.
Paul Oroian	Mr. Paul Oroian is Lead Independent Director of Zion Oil and Gas Inc., since November 2003. Since its founding in 1983, he has served as president and managing partner of Oroian, Guest and Little, P.C., a certified public accounting and consulting firm based in San Antonio, Texas. From 1980-1983, Mr. Oroian was a tax senior in the San Antonio offices of Arthur Young and Company. Mr. Oroian holds a Bachelors of Science – Business Administration from Bryant College. He has served as a board member of Technology Oversight Committee and the IRS Regional Liaison Committee of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and was vice president and a director of the San Antonio CPA Society between 1992-1998.
Harvey Scammahorn	Mr. Harvey Eugene Scammahorn is appointed as the Director of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. He is an Internal Audit Director at Xerox Business Services, LLC, a position that he has held since 2001. In this position, he is primarily responsible for consulting and advising operating management in preparations for over 100 external SSAE (formerly SAS 70) audits of domestic and global business process outsourcing contracts. Mr. Scammahorn has over 30 years of business experience, including two big four public accounting firms, oil and gas companies and banking and consulting. He has participated in audit committee presentations and meetings for clients, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Xerox Business Services, LLC. He received a BS Accounting in 1973 from the University of Tulsa and is a Certified Public Account and a Certified Financial Planner Professional.
Kent Siegel	Mr. Kent S. Siegel has been appointed as Director of Zion Oil and Gas Inc., effective January 1, 2013. Mr. Siegel previously served as a director on the Company’s Board from November 2003 through March 31, 2011 and as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from July 9, 2010 through March 31, 2011, the date of his resignation. Mr. Siegel has served as president and chief operating officer of Kent S. Siegel, P.C. since 1984. Kent S. Siegel, P.C. is a firm of certified public accountants and attorneys at law based in West Bloomfield, Michigan, at which Mr. Siegel practices as a tax and bankruptcy attorney and CPA. Mr. Siegel holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Michigan State University School of Business, a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University School of Engineering.
Yehezkel Druckman	Dr. Yehezkel Druckman, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Zion Oil and Gas Inc., since November 2005. Dr. Druckman was Petroleum Commissioner for the State of Israel from 1995 until his retirement in 2004, where he supervised the licensing of petroleum rights both onshore and offshore Israel. These efforts led to the discovery of 1.5 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Israeli offshore Mari B and other smaller fields during 1999-2000. Since 1965, he has been a member of the professional staff of the Geological Survey of Israel, where he headed the Mapping, Stratigraphy and Oil Division during 1982-1985 and 1991-1994. He was also affiliated with the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge as Research Associate in Geology during 1978-1980 and 1989-1990. He was awarded in 1974 the Israel Geological Society’s Perez Grader award. He is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Geological Society of Israel (where he served as president in 1982 and for a number of years on the Society's editorial board). He also served as member of the Israeli National Petroleum Commission and Board of Directors of Oil Exploration (Investments) Ltd., an Israeli government company. Dr. Druckman graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem where he was awarded BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in geology.
Justin Furnace	Mr. Justin Furnace has been appointed as Independent Director of Zion Oil & Gas, Inc., effective April 19, 2012. Mr. Furnace is the President of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO), a trade association representing the interests of more than 2,300 independent oil and natural gas producers and royalty owners throughout Texas. Mr. Furnace has held this position since May 2012. As TIRPO President, Mr. Furnace is responsible for overseeing the association’s governmental affairs in Texas and Washington D.C. and representing the interests of the association membership before various regulatory bodies, among other things. Prior thereto, from June 2007 to May 2010, Mr. Furnace served as chief of staff and legal counsel to then Chairman Victor Carrillo of the Texas Railroad Commission. He was the Chairman’s top policy advisor, in charge of evaluating, assessing and implementing all legal, technical and legislative strategies. Prior to his tenure at the Railroad Commission, from September 2004 to December 2006, he practiced law at the Beaumont office of Mehaffy Webber as an associate in the firm’s business and litigation departments. While at the firm, he focused on both transactions and litigation relating to oil and gas, real estate and corporate matters. A graduate of Hardin-Simmons University, Mr. Furnace currently serves on their Board of Development. He later received his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Texas Tech University School of Law.
Forrest Garb	Mr. Forrest A. Garb is Independent Director of Zion Oil and Gas Inc., since November 2005. Mr. Garb is a petroleum engineer who has provided independent consulting services for more than 45 years. His consulting career began with H.J. Gruy and Associates, Inc. and its successors, where he served as a vice president for four years, executive vice-president for ten years, and president for fifteen years, until leaving in 1986, following Gruy's merger into a public company. In his capacity as president, Mr. Garb contracted, performed and supervised over 12,500 projects ranging from simple evaluations to sophisticated reservoir simulations. In 1988, Mr. Garb founded Forrest A. Garb & Associates, Inc., a privately-owned petroleum consulting firm, where he served as chairman and chief executive officer until his retirement in 2003 and sale of his interests in the company to its key employees. Prior to entering into consulting, Mr. Garb was educated in petroleum engineering at Texas A&M University (BSc and Professional MSc) and received his early training at Socony Mobil Oil Company in Kansas, Texas, Louisiana and Venezuela. Mr. Garb is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and is a past President of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers. He is a member of the Association of Computing Machinery, the American Arbitration Association, the Petroleum Engineers Club of Dallas, the Dallas Geological Society, and is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He is a charter member of The American Institute of Minerals Appraisers. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.
Robert Render	Mr. Robert Render is Independent Director of Zion Oil & Gas Inc. since January 2011. Mr. Render previously served on the Company’s Board of Directors from September 28, 2004 through June 16, 2009, the date of the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of the shareholders whereupon he did not stand for re-election. From 2003 until the present, Mr. Render has been a private investor and consultant. Mr. Render served from 1994 to 2002 as Chairman and CEO of the Green Thumb Companies and Milburn Peat, manufacturers and distributors of peat moss, soils and mulches for the lawn and garden industries. Prior thereto, from 1985 to 1992, he was a director of and consultant to Hyponex Corporation (NASDAQ) and thereafter, from 1992 to 1994, he was a consultant to the Scotts' Corporation (NYSE), the controlling shareholder of Hyponex. Between 1978 and 1985, Mr. Render served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hyponex Corporation (NASDAQ) previously known as Old Fort Industries. From 1964 until its acquisition by Old Fort Industries in 1969, Mr. Render served as President of Anderson Peat Company and, from 1969 to 1978, he served as Executive Vice President of Old Fort Industries. From 1952 to 1963, Mr. Render served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Sno-Bol Company. In 1957 he founded Render Associates, a national sales company specializing in lawn and garden products which later merged into Anderson Peat Company. In 1962-1963 Mr. Render was President of the Christian Businessmen's Club in Pontiac, Michigan and in 1964-1965; he served as Chairman of the Industrial Group of the United Fund in Pontiac. In 1967-1968, Mr. Render was a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society of Testing and Materials and in 1969-1970; he served as President of the U.S. Peat Producers Association.
Julian Taylor	Mr. Julian D. Taylor is Independent Director of Zion Oil and Gas Inc., since June 16, 2009. Mr. Taylor is the founder of Tangent Trading Ltd, an international non-ferrous scrap metal trading company formed in 1985 with offices in London, U.K. and Los Angeles, U.S.A. In 2006, Tangent Trading Ltd was elected to the membership of the London Metal Exchange and in 2008 Tangent Trading Ltd was included by The Sunday Times newspaper (in the U.K.) in its 'Profit Track 100' list of Britain's fastest growing private companies. Mr. Taylor has led Tangent Trading from inception in 1985. Mr. Taylor has over 37 years experience in trading metals internationally. Prior to forming Tangent in 1985, he was affiliated with Amalgamated Metal Corporation plc (an international holding company with origins in metal merchanting), as a trader since 1978. Prior to such time, from 1972 to 1978, he was a trader at S&W Berisford plc (a U.K. listed merchanting and commodity trading conglomerate).

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
John Brown	924,264
Victor Carrillo	688,196
Ilan Sheena	487,529
Paul Oroian	--
Harvey Scammahorn	--
Kent Siegel	92,905
Yehezkel Druckman	--
Justin Furnace	--
Forrest Garb	--
Robert Render	--
Julian Taylor	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
John Brown	30,000	106,200
Victor Carrillo	10,000	20,800
Ilan Sheena	3,750	14,794
Paul Oroian	0	0
Harvey Scammahorn	0	0
Kent Siegel	0	0
Yehezkel Druckman	0	0
Justin Furnace	0	0
Forrest Garb	0	0
Robert Render	0	0
Julian Taylor	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
SHEENA ILAN N	2,500	$0.01
SHEENA ILAN N	2,500	$0.01
CARRILLO VICTOR G	6,250	$1.70
CARRILLO VICTOR G	25,000	$0.01
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	10,000	$0.01
SHEENA ILAN N	2,500	$0.01
RENDER ROBERT EARL	10,000	$1.75
RENDER ROBERT EARL	25,059	$1.75
RENDER ROBERT EARL	10,000	$1.75
SHEENA ILAN N	2,500	$0.01
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	10,000	$0.01
SHEENA ILAN N	1,875	$0.01
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	10,000	$0.01
SHEENA ILAN N	1,875	$0.01
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	10,000	$0.01
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	10,000	$0.01
SHEENA ILAN N	1,875	$0.01
CARRILLO VICTOR G	10,000	$0.01
BROWN JOHN M	30,000	$0.01
BROWN JOHN M	25,000	$0.00
SHEENA ILAN N	1,875	$0.01
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	10,000	$0.01
RENDER ROBERT EARL	50	$2.50
RICHARD RINBERG	130,000	$0.00
RINBERG RICHARD JONATHAN	40,000	$0.00

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