People: North American Energy Resources Inc (NAEY.PK)

Mr. Alan G. Massara serves as President, Chief Financial Officer, Director of North American Energy Resources, Inc. He has 35 years of experience primarily in energy and investment banking. Mr. Massara’s energy career began as a petroleum engineer in the Gulf of Mexico with Gulf Oil Corp. This initial exposure included reservoir engineering, drilling, workovers, platform and equipment design and strategic planning. Moving to the corporate headquarters of Texaco Inc. he managed many overseas exploration and production ventures. This included negotiating one of the first concessions with the Peoples Republic of China, and managing operations in Spain, the Netherlands, Egypt and Indonesia. During his oversight of Texaco’s Australian subsidiary its earnings grew from a loss to over $100 Million profit. Moving to Wall Street he became a VP in Citicorp’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group providing advisory services throughout the upstream energy and utility industries. Subsequently as an SVP for ING Barings, he expanded the energy group from mezzanine lending to merchant banking. He was CEO of Four Springs Energy LLC., and President of Natural Resources Advisors, Inc. In 1975 Mr. Massara graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Civil Engineering. He later received his MBA in Finance and Strategic Planning from the Wharton Business School in 1979.