Officers

Name

Position

David C. Lawler

Chief Operating Officer, President

Richard Marlin

Executive Vice President —Engineering

David W. Bolton

Executive Vice President —Land

Thomas A. Lopus

Executive Vice President — Quest Eastern Resource

Jack T. Collins

Executive Vice President of Investor Relations

 

 

David C. Lawler, 40, Chief Operating Officer, President

David Lawler joined Quest on May 3, 2007 as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Lawler has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 16 years in various management and engineering positions including production, drilling, project management and facilities. Prior to joining Quest, Mr. Lawler was employed by Shell Exploration & Production Company and in his most recent assignment, served as Engineering and Operations Manager for multiple assets along the U.S. Gulf Coast. These assets included Shell’s prolific gas producing assets located in South Texas as well as offshore sour gas production facilities near Mobile Bay, Alabama, and, the Yellowhammer Sulfur Recovery Plant located in Coden, Alabama. Prior to his role as Operations Manager, Mr. Lawler progressed through technical and leadership assignments in Shell, including deepwater drilling engineering and corporate business planning. Prior to joining Shell in 1997, Mr. Lawler was employed by Conoco, Inc. and Burlington Resources in various domestic engineering and operations positions. Mr. Lawler graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1990 with a bachelor's of science degree in petroleum engineering and earned his Masters in Business Administrations from Tulane University in 2003.

 

Richard Marlin, 55, Executive Vice President - Engineering

Mr. Marlin has served as Executive Vice President -  Engineering for the Company since September 2004. Prior to that he was engineering manager for the Company from November 2002 to September 2004. Prior to that, he was engineering manager for STP from 1999 until STP’s acquisition by the Company in November 2004. Prior to that he was employed by Parker and Parsley Petroleum as the Mid-Continent Operations Manager for 12 years. He has more than 28 years industry experience involving all phases of drilling and production in more than 14 states. His experience also involved primary and secondary operations along with the design and oversight of gathering systems that move as much as 175 MMcf/d. He is a registered Professional Engineer holding licenses in Oklahoma and Colorado. Mr. Marlin is a Director of the Mid-Continent Coalbed Methane Forum.

David W. Bolton, CPL, 39, Executive Vice President - Land

Mr. Bolton has served as Executive Vice President - Land since May 2006. Prior to that, he was a Land Manager for a large, Oklahoma based oil and gas lease broker. Mr. Bolton is a Certified Professional Landman with over 15 years of experience in various aspects of the oil and gas industry, and has worked extensively throughout Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. Mr. Bolton holds a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from the University of Oklahoma, attended the Oklahoma City University School of Law, and is a member of American Association of Petroleum Landmen, Oklahoma City Association of Petroleum Landmen, the American Bar Association, and the Energy Bar Association.

Thomas A. Lopus, Executive Vice President - Quest Eastern Resource

Mr. Lopus joined Quest in July of 2008 as Executive Vice President - Quest Eastern Resource. Lopus is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and directs all of Quest’s natural gas and oil exploration and production activity in the Eastern United States.  With more than 27 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Lopus most recently served as Senior Vice President of Eastern Operations for Linn Energy where he was responsible for all Eastern United States natural gas and oil activity.  Prior to Linn Energy, Tom held senior management positions at Equitable Resources, Inc., where he was responsible for all natural gas and oil operations, and FINA, where he was in charge of all natural gas and oil operations in the United States. Lopus is a registered petroleum engineer and received a Bachelor of Science degree from The Pennsylvania State University in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering. He has held leadership positions with numerous industry and civic organizations including the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Petroleum Institute, United Way, and March of Dimes.

Jack T. Collins, 32, Executive Vice President of Investor Relations

Mr. Collins has served as Executive Vice President of Investor Relations since December 2007. In his role, Mr. Collins works to enable effective two-way communication between Quest and the financial community and various other constituencies. Collins has more than 11 years of experience providing analysis and advice to oil and gas industry investors. Most recently, he served as a securities analyst at A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., where he was responsible for initiating the firm’s coverage of the high yield U.S. energy stock sector (exploration and production (E&P) partnerships and U.S. royalty trusts) after covering the independent E&P and oilfield service sectors of the energy industry. Mr. Collins holds a Bachelors degree in Economics with a Business Emphasis from the University of Colorado at Boulder.