Carl Carter III
Mr. Carter has been in the Producer Finance space arranging equity, mezzanine and senior debt for oil and gas producers since early 2002. He is the founder and owner of Southern Producer Services, LLC ("SPS"). SPS is a full service capital advisory firm for facilitating transactions involving oil and gas assets. His transactional expertise includes deal structuring, pricing and negotiation, valuation analysis, financial modeling and investment return evaluation. The bulk of his experience is in leveraged and structured transactions, requiring solid grasp of credit and deal structure. Previously he was with UBS Warburg Energy, LLC as an Associate Director (Origination) in its Producer Finance Group. From 2000 to 2002 Carl was with Enron Corp. in a number of business development and new product groups involved in energy marketing, pipeline, storage and funding businesses. Carl holds a B.S. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird).
James R Hodges
Mr. Hodges is a Texas Licensed Professional Engineer, has over 38 years of oil and gas exploration and production experience. He has drilled and/or completed oil, high-pressure gas, saltwater disposal, injection, water source, hazardous waste injection and geothermal wells in locations ranging from West Texas to the inland waters of South Louisiana in reservoirs from sand to carbonates. As owner of Hodges Engineering, Inc. and Central Plains Oil and Gas Corporation he is active in exploration and production in the Upper Gulf Coast and the Central Texas Area. He provides engineering consulting services to the energy, financial and environmental industries. Mr. Hodges graduated from Texas A&M University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering.

