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Management
Team

Daniel
Dror
Chairman of the Board / C.E.O.Mr. Dror has
a long history of serving as Chairman and CEO of several public
companies. Mr. Dror has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of American International Industries, Inc. (American) since
September 1997. From 1982 until 1993, Mr. Dror served as Chairman of
the Board and Executive Officer of Kleer-Vu Industries, Inc., a
public company traded on the Amex. From April 1994 to 1997,
Mr. Dror served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of CXR/Microtel, an international company traded on the Amex.
Mr. Dror served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of Hammonds Industries, Inc. a public company and formerly a
subsidiary of American from June 1997 until December 31, 2008.
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Scott Gaille
PresidentMr.
Gaille is an executive and attorney experienced in the petroleum
industry, business development and regulation. From July 2008
to the present, Mr. Gaille has been Managing Director of the Sequent
Group, which includes among other portfolio companies. Sequent
Asset Management, LLC, a multi-family investment office with
approximately $300 million under management. He also has been
an Adjunct Professor of Management at Rice University in Houston,
Texas from 2008 to the present, where he teaches International
Energy Development to MBA students. From August 2007 to the
present, Mr. Gaille has been President of West & East Africa, a
private equity venture he founded that acquired and divested
interests in four Sub-Saharan African petroleum licenses.
Previously, Mr. Gaille was Director - Business Development for
Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation from July 2004 to August 2007.
His responsibilities there included starting and growing new
business units in Africa, the Middle East and South America.
Prior to assuming his duties as Director - Business Development, Mr.
Gaille held various positions of increasing responsibility in the
Oxy commercial and legal departments from October 2001 to July 2004.
Before joining Oxy, Mr. Gaille practiced law with the Energy Section
of Vinson & Elkins from July 1996 to October 2001 and with the
Honorable Chief Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, III of the United States
Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, where he served as Judicial
Clerk during the court's 1995-1996 judicial term. Mr. Gaille
was an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics at the University of
Chicago, where he received his Doctor of Law Degree with High Honors
in 1995 and attended undergraduate college at the University of
Texas at Austin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Government with High Honors and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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Sherry L. McKinzey
Vice President / C.F.O.
Ms.
McKinzey
has served as Chief Financial Officer (C.F.O.) of American International since
June 1, 2007, and has been with American International since August 1, 2006.
Ms. McKinzey graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of
Alabama, and she has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1986.
She has held positions in both public and industry accounting.
Prior to joining American International, Ms. McKinzey worked at El Paso
Corporation for 14 years as a supervisor for various accounting
departments and as a training and development consultant.
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Rebekah
Laird-Ruthstrom
Secretary / Treasurer
Ms. Laird-Ruthstrom
has served as Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Assistant of American International since February 1998.
From July 1994 to April 1997, Ms. Laird-Ruthstrom served as Executive
Assistant of Microtel International, Inc. Between 1982 and 1993,
Ms. Laird-Ruthstrom served as Executive Assistant of Kleer-Vu
Industries, Inc.
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Charles
R. Zeller
Director
Mr. Zeller is President of
his own company, RealAmerica Corporation, a developer of residential
subdivisions including Cardiff Estates, an 800 acres subdivision
in Houston and Estate of Gulf Crest in downtown Pearland. He has
over 35 years of experience as a real estate broker, investor
and developer. Mr. Zeller has purchased and sold properties
including shopping centers, office buildings, and apartment
complexes. He is an expert in real estate acquisitions and
financing. Mr. Zeller served as President of T.R.E.
Enterprises, Inc. (TREE) and MidCity Houston Properties, Inc. a
wholly owned subsidiary of TREE, from July 1999 to February 2004.
Mr. Zeller has served as Director of American International since
December 2000.
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Thomas J. Craft, Jr.
Director
Mr. Craft
is an attorney who specializes in federal
securities laws and also mergers and acquisitions. He practices securities law in Florida and with an
office in New York City. Mr. Craft has vast experience in the securities field as well as the market
place in general, and serves on the board of directors of several public companies. Mr. Craft
has served
as Director of American International since November 2002.
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Robert W. Derrick, Jr.
Director
Mr. Derrick
has served as a Director of American International since February 2004. Mr. Derrick has
been the President of Delta
Seaboard International, Inc. since September 2002, and was Vice President
of Delta from December 1989 until September 2002.
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Scott Wolinsky
Director
Mr.
Wolinsky has over 10 years of experience in preparing and
prosecuting patent applications, both foreign and domestic.
He currently serves as Senior Patent Agent at the law firm of
Volpe and Koenig P.C. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between
January 1994 and January 2000, Mr. Wolinsky was a Patent Examiner
at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). He
graduated from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. Mr. Wolinsky
is listed as an inventor on 8 patents and 21 patent applications.
He is the President of Subsea IP Holdings LLC and has served as a
Director of American International since July 2010. |
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