Experience

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  Rodney A Bray, CPA

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Senior Financial Consultant

    • Jan 2017 - Present
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Currently working as a consulting CFO for a oil company with offshore Gulf of Mexico Properties. Provide accounting, financial and operational expertise to companies. Work on acquisitions of companies and properties. Due diligence, reserve and reservoir engineering analysis, creation of detai...

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  EnTrend Oil and Gas LLC

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • CFO

    • Apr 2014 - 2017
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Co-Founder of a start-up E&P company with a focus on underbalanced drilling of wells. Brought in an oil industry partner that provided drilling, completion and leasehold carries on on a 10,000 acre leasehold play in Zavala County. Provide financial and operational consulting to companies. ...

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  Vistar Oil Texas LLC

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • CFO

    • Jun 2012 - Apr 2014
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Co-Founder of a start-up E&P company that initially worked on raising capital from private equity but ended up with bringing in an oil industry partner that provided drilling, completion and leasehold carries on 3 underbalanced Buda Lime wells and 4,000 acres. In addition to CFO duties, ass...

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  SunTerra Oil & Gas

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • CFO

    • Jun 2008 - May 2012
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Assisted management team in raising capital from private equity (HM Capital) for a startup E&P, well services and technology development company. Company developed various oilfield technologies including underbalanced equipment. We provided consulting and oilfileld services to E&P Comp...

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  Obra Homes

  • Houston, Tx

  • CFO, VP of Finance and VP of Land Development

    • Jan 2002 - Apr 2007
    • Houston, Tx

    As V.P. of Finance, responsible for banking, cash management, budgeting, strategic planning, and project finance for a top 100 (70th in 2006) nationally ranked home builder. As VP of Land in Houston, responsible for all aspects of acquisition of land and lots and related development (600 homes c...

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  Eminent Oil & Gas

  • Houston

  • Executive VP

    • 1997 - 2000
    • Houston

    Acquisitions of producing oil and gas properties, initiate oil property water flood, utilize 3-D seismic processing and analysis for drilling and development of oil and gas projects.

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  Chalice Petroleum

  • Dallas, Tx

  • CFO

    • 1995 - 1997
    • Dallas, Tx

    Acquisition, exploration and exploitation of oil and gas reserves for an E&P independent. Provided financial consulting, restructuring services for independent oil and gas companies.

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  Newfield Exploration

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Treasurer, Investor Relations

    • Jan 1994 - Apr 1995
    • Houston, Texas Area

    New NYSE IPO in offshore oil and gas exploration and development. Direct responsibilities included corporate treasurer, investor relations, certain SEC Reporting, oil and gas marketing, and commodity hedging. Direct contact for institutional exploration and acquisition program investors who inve...

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  Applied Monitoring, Rodney Bray, CPA and Consul...

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Owner and Consultant

    • Sep 1990 - Dec 1993
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Install and monitor leak detection wells around retail gasoline storage facilities. Provide monthly monitoring services. Perform environmental site assessments and environmental consulting. Perform financial and operational consulting for independent E&P companies.

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  Harken Energy

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • VP of Acquistions, Later President, CEO of Aloha Petroleum

    • Jun 1987 - Aug 1990
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Identified, evaluated and negotiated acquisitions of retail gasoline, natural gas transmission and marketing, and oil and gas companies and properties for Harken Energy and E-Z Serve, a retail and wholesale gasoline subsidiary with $600 million in annual sales. Later, as President, CEO, managed A...

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  Andress Petroleum

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • CFO

    • Apr 1980 - Jan 1987
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Responsible for all aspects of financial management for an oil and gas independent. Oversee corporate taxation and multiple drilling & development tax partnerships. Assisted in creation of an IPO (Bayou Resources) by roll up of oil and gas partnerships. Responsible for oversight of develo...