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Alan Massara Phone: (732)502-0640 |
Alan Massara, is the CEO and Founding Member of Four Springs Energy, LLC. He has over 35 years of experience primarily in energy and investment banking. Alan has raised over $2.5 Billion in privately placed debt and equity and he has provided M&A and capital structuring advisory services in over 2 dozen transactions ranging in magnitude from $10 Million to over $1 Billion. |
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Alan’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 ownership in West Australian Petroleum (WAPET) the subsidiary’s annual earnings grew from a loss to over $100 Million and also drilled the GORGON exploratory well which has resulted in a $37 Billion LNG project. Moving to Wall Street he became a Vice President in Citicorp’s Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group providing advisory services throughout the upstream energy and utility industries. Subsequently as a Senior Vice President at ING Barings, he expanded the energy group’s services from mezzanine lending to merchant banking. The inclusion of advisory and placement services substantially increased the group’s profitability while reducing the lending risks. Prior to founding Four Springs Energy LLC., Alan was President of Natural Resources Advisors, Inc. which provided advisory services, placement services and capital to early stage energy and other companies. Alan has an MBA in Finance and Strategic Planning from the Wharton graduate school of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS degree in civil engineering from Lehigh University. |
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Barry Borak
Phone: 732-502-0641
Email: bborak@fscap.net
Barry Borak is a Managing Director of Four Springs Energy, LLC. He has more than thirty years of combined oil and gas industry experience, including “in the trenches” operations experience with Conoco and Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, as well as direct private equity and portfolio management experience with John Hancock Life Insurance Company and Babson Capital. Before joining Four Springs Energy, Barry served as a Principal of the Huff Energy Fund LP, a $500 million private equity fund focused on low risk North American drilling and field development. He was also an independent petroleum geologist and reservoir engineer providing clients (and for his own account) with project evaluation and risk evaluation, due diligence, and valuation of oil and gas reserves and infrastructure.
Barry was instrumental in a number of large field discoveries in Wyoming and Oklahoma, and has extensive industry field development and well-site management experience in the Gulf of Mexico, mid-Continent, and Rocky Mountain regions. He received BAs in Geology and Middle Eastern History from Queens College, City University of New York, an MS in Petroleum Geology and Reservoir Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an MBA in Finance from Boston College. Barry is a Certified Petroleum Geologist, as well as a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Independent Producers’ Association of America, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, and the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists.
Gerard D. Trapp
Phone: 732-502-0642
Email: grapp@fscap.net
Gerard D. Trapp is an analyst for Four Springs Energy, LLC. Gerard is responsible for the analysis, valuation, and structuring of midstream and upstream Oil & Gas investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Four Springs in 2009, Mr. Trapp served as a structured credit and fixed income analyst at ZAIS Group, LLC, a credit Hedge Fund and distressed asset manager. At ZAIS Gerard modeled stress analyses on CDOs and mortgages backed securities. He built and analyzed cash flow models and IRR projections for internal funds and as well for client portfolios. Mr. Trapp graduated from Villanova School of Business with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance.