Lee received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University. Prior to Manti Tarka Permian, he worked for Exxon Co. USA and Netherland Sewell & Associates, where his responsibilities included managing offshore Gulf of Mexico acquisitions and divestitures, as well as new discovery field development planning.

Lee was elected to All-American Wildcatters in 2003, a select group of 100 leaders from the Oil and Gas Industry. He is also Founder and President of Manti Resources, Inc., Co-Founder and President of Cimex Biotech, and Co-Founder and Director of Authentix and CryoPen Aesthetics, as well as President of FutureUS. In 2013, Lee became an Associate Member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors.

Lee emphasizes a company culture of speed, precision, innovation, and nimble adaptation, stating, “We’re kind of chameleons adept at changing our colors and assimilating into different play environments very quickly over the years”.

Kevin serves as President of Manti Tarka Permian. He graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a B.S. Degree in Petroleum Engineering. Prior to joining Manti Tarka Permian, he worked in rolls of progressive responsibility for operators in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico & Texas, most recently completing $3.0 Billion in Delaware Basin acquisitions for Diamondback Energy.

Ben graduated from Auburn University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Ben began his current 35-year career in oil and gas exploration and production with Exxon USA in Pensacola, FL. His twelve years with Exxon saw his experience and training cover a broad range of oil and gas production operations, from environmentally sensitive oil development operations in south Florida to high pressure H2S and CO2 gas production in north Florida / south Alabama. Completions, workovers, stimulations, artificial lift, gas treating, sulfur plants, gas processing, waterfloods, tertiary (N2) recovery, gas plant and treating facilities engineering design, procurement, and start-up all served as solid training and experience for joining the Manti Tarka Permian team.

Tim graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1980 with a BBA in Petroleum Land Management. He spent 10 years at Exxon Corporation working trends in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and the Rocky Mountains. Prior to joining Manti Tarka Permian in 2014, Tim worked at Manti Resources, Inc. as Land Manager for 18 years. Tim’s primary expertise is in oil and gas contracts and negotiations.

David received his BAgSc from Lincoln University and his Masters in Finance from Massey University in New Zealand. He spent 6 years working on several natural resource projects in the South Pacific and served as the CFO for Transatlantic Petroleum in Turkey.  Prior to joining Manti Tarka Permian in 2014, David was involved in various engineering and financial capacities at Manti Resources, Inc. for over 14 years. David’s primary expertise is in oil and gas financing, planning, and the commercial monetization of assets.

Zach has more than 17 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and development, with expertise in subsurface modeling and characterization, business development and new ventures, and exploitation strategy across both conventional and unconventional resource plays.

Prior to joining Manti, Zach began his career at Petrohawk Energy, where he managed up to seven rigs across 100,000 acres in the Eagle Ford play. He has also worked with multiple startup ventures, leading geoscience and business development efforts in deal sourcing, capital raising, acquisitions, asset development, and operational planning across a diverse portfolio of assets.

Zach holds a B.S. in Geology from Sewanee: The University of the South and an M.S. in Geology from Louisiana State University.