Leadership Archives - Phoenix Energy https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team-category/leadership/ Take Flight with Phoenix Energy Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:55:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://phonixenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Phoenix-Gold-150x150.png Leadership Archives - Phoenix Energy https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team-category/leadership/ 32 32 David Wheeler https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/david-wheeler/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:51:45 +0000 https://phoenixenergy.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=6916 Chief Legal Officer, Partner

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David has been our Chief Legal Officer since October 2024 and is based out of our Irvine, California office. He is responsible for overseeing our day-to-day legal needs and providing advice and guidance to the management team on legal matters, including capital markets and securities laws and compliance, corporate structuring and governance, litigation management, and contract negotiation and drafting.

David brings over 20 years of legal experience as a corporate lawyer. Most recently, he served for more than four years as the Chief Legal Officer of a private equity–sponsored company with global operations in a regulated industry. Prior to that, he spent nearly 13 years at Latham & Watkins LLP in their corporate department, where he advised both public and private clients on a wide variety of corporate law matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, capital markets transactions, public company representation, and other general corporate and transactional matters.

David graduated from The University of Southern California Gould School of Law with a Juris Doctorate and from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. He is actively licensed to practice law in the State of California.

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Brandon Allen https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/brandon-allen/ Sat, 25 Nov 2023 21:45:04 +0000 https://phoenixenergy.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=4843 President of Phoenix Operating, Partner

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Brandon has been our Chief Operating Officer since December 2024. He previously served as PhoenixOp’s President from February 2024 and as its Vice President of Reservoir Engineering from March 2023 to February 2024. In his current role, Brandon is responsible for overseeing all of the operations of the business, including maintaining the reserves for all Phoenix Energy ownership.

Brandon has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas business, spanning multiple basins throughout the United States. He brings expertise in reservoir engineering, SEC reserves estimation and reporting, financial reporting, operations planning, asset development and planning, and acquisition evaluation.

Immediately prior to joining PhoenixOp, Brandon founded and served as the Senior Vice President of CarbonPath, Inc., a startup carbon credit business. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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David Scadden https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/david-scadden/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 21:39:12 +0000 https://phoenixenergy.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=4837 Executive Vice President – Operations, Partner

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Before joining Phoenix, David Scadden spent over a decade accumulating operational Oil & Gas experience throughout the American West. Serving in roles spanning from onsite supervision to engineering management, he has contributed to drilling projects in the San Juan Basin, Piceance Basin, DJ Basin, Eagle Ford, Granite Wash, and Williston Basin. At Phoenix Operating, David leads all upstream operations from initial pad construction to sales.

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Matt Willer https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/matt-willer/ Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:15:34 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3123 Managing Director, Capital Markets, Partner

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Matthew has been serving as our Managing Director, Capital Markets, since March 2021. He is responsible for investor relations and outreach and for coordinating our investor presentations across multiple debt offerings.

In addition to his role with us, Matthew is the President and Director of M.D. Willer & Co., a boutique capital markets firm specializing in the needs of small-cap issuers, a position he has held since January 2002. He also co-founded Assure Holdings Corp., where he served as its President and Director from March 2016 to March 2018.

Matthew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Management from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, with an emphasis in Finance and Management.

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Sean Goodnight https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/sean-goodnight/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:12:17 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3117 Chief Acquisitions Officer, Partner

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Sean has been our Chief Acquisitions Officer since June 2020. He brings over 25 years of consultative sales experience to our company. In his role, Sean leads our acquisitions, securities, and sales efforts and has implemented processes, developed tools, and introduced materials that have contributed to the continued success of our company.

He has built a team of talented, sophisticated professionals who possess the expertise and skillset to maintain the high standards that have become the foundation of his department. Sean spent the early part of his career in the health care and insurance industries and was introduced to the oil and gas industry in 2016 while working with mineral acquisitions, where he quickly transitioned into management.

Prior to joining our company, Sean was employed by The Petram Group as an acquisitions landman from 2016 to 2018.

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Justin Arn https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/justin-arn/ Sun, 10 Sep 2023 22:13:50 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3120 Chief Land & Title Officer, Partner

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Justin has been our Chief Land and Title Officer since April 2020. He began his land career researching mineral and royalty rights for multiple mineral acquisition companies, focusing on the DJ Basin in Weld County, Colorado, and Laramie County, Wyoming.

He has coordinated and managed title projects, large and small, in Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, Montana, and Texas, and has performed and managed opportunity and due diligence title work for the purchase of thousands of royalty acres throughout the DJ, Bakken, and Permian basins.

Immediately prior to joining our company, Justin was employed as a landman for The Petram Group from 2017 to 2020. He is an active member of the American Association of Professional Landmen and the Wyoming Association of Professional Landmen.

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Brynn Ferrari https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/brynn-ferrari/ Sat, 09 Sep 2023 23:15:36 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3176 Chief Marketing Officer

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Brynn comes to Phoenix Energy with a variety of marketing experiences across digital, talent relations, events, and social media. With a Public Relations degree from the University of Southern California, she is a true Trojan at heart and is a Young Leader for the USC Alumni Association.

She has previously led projects and teams working in-house for Amazon, the Estée Lauder Companies, and Unilever Prestige. Brynn cut her teeth in the digital sphere through her experience working at OMD Agency, part of the conglomerate Omnicom Media Group, executing plans for clients such as Principal Financial Group, CBS, and Smashbox Cosmetics.

She has managed multi-million dollar advertising campaigns and led creative innovation for first-to-market products, including an AR launch for Estée Lauder – brand Smashbox Cosmetics.

In her spare time, she resides in Newport Beach with her husband and enjoys playing tennis, cooking new cuisines, and paddle-boarding on the bay.

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Kris Woods https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/kris-woods/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 22:09:04 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3111 Chief Technology Officer, Partner

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Kris has over 10 years of experience as a consultant and software engineer, working across a number of industries, including energy, health & fitness, and consumer goods.

At Phoenix Energy, his responsibilities include identifying and validating technological needs, as well as overseeing the implementation and management of all software solutions. He has developed extensive insights into custom software and technology solutions over the course of his career and brings that knowledge and the ability to lead diverse teams to his role. Kris is always committed to helping his teams achieve success by leveraging the right technologies to solve complex business problems.

Kris holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Lewis & Clark College and dual Master’s degrees from Loyola Marymount in Business Administration and Systems Engineering. In his free time, he enjoys watching sports with friends, reading, exercising, and keeping up on the latest trends in tech.

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Curtis Allen https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/curtis-allen/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:10:47 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3114 Chief Financial Officer, Partner

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Curtis has been our Chief Financial Officer since February 2020. He is responsible for all accounting and finance functions and mineral underwriting, along with a multitude of day-to-day operational tasks.

Curtis has over 15 years of experience in financial services with an emphasis on investment analysis. He has a range of accounting and financial experience, from operating a private tax practice to auditing billion-dollar defense contractors with the Department of Defense. Most recently, prior to joining our company, Curtis spent over seven years managing investments for personal and corporate clients at LPL Financial.

Curtis is a Certified Public Accountant, has held FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses, and has passed the Chartered Financial Analyst Level I exam. He graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Oswego with both his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration, concentrated in Accounting.

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Lindsey Wilson https://phoenixenergy.com/post/team/lindsey-wilson/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:03:31 +0000 http://phoenix-capital.local/?post_type=us_portfolio&p=3109 Chief Operating Officer, Partner

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Lindsey has been our Chief Business Officer since December 2024. Prior to that time, she served as a Manager and as our Chief Operating Officer since helping to found our company in 2019. In her current role, Lindsey is responsible for overseeing a wide range of business matters related to our operations and takes great pride in working with all of our departments on setting and achieving aggressive business goals.

Lindsey brings to our company years of extensive practical experience leading diverse, multidisciplinary teams in the energy sector. She entered the oil and gas industry in 2011 working on leasing projects in Texas, and this foundational experience was the springboard that ultimately allowed her to transition into more advanced management roles within the mineral and leasehold acquisition space.

From 2017 until immediately prior to helping found our company, Lindsey was employed as the Operations Manager of The Petram Group. She graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor of Business Administration, concentrated in Marketing.

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