About

Connor is co-founder and Managing Director of Waterous Energy Fund, Strathcona’s principal investor. Previously, he served as a member of the energy private equity team at both Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) in New York and the Blackstone Group. He was also part of Barclay’s Capital natural resource investment banking group.

Connor holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude, was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and was named a John Harvard Scholar.

As Chief Commercial Officer, Connie leads the Business Development, HR, Communications, Land, Stakeholder Relations and Sustainability units in building strong, mutually beneficial partnerships both internally and externally. With more than 25 years of industry experience, she previously served as Vice-President, Business Development and Land at Strath and Vice President, Land at Mosaic Energy Ltd. Connie started her career with 12 years at Petro-Canada Oil and Gas, holding various positions including Negotiating Landman, Joint Venture Representative and Team Leader.

Connie holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a focus on Petroleum Land Management from the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. She also sits on the Board of Directors for Explorers and Producers Association of Canada.

With over 35 years of oil and gas experience, Dale supports all field and plant operations as well as asset integrity and the health, safety, environment and regulatory areas. Previously, Dale served as Senior Operations Manager – Gas Portfolio and Integrity Services and held positions of increasing responsibility at Cona Resources, Pengrowth Energy and Imperial Oil, with a focus on production operations and integrity services.

Dale holds a diploma in Hydrocarbon Engineering Technology from NAIT.

Overseeing Strathcona’s accounting, finance, marketing and information systems teams, Scott brings over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry to the company. Previously, Scott held the position of Vice-President, Finance at Strath and prior thereto served as Chief Financial Officer and Controller at Mosaic Energy Ltd. Before joining Mosaic, Scott held the position of Vice-President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer at Evolve Exploration Ltd.

Scott is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta.

As President, Montney, Al is responsible for development, production, capital programs and operations at Strathcona’s Montney assets. Previously, Al served as Vice-President, Capital Operations at Strathcona and Vice-President, Production at Strath. Over his career, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Bruin Oil and Gas, Polar Star Oil and Gas, Perpetual Energy and Gulf Canada / Conoco Phillips. Al brings over 27 years of oil and gas experience to the company, with a focus in production, facilities and field operations.

As a Professional Engineer, Al holds a Bachelor of Science degree Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta.

Kim leads Strathcona’s Cold Lake business and is responsible for determining development and optimization strategies for all Alberta thermal assets, including producing steam-assisted gravity drainage operations at Lindbergh, Orion and Tucker. Previously, Kim held the role of Manager, Development – Cold Lake Thermal where he oversaw the capital program to maximize asset value. Kim brings more than 25 years of oil and gas industry experience to Strathcona with a focus on thermal and heavy oil development. He has held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at CNRL, Devon Energy, Southern Pacific Resource Corp. and Suncor Energy throughout his career.

Kim is a Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary where he graduated with distinction.

Ryan brings over 16 years of experience in steam-assisted gravity drainage production, completions, drilling and operations to his leadership of Strathcona’s Lloydminster Thermal business. Previously, Ryan served as Production Manager at Strathcona’s Cold Lake Thermal operations and held positions of increasing responsibility at Serafina Energy, where he spent eight years in technical and leadership positions in drilling, completions and production engineering; growing the company from a start-up to over 35,000 barrels of oil per day. Prior to Serafina Energy, Ryan worked in thermal assets at CNRL and Connacher Oil and Gas.

Ryan is a Professional Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Systems Engineering from the University of Regina.

Seamus leads development, production, capital programs and operations for Strathcona’s Conventional Heavy Oil business. Previously, Seamus served as Strathcona’s Operations Manager for Conventional Heavy Oil and formerly led company-wide operations at Strathcona predecessor company Cona. Seamus brings 25 years of experience to the company and has held roles at Cenovus Energy and in numerous consulting practices throughout his career.

Seamus hold a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.