Michael J. Newbury

Weatherford International, Inc., provides equipment and services used in the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil and natural gas wells worldwide. Its products and services include artificial lift systems, such as progressing cavity pumps, reciprocating rod lift systems, gas lift systems, hydraulic lift systems, plunger lift systems, hybrid lift systems, wellhead systems, production optimization products, well optimization controllers, flow measurement metering and software solutions, field optimization tools, and heavy oil production optimization equipment. The company is base in Houston, TX

Part of Primoris Services Corp., Willbros United States Holdings, Inc. provides construction and engineering services. The company is based in Houston, TX.

Aqueos Corp. provides marine construction and specialty subsea services. It offers commercial diving, remote operated vehicle (ROV) operations, and vessel services. The firm serves the offshore oil and gas markets, telecommunications and utilities, engineering, scientific, entertainment, municipalities, state, and federal agencies. The company was founded by Theodore K. Roche in June 2000 and is headquartered in Broussard, LA.

Part of Subsea 7 SA, Ceanic Corp. provides undersea services and products to offshore oil and gas industry. The company is based in Houston, TX. Ceanic was acquired by Subsea 7 M.S. Ltd. on August 19, 1998 for $212.84 million.

Offshore Technological Consulting Group provides management consulting services. It specializes in technology related fields like optic fiber, wireless telecommunications, manufacturing and offshore energy. The company also provides services to small and medium companies that require assistance in equity and debt placement, business and market expansion, financial and corporate restructuring, operations and mergers & acquisitions. The firm is headquartered in Cypress, TX.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

Dickinson & Co. is a private company that specializes in security dealing and underwriting. The company is based in Des Moines, IA.

Truestar Petroleum Corp. is a natural resources company, which is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas properties, with its primary assets located in China, Guatemala and the United States. It was, through its wholly-owned and partially-owned subsidiaries, also holds mining interests in California and Nevada. The company was founded on March 9, 1987 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

MacDermid, Inc. engages in manufacturing and marketing of specialty chemicals and provides technical services. The company was founded by Archie J. MacDermid in 1922 and is headquartered in Waterbury, CT.

Global Factory, Inc. provides collaborative manufacturing execution systems. The firm's software gather, organize & analyze demand, production & quality data from various sources and monitor key indicators & execute business processes to control, manage & optimize distributed manufacturing operations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.