Leadership
The Company was incorporated in April 2001, for the purpose of engaging in oil and gas exploration and production
President and CEO
John F. Terwilliger
Mr. Terwilliger has served as our President and CEO since December 2020. He is the company’s founder and served as its President, CEO and Chairman of the Board from 2001-2015 and continued, in a non-executive role, to provide oil and gas prospect and operation services to the company from 2015 until his appointment as an officer in 2020. Mr. Terwilliger has 40 years experience in oil and gas management and operations.
Board of Directors
James A. Schoonover
Mr. Schoonover served as our Chief Executive Officer and President from June 2018 to December 2020 and has served as a Director since April 2018.
Mr. Schoonover has held management positions with Shearson Lehman Brothers, Lifetime Corporation and MedTox Scientific. He has been successful in both operations management and sales/marketing. In his position as Chief Marketing Officer at MedTox Scientific, he was instrumental in growing the public company’s revenue from $20,000,000 to $120,000,000. He has been an avid supporter of Houston American Energy, having been a shareholder since 2007.
Schoonover has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN.
Stephen P. Hartzell
Mr. Hartzell has over 30 years of experience as a petroleum geologist. Since 2003, Mr. Hartzell has been an owner / operator of Southern Star Exploration, LLC, an independent oil and gas company head quartered in Houston Texas.
From 1986 to 2003, Mr. Hartzell served as an independent consulting geologist. From 1978 to 1986, Mr. Hartzell served as a petroleum geologist, division geologist and senior geologist with Amoco Production Company, Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, Moore McCormack Energy and American Hunter Exploration. Mr. Hartzell received his B.S. in Geology from Western Illinois University and an M.S. in Geology from Northern Illinois University.
R. Keith Grimes
Mr. Grimes is a seasoned energy industry executive. Since 2008, Mr. Grimes has served as Chief Executive Officer of Hamilton Group, an international service provider to oil and gas exploration and production companies offering specialized technical consulting and E&P technology to operators worldwide. Prior to joining Hamilton Group, Mr. Grimes had a 28 year career in the oil and gas industry, most recently managing all eastern hemisphere operations of Expro Group, an Aberdeen, Scotland based global well testing and subsea engineering company, and previously serving in numerous leadership roles with Halliburton for 20 years.
In addition to his appointment to the Company’s board, Mr. Grimes has been appointed as a member of the audit and compensation committees of the Company’s board. Mr. Grimes received his BSc. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas Tech University.