Christopher T. Czuppon

Mr. Czuppon is a Principal, co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Polaris Operating and also serves as a Managing Director of CC Natural Resource Partners, LLC. He has 20 years of experience in the energy corporate finance industry focusing his efforts in exploration and production, oilfield services, midstream, electric power and renewable and alternative fuels. Specifically, he has worked in the energy industry on the investment banking, business development and direct private investment aspects of the business. Prior to founding Polaris Operating and CC Natural Resource Partners, Mr. Czuppon was employed by Energy Capital Solutions, an energy focused investment bank, from February 2004 until March 2009. Mr. Czuppon served as lead banker and an integral deal team member on financing and advisory mandates as well as new business development for micro-cap and small-cap energy companies. Mr. Czuppon’s transaction experience for public and private companies includes 15 M&A transactions totaling $1.0 billion in value, 41 private placement transactions totaling $1.2 billion in total capital raised and 24 senior and mezzanine debt transactions totaling $1.2 billion in total debt capital raised. Mr. Czuppon was an Associate with the Hunt Oil Company’s business development and energy private equity group focusing on midstream oil and gas, oilfield services, and power transactions from 2003 to 2004. Prior to his role with the Hunt Oil Company, Mr. Czuppon worked for the Hunt Power Company as a financial analyst in a similar capacity. Mr. Czuppon has served as a director of GeoPetro since July 2010 and is presently a member of its Audit Committee. The board has determined that he is an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” as defined by SEC Rules. Mr. Czuppon earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin with concentrations in money and banking and public finance.