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Management Team

William E. Turner

Chairman of the Board

William E. Turner

Chairman of the Board

Mr. Turner founded APS Technology in 1993. Prior to founding APS, Mr. Turner was Director of Engineering for a pioneering Measurement-While-Drilling company, Teleco Oilfield Services, coordinating worldwide engineering teams on numerous drilling and measurement products

Prior to Teleco, Mr. Turner gained considerable experience in the design of gas turbines and other turbomachinery as an Engineer with Westinghouse and Ingersoll Rand.

Mr. Turner holds numerous patents in a variety of areas, including mud pulse telemetry, passive and active vibration control, well steering, thermoelectric cooling, hydraulic pump and motor design, harsh environment hydraulic and electrical interconnects, and metal fabrication.

Mr. Turner holds a BSME from Lafayette College, an MSME from Villanova University and an MBA from the University of New Haven.

Denis Biglin

President and CEO

Denis Biglin

President and CEO

Mr. Denis Biglin co-founded APS in 1993, and has over 30 years of experience in MWD, LWD and downhole tool design. Mr. Biglin holds numerous patents and was the principal inventor of APS’s patented rotary pulser. Mr. Biglin’s experience includes design, development, marketing and commercialization of many MWD, LWD and drilling products, including pulsers, turbine alternators, wave propagation resistivity tools (WPR™), LithoDensity and Neutron Porosity tools (iPCD™), Drilling Motors and Rotary Steerable Systems. Mr. Biglin started his career in the oilfield as a MWD/LWD field engineer for Teleco Oilfield Services and later joined Teleco’s RD&E department. Mr. Biglin gained international experience managing the engineering and production departments for Baker Hughes’s Asia-Pacific regional repair center in Singapore. Mr. Biglin has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and an MBA from the University of New Haven.

Lawrence Weiner

Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs

Lawrence Weiner

Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs

Mr. Weiner has substantial senior management and corporate counsel experience in the energy and other industries. He has been associated with APS since 2002 and also served as Vice President and General Counsel at Teleco Oilfield Services, Inc., through its acquisition by Baker Hughes.

Christopher Abbamonte, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Christopher Abbamonte, CPA

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Abbamonte joined APS Technology in 2006. Prior to joining APS he spent six years as a Senior Commercial Banker at First International Bank, specializing in financing manufacturers. His expertise includes structuring financing transactions aimed at maximizing cash flow in rapidly expanding companies. He has a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut and a Master's of Science in Accounting & Taxation from The University of Hartford. His responsibilities at APS include management and oversight of all finance, accounting, procurement, production and distribution functions.

John C. Hickey, P.E.

Senior Vice President, Research Development and Engineering

John C. Hickey, P.E.

Senior Vice President, Research Development and Engineering

John Hickey has over 25 years of experience in MWD and LWD field operations, tool and system design, and consulting engineering with APS Technology, Baker Hughes INTEQ, Teleco Oilfield Services and several environmental engineering consulting firms. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Penn State and an MS in Environmental Management. Mr. Hickey's experience includes operations, development and petrophysical support of several generations of propagation resistivity tools and other MWD and LWD devices and systems. At APS since 2006, he is responsible for the development and commercialization of the company's MWD and LWD product line and support of the customers using these products.

Craig Brown

Vice President, North America

Craig Brown

Vice President, North America

Mr. Brown has over 30 years of experience in a variety of engineering, applications engineering, sales, operations and product line management positions in the downhole drilling tool business with Reed Tool Company, Andergauge Drilling Systems and National Oilwell Varco. Additionally, Mr. Brown was active in the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Drilling Engineers, where he served on the technical program committee and held leadership positions for many years. He joined APS Technology's Houston office in 2006. Mr. Brown is principally responsible for the management of Western Region Sales and certain key national accounts.

Dirk Bosman

Vice President, Eastern Region

Dirk Bosman

Vice President, Eastern Region

Dirk Bosman joined APS in September, 2008 and is based in Dubai where he is responsible for the Asia Pacific / Middle East / North Africa Region and the APS Dubai support centre. Mr. Bosman started his career in the oilfield services sector in 1988 with Teleco and has since worked for both Baker Hughes and DuPont. His experience includes the testing and product launching of LWD and rotary steerable systems, operations, and product line management. He is a graduate of Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and holds a BSc in Chemistry. Mr. Bosman has worked in various international locations and has been based in the Middle East and Asia Pacific since 1993.

Bin Xu

Vice President, China Region

Bin Xu

Vice President, China Region

Mr. Xu joined APS in 2009 to help establish Guanghan APS Technology, Ltd. and is responsible for sales and overall management of APS's China region.

Mr. Xu started his career in the oilfield services sector over 20 years ago with Petrotech Services Ltd. CNOOC and has worked with Schlumberger Canada, Weatherford McAllister Products, Chengdu Bright Bit Ltd., WuXi Bright Wanbang, and Infomax Service Corp. His experience includes directional drilling, and completion engineering and operations, sales management and marketing management.

Mr. Xu is a graduate of China's Southwest Petroleum Institute and holds both a BS and MS in Petroleum Engineering.