Open Range Energy

A. SCOTT DAWSON
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Dawson is a Professional Engineer with over 24 years of extensive experience in Western Canadian oil and natural gas engineering. As co-founder, President and CEO of Tempest Energy Corp. from June 2000 to November 2005, Mr. Dawson led the company to a plan of arrangement with Daylight Energy Trust and the formation of Open Range Energy Corp. Previously Mr. Dawson was co-founder, President and CEO of Tier One Energy Corp., a public oil and gas company, which commenced operations in October 1996 with production of 15 boe per day. After three years, Tier One was sold for $32 million. Prior to that Mr. Dawson was Engineering Manager from 1989 to March 1996 at HCO Energy Ltd., a public oil and gas company. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. Dawson was a production engineer for Westmin Resources Ltd. and its predecessor Sundance Oil Canada Ltd. Mr. Dawson is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA).