Mr. Robert E. Jackson - CEO & Chairman 

Mr. Robert E. Jackson, P.E., P.L.S. (Professional Engineer, Professional Land Surveyor) has been appointed as Drake’s CEO and Chairman. Robert has over 30 years of progressive experience in the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania and West Virginia’s Appalachian fields. He began his career as a Field Engineer and progressed through various operating and engineering positions  to Chief Operating Officer/Director of Apollo & Carnegie Gas Companies, a wholly owned U.S. Steel Subsidiary (NYSE: X), and managed the integration and subsequent merger of all facilities with both Marathon Oil Company (NYSE: MRO) and Equitable Resources (NYSE: EQT). Since 2001, Robert has been a self-employed consultant working with numerous Pennsylvania producers, municipalities, land owners and conservation groups on oil and gas projects; Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) on regulatory issues associated with their entry into the Marcellus Shale Field; and Kujak Testing Inc., a regulatory and training consortium, on the complexities of the oil and gas  industry.

Mr. Thomas M. Smith has been appointed as Drake’s COO, CFO and Director. Mr. Smith is an entrepreneurial manager with extensive experience in operations, finance and accounting having served over 20 years in senior management roles.  He has a proven track record of accelerating companies' growth in both size and profits. Mr. Smith began working for Citgo Petroleum Corporation, one of the nation’s top ten petroleum producers, where his position involved planning/negotiating mergers and acquisitions in key locations in order to maximize freight logistics. He subsequently acquired 6 entitles through the T. Boone Pickens' hostile takeover. Mr. Smith also served as Controller of Unibev, a startup acquisition arm for franchise-owned Pepsi bottlers. He acquired 12 franchise bottlers in 3 states and engineered the growth of Unibev from a start up to over $500 million in sales until it was acquired by Pepsico (NYSE: PEP). Mr. Smith then served Russell Standard in the capacity of CFO/COO. Russell Standard is a third generation family owned company initially with approximately $16 million in revenues. In these positions, he focused on mergers and acquisitions growing the company from $16 to $80 million in revenue. 

Rick Tallini - Operation Advisor - Oil & Gas Well Shooting Expert

Mr. Tallini had a successful career with the US Air Force as a Weapons and Munitions Specialist between 1967 and 1971. After leaving the Military, he attended Lowell Mass University where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Electric Engineering in 1974.

After graduation Mr. Tallini began his career with Hercules Powder Company,  a Division of Hercules Inc., as an Explosives Sales Representative. He moved to Harrison Explosives Inc. in 1976 as Vice President in charge of Technical Explosives Jet Tappers for the United States and of Technical Sales to Open Hearth Furnaces involved in high temperature blasting services.

In 1984 Mr. Tallini acquired and became President of both Otto Cupler Torpedo Co. and Otto Torpedo Co., the oldest oil well service Companies in the US, which he built into a successful operation servicing wells in Pennsylvania and several other surrounding States. Tallini also serves as a course instructor for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) performing blaster training.  In addition, he operates over 50 producing oil wells is actively reworking new fields.

He is, in the words of the Drake Dell Museum’s administrator Barbara T. Zolli, “detonator extraordinaire” and “one of the last of the real well shooters.” Today, Mr. Tallini and Otto Cupler Torpedo Company continue shooting wells, using modern explosives with rigorous safety procedures. Mr. Tallini’s historic company maintains a museum on Dottyville Road in East Titusville which preserves for future generations the remarkable artifacts and documents from more than 100 years of nitroglycerin in the oilfields.

In his capacity with Drake he brings his years of experience in reworking wells and using special formulated methods to enhance oil recovery. 

Mr. Chris S. Repasky - Field Operator Manager

Mr. Chris Repasky has been a field operator in North West Pennsylvania for 25 years. He currently operates 50 of his own oil wells in addition to owning a water transportation business which serves the local Marcellus Shale gas boom.

Mr. Repasky has extensive knowledge in the field operations of wells. He represents the third generation of oil field operators. He is locally noted for his expertise in all aspects of the Oil & Gas business; Lease and Well development, Safety and Hazmat, Drilling, and Plugging of wells. Mr. Repasky has also worked in a variety of positions within the oil industry for the past 30 years. Some of those positions include, but are not limited to,  the following : Cable Tool Rig Operator, Drill Rig Operator, Supervise Deep Well Drilling Crew, Fracking & Shooting Wells, Lease Operations Manager, Operation and maintenance of oil fields and their equipment.

Mr. Repaski will service Drake as field operator responsible for pumping, reworking and developing new wells in field to improve production. 

Peter Matousek - Director of Investor Relations / Public Relations

Peter Matousek is an internationally seasoned consultant and entrepreneur with a European background. Formal education includes attendance at University of Maryland University College and Warner Pacific College, where he earned degrees in Associates of Arts and a Bachelors of Business Administration.

He has been a proud member of the United States Navy and is a Veteran of Foreign War having recently served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Army Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal and Honorable Discharge are among his many awards and recognition.

Professionally, Peter has demonstrated both passion and ability in working extensively with the public markets for companies throughout the United States and Canada. During this time, he has cultivated relationships with shareholders, private investors, venture capital firms and investment advisors in addition to a wealth of business professionals and strategic partners worldwide. These relationships have allowed Peter to excel within the natural resource sector including oil & gas and precious metal mining.

With an extensive amount of experience in the financial and natural resource sector, Peter has utilized his in-depth knowledge and skills to foster unparalleled success in the public arena. He has held directorships, key officer positions, and has represented numerous companies in the capacity of Investor & Public Relations.  In addition, his ability to communicate in a number of languages including German, Czech, English and Russian and to be sensitive of other cultures and traditions has enabled Peter to establish lasting relationships and effective synergies.

He has also has been a frequent contributor to charitable organizations, such as Ministries to Mexico and contributed to the building of a War Heroes Memorial.