
David C. Lawler, 41, Chief Executive Officer, President, Director
David Lawler joined Quest on May 3, 2007 as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Lawler has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 16 years in various management and engineering positions including production, drilling, project management and facilities. Prior to joining Quest, Mr. Lawler was employed by Shell Exploration & Production Company and in his most recent assignment, served as Engineering and Operations Manager for multiple assets along the U.S. Gulf Coast. These assets included Shell’s prolific gas producing assets located in South Texas as well as offshore sour gas production facilities near Mobile Bay, Alabama, and, the Yellowhammer Sulfur Recovery Plant located in Coden, Alabama. Prior to his role as Operations Manager, Mr. Lawler progressed through technical and leadership assignments in Shell, including deepwater drilling engineering and corporate business planning. Prior to joining Shell in 1997, Mr. Lawler was employed by Conoco, Inc. and Burlington Resources in various domestic engineering and operations positions. Mr. Lawler graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in 1990 with a bachelor's of science degree in petroleum engineering and earned his Masters in Business Administrations from Tulane University in 2003.
Eddie M. LeBlanc, 60, Chief Financial Officer
Eddie M. LeBlanc was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Quest in January 2009. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ascent Energy Company, an independent, private oil and gas company, from July 2003 until it was sold to RAM Energy Resources in November 2007, after which time, Mr. LeBlanc went into retirement. Prior to that, Mr. LeBlanc was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Range Resources Corporation, an NYSE-listed independent oil and gas company, from January 2000 to July 2003. Previously, Mr. LeBlanc was a founder of Interstate Natural Gas Company, which merged into Coho Energy in 1994. At Coho, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until 1999. Mr. LeBlanc’s 35 years of experience include assignments in Celeron Corporation and the energy related subsidiaries of Goodyear Tire and Rubber. Prior to entering the oil and gas industry, Mr. LeBlanc was with a national accounting firm. He is a certified public accountant and a chartered financial analyst, and he received a B.S. in Business Administration from University of Southwestern Louisiana.