Erik is a second-generation independent exploration geologist with more than 35 years of experience in the generation, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the Texas Gulf Coast and Permian Basin. Prior to co-founding SandPoint, Erik spent 20 years as the co-founder and CEO of Abaco Operating, LLC, located in San Antonio, Texas, where he was involved in working with the entire Abaco staff to generate, fund, drill and complete numerous successful projects in South Texas and the Gulf Coast Region. The Abaco team made successful new field discoveries in the Frio, Vicksburg, Wilcox, and Eagle Ford formations. Erik began his career in 1983 working for Hanson Minerals Co. and Southland Drilling Co., in Corpus Christi, Texas, as a development geologist, exploration manager and later as President of all Gulf Coast operations. For more than 40 years Hanson Minerals Co. was one of the most active independent exploration companies along the Texas Gulf Coast with multiple major field discoveries to its credit.

Erik is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he serves on the Advisory Council for the Jackson School of Geosciences. He also is the founder of the Advisory Council for the Geology School at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Erik is a member of All-American Wildcatters (inducted in 2004). In San Antonio, Erik is active in several non-profit children’s charity organizations as well as wildlife and marine conservation efforts.

Matt is an exploration and operational geologist and has led the leasing and development of leasehold positions in Texas and Louisiana for his entire career. Prior to co-founding SandPoint, Matt spent 7 years with BlackBrush Oil & Gas, where he served many roles including Geologist, Exploration and Development Manager, and most recently, Asset Manager – East Texas & Louisiana. Through his various roles at BlackBrush, Matt developed, drilled, and managed unconventional horizontal prospects in multiple formations, including the Eagle Ford, Olmos, San Miguel, Buda, and Austin Chalk throughout Texas and Louisiana. He began his career at XTO Energy in Fort Worth, Texas, working in the Rocky Mountain Geology Division.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Texas Christian University.

Robert is a petroleum engineer with a background in reservoir engineering, acquisitions and divestitures, operations, and finance. Prior to co-founding SandPoint, he served as the senior reservoir engineer for BlackBrush Oil & Gas where he was responsible for field level reservoir engineering on assets in the Eagle Ford, Austin Chalk, San Miguel, and Olmos formations, in addition to leading the engineering evaluations on all acquisition and divestiture activities throughout South Texas and the Gulf Coast. Previously he served as manager of engineering and evaluations for Maverick American Natural Gas, which became Jonah Energy with the successful acquisition of the Jonah Field from Encana in 2014. In that role he led the technical evaluation efforts on more than $6 billion in oil and gas assets throughout onshore North America. He began his career at El Paso E&P serving in various operational engineering roles.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas.

Brandon is a petroleum engineer and has spent his career primarily focused on operations. He has developed diversified regional knowledge in multiple basins, including the Permian Basin, Williston Basin and the Texas Gulf Coast. Prior to co-founding SandPoint, he served as Operations Manager for Silverback Exploration where he managed completion, production, facility and SWD operations for company’s 36,000-acre Delaware Basin asset, which sold to Centennial Resource Development for more than $850 million in 2016. Before Silverback, Brandon was the completion team lead for Statoil’s Bakken Business Unit where he managed frac, workover and remedial operations. Brandon began his career as a drilling engineer with Dominion E&P focused on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Brandon graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering in 2005.

Brian is a finance professional with project valuation experience in the upstream, midstream and downstream energy markets. Prior to co-founding SandPoint, he was a member of Lewis Energy Group’s finance team where he developed the cash flow forecasting models, managed the corporate reserves, directed the hedging program, evaluated midstream contracts, led the RBL borrowing base redeterminations and conducted the valuations of acquisition and divestiture projects. Earlier in his career, he worked in Houston’s merchant energy industry for Constellation Energy, El Paso Corporation and Koch Industries where he specialized in natural gas trading and structured commodity transaction valuation.

Brian holds a Master of Science in Finance from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin.

At Sandpoint, Brad is responsible for managing all land related matters in addition to directing growth opportunities to further the success of the company. Brad has over 10 years experience as an In-House landman spending most of his career with Hilcorp Energy in Houston. At Hilcorp, Brad worked with several asset teams in many different basins and managed all land functions for Harvest Pipeline in Texas. He was promoted to Land Manager and was responsible for Hilcorp’s assets in Texas and Ohio where they operated over 5,000 wells and controlled over 1.5 million acres in leasehold. Most recently, Brad worked at BlackBrush Oil & Gas in San Antonio and managed their leasing efforts in East Texas and Louisiana. Brad started his career with Sanchez Oil & Gas as a landman where he assisted the company with 3D data acquisitions, leasehold acquisitions, and drilling conventional wells along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Brad holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Energy Commerce (PLM) from Texas Tech University.