Bio

Mr. McKinney was most recently president and chief operating officer at Rex Energy Corporation. In his five years at Rex Energy, he guided the company to a 10-fold increase in production and proved reserves, while delivering industry-leading drill-bit finding and development costs. Prior to Rex Energy, Mr. McKinney served as senior vice president, engineering and operations of Cano Petroleum. At Pioneer Natural Resources, he was the strategic worldwide portfolio manager responsible for capital spending and resource recovery determinations related to exploration and development in Canada, Argentina, Alaska, West Africa and Pioneer's domestic Permian and South Texas projects. Previously, he spent 18 years at Union Pacific Corporation and its E&P subsidiary, Union Pacific Resources. Mr. McKinney has extensive experience in the evaluation and reporting of oil and gas reserves, evaluation of acquisition and divestiture opportunities and management and development of technical human capital. Mr. McKinney holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming and a M.B.A from Pepperdine University.