Aaron Thomas MBA, CM&AA, CMA, CPA, CEPA ®

Managing Partner

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Aaron Thomas provides operational and financial executive leadership with over 25 years of experience with E&P and oilfield service companies, including private equity portfolio interests. His experience is broad, ranging from creating start-ups to working internationally with multi-currency, multi-entity, billion-dollar organizations.

Aaron has excellent capabilities in relating to people across functional disciplines, building financial teams, and achieving targeted results in the areas of strategic planning, valuation, M&A due diligence, and integration.

Mr. Thomas has held international controller roles for Schlumberger Oilfield Services SLB (Paris, France, and Calgary, Alberta) and Fugro (FUGR) and was CEO of Odyssea Marine, Inc., an international marine transportation company owned by international hedge fund Elliott Management. Further, he was president of a project/construction management firm focused on the oil and gas industry and served as director of Maxus Capital Group with a focus on equipment finance and investment banking. He was also CFO and Corporate Development Executive of a multi-location, multi-state manufacturing, retail, and wholesale company based in Tucson, AZ. During his tenure there, revenue and EBITDA multiplied by 2x and 4x, respectively, while successfully leading a company-wide ERP conversion and integration.

Mr. Thomas received a Bachelor of Science with a major in Finance from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, an MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, and holds a CPA license in Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona. He is a Certified Management Accountant and is a Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (AM&AA). He is based in Tucson, AZ, and is a proud father of twin daughters.

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