David D Le Norman

David Le Norman has over 25 years of experience in the oil & gas industry ranging from working in field operations as a roustabout, pumper, rig hand on a workover rig, and petroleum engineer, to the CEO position. Over 20 years of that experience was as a Petroleum Engineer in various engineering, business development, and management positions for Texaco prior to founding Le Norman Energy in 1995. Since that time, Mr. Le Norman has founded Le Norman Partners, Crusader Energy Corporation, Crusader Energy II, LLC, Crusader Energy III, Knight Energy Group, LLC, Knight Energy II, LLC, Crusader Energy Group, White River Energy LLC, Le Norman Properties LLC, Le Norman Operating LLC, TLP Energy LLC, and Templar Energy LLC. He also served as a Senior Vice President with Patina Oil & Gas during its rapid growth from 2002-2004 from $0.7 million of enterprise value subsequent to being sold to Noble Energy for $3.4 billion. With the exception of Le Norman Properties, Le Norman Operating, and Templar Energy, LLC, all of these companies were built and sold from 1995-2012 for an aggregate equity value of $2.2 billion. Mr. Le Norman holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming, Masters work in Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University and an M.B.A. from Oklahoma City University.