DEAN D SELLERS

deandsellers@gmail.com Value to Company

1630 Welton Street, Suite 300 Denver, CO 80202 303-903-4962

Being used to working long hours, having tight deadlines and dealing with difficult clients for 8 years has given me expertise in both time and resource management skills; making me a perfect fit to help an energy company be as profitable as possible in an operations position. Core Qualifications Master's Degree in Business Administration with an energy emphasis, time management, extensive project management experience, used to working on tight deadlines, workforce supervision, maintaining accurate client records, accountability to superiors, attention to detail.

Specific Energy Industry Training:

Professional - Active member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation having completed coursework in Conventional & Nonconventional natural resource leasing. Legal - Land management contracts, operating agreements, regulatory and statutory law, ownership title determinations and federal land compliance law. Educational - Energy Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Colorado Denver Business School (Global Energy Management) with coursework consisting of accounting, finance, environmental law, strategic planning, economics and other related courses. 3.925 GPA Business Management- Seasoned business professional with over 8 years of extensive project & operational management experience including crucial oversight of legal projects and matters, customer/client care and maintenance, workforce supervision to ensure co-employee success, internal accounting (accounts receivables & payables), marketing, and account manager/attorney for own clientele.

Professional Experience:
Law Office of Trunnell & Sellers, PC, Denver, Colorado, Managing Partner & Business Administrator July 2008 Present Managing partner of boutique law firm with a staff of up to five (5) employees and with three (3) primary areas of responsibility: Business Development - Networking with other attorneys, networking with religious groups for referrals, dealing with incoming client calls from advertising, working on referral programs, managing cash flow to pay for advertising, managing vendor relationships to keep firm strong and able to succeed. Case Management - On boarding a new client, gathering all necessary paperwork relevant to case, working with collectors to negotiate better terms for clients, making sure all documents filed in a timely and accurate manner, working with difficult clients under a lot of financial stress, long hours to complete cases within set deadlines Accounting and HR Duties - Kept books accurately, filed necessary accounting documents to State of Colorado, created and followed hiring policies, met payroll, dealt with all extraneous aspects of law firm to keep it running smoothly.

 Peak Alarm Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, Operational Officer & In House Counsel December 2007 July 2008 Operations Support - Operational officer & attorney responsible for contract review and drafting, essential role in the collection of all past due accounts receivables, litigated civil collection actions, oversaw several employees in operation department, and worked closely with company CEO concerning organizations process systems to boost profitability.

R.E. Legacy, LLC, Heber City, Utah, Business Operational Coordinator & In House Counsel July 2007 December 2007 Land Management - Operational coordinator & legal counsel for real estate development company; responsibilities involved day-to-day management of holding companies, preparing/drafting leases and purchase contracts, and working directly with owner with regard to development projects. Substantial title and deed review experience. Multi-State Jurisdiction - Real estate development projects included residential communities in Arizona and Utah.

Law Office of Lawrence & Velez, LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, Associate Attorney June 2006 July 2007 Immigration Law - Associate attorney with immigration/criminal defense law firm; handled legal, transactional and litigation matters predominantly in immigration law. Multi-Lingual - Represented English and Spanish speaking clients successfully in court and before USCIS; fluent in Spanish

CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Colorado Bar Association, Bar No. 43493 Utah Bar Association, Bar No. 10386 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Member Denver Petroleum Club, Member J Reuben Clark Society, Member

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITY & VOLUNTEERING Pro Bono Consultant for newly formed renewable energy firm (Business Planning & Development) Mentor for Young Legal Professionals Overseas volunteer work for 2 years living in rough environments that were very uncomfortable

EDUCATION
University of Colorado Denver, Business School, Denver, Colorado, 2014 Master of Science, Global Energy Management, 3.925 GPA Summa Cum Laude Honors Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, 2004 Juris Doctorate Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 2000 Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, Cum Laude Honors