Mr. Shapiro has been a business consultant since 2006. From October 2000 to April 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Burlington Resources Inc.  During his five-year tenure at Burlington Resources, Mr. Shapiro served as a member of the Board of Directors and the Office of the Chairman and was responsible for the company’s strategy development and execution, as well as its financial performance.  Before that, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director at Vastar Resources, Inc.  He also served on the Board of Southern Company Energy Marketing, a limited partnership owned by Vastar and Southern Company, and was named to the Board of Barrick Gold in 2004.  Mr. Shapiro spent 16 years with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), beginning as a planning analyst and later holding a variety of positions in ARCO’s coal and minerals businesses.  In 1985, he was appointed Vice President of Finance for ARCO Coal, then served as Assistant Treasurer and Vice President for Corporate Planning for ARCO, and in 1991 was named President for ARCO Coal Australia.  

Mr. Shapiro recently served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the American Petroleum Institute’s general committee on finance and is a Trustee of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial economics from Union College and an MBA from Harvard University.