FTTN Appoints New CEO as Company Seeks to Expand Assets
March 17 2014 - 8:57AM
Business Wire
First Titan Corp. (OTCBB: FTTN) announced today that G. Jonathan
Piña will be the company’s new President and CEO as it continues
plans to expand its oil and natural gas portfolio.
Mr. Piña, who has served as a consultant to FTTN since 2013,
possesses an extensive background in the oil and gas industry,
including financial and transaction experience; conventional
exploration and production; unconventional resource development;
liquefied natural gas commercialization; midstream operations;
crude refining; and oilfield service. He was the Managing Partner
and co-founder of Pimuro Capital Partners, a financial advisory
firm serving small cap energy companies. Mr. Piña was also
previously the Chief Financial Officer at Circle Star Energy Corp.
from 2011-2013.
Mr. Piña also served as a Consultant/Project Manager at global
investment banking firm Jeffries, and was Founder/Consultant at GJP
Consulting. Mr. Piña received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice
University and his Master of Business Administration from the Jesse
H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University.
“After spending the last year as a consultant for First Titan
Corp., I fully understand the vision this company possesses,” Mr.
Piña said. “We are prioritizing unique and potentially lucrative
acquisition targets that will elevate the company moving forward.
This is an exciting time to take the reins at First Titan
Corp.”
Mr. Piña succeeds Robert Federowicz as First Titan Corp.,
President and CEO. Federowicz is leaving the company to pursue
other opportunities.
FTTN, an oil and gas energy company seeking continued growth of
a diversified oil and gas portfolio, possesses some of the best
plays in Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas and is currently
exploring additional acquisition targets.
FTTN is an oil and gas energy company seeking continued growth
of a diversified oil and gas portfolio. It is building a
substantial collection of oil and gas properties and is dedicated
to the continuing development of energy assets throughout North
America alongside companies such as Lucas Energy, Inc.
(NYSE: LEI), Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE),
Fieldpoint Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: FPP) and Evolution Petroleum
Corp. (NYSE: EPM).
For more information on FTTN’s oil and gas projects, please
visit www.firsttitanenergy.com/investors.html.
About First Titan Corp.
First Titan Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, First
Titan Energy, LLC, is committed to the exploration and development
of oil and natural gas resources around the globe. The Company
continually seeks to partner with energy developers that are
pursuing innovative new methods of oil and gas extraction,
including the development of new technologies, cleaner methods and
unconventional resources.
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First Titan CorporationG. Jonathan
Piña, 850-269-7267President and CEOinfo@firsttitancorp.com