1. DENNIS McGRATH, CPA
Houston, TX Email: dennis@dennismcgrathcpa.com Cell: 281-728-7567
SUMMARY
 CPA & MBA, with comprehensive upstream E & P experience: public & private, domestic & int’l.
 KPMG, Grant Thornton & Deloitte audit senior on 30+ oil & gas engagements.
 Controller for upstream E & P firms that grew by the drill bit, acquisitions and farmouts.
 Expert in E & P financial reporting: GAAP & IFRS, Full Cost & Successful Efforts, DD&A, ARO,
Impairments, Joint Operating Agreements, AFE, JIB, Revenue distribution.
 Oil & gas accounting system installation and conversions, , Excalibur, BOLO, Ogsys, Infor
EXPERIENCE:
CONTROLLER - CALSTON EXPLORATION USA, INC. 2011 – 2016
E & P funded by private equity that created a 25,000 acre prospect in East Texas.
Farmed out to a major independent in April 2014, in exchange for the drilling of two horizontal
earning wells, which are now in production.
 Consolidated IFRS financial reporting, audited for five years by a major Canadian CPA firm.
 Lease Acquisition Administrator, Corporate Treasurer and Secretary
CONTROLLER - STRATUM ENERGY GROUP LTD. 2008 – 2015
E & P funded by private equity and institutional debt, which has operations in Romania. Five wells
currently producing.
 Consolidated IFRS financial reporting, audited for five years by Ernst & Young
 Installed the “Infor” accounting software package
E & P CONSULTING 2010 – 2011
 Greenfields Petroleum – IFRS convergence project for this listed international E & P.
Consolidated financial reporting and SOX 404 documentation
 Gulf Coast Energy Resources – Controller - Installed Excalibur accounting software package
 Quantum Resources - Due diligence project on their newly acquired properties
CONTROLLER - ISRAMCO INC. (employee, interim and contract) 2008 – 2009
E & P start-up that grew with $350mm in equity & debt financing. Purchased 400 operated and 300
non-operated wells. Accounting staff expanded from 2 to 5.
 Consolidated financial reporting, JOA, JIB and AFE, revenue distribution
 Installed the Ogsys accounting system
KPMG – Audit Senior 2006 – 2008
 Audits at publicly traded E & P clients: Linn Energy, J.M. Huber, Davis Petroleum,
Bayou Bend Petroleum, Beryl Oil and Gas.
GRANT THORNTON – Advisory Senior 2004 – 2006
 Sarbanes-Oxley 404 at: Ultra Petroleum, ATP, TXCO, Oneok, Kaiser Aluminum
RESOURCES GLOBAL PROFESSIONALS – Audit & Advisory Senior 1999 – 2004
 Auditor for Deloitte at: The Houston Exploration Co., Adams Resources, Huntsman Chemicals
 Sarbanes-Oxley 404 at: Baker Oil Tools, Waste Management, U.S. Concrete
 Due Diligence at: Enron (post bankruptcy) – team lead of massive reconciliation of 2,000+ entities.
EDUCATION: B.S. and MBA in Accounting & Taxation from Fairleigh Dickinson University, N.J.
ACADEMIA: Adjunct Accounting Professor at Lone Star College, Houston, TX in 2004.