The operators behind the playbook.

Victor was born in Venezuela and holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Polytechnic Santiago Marino University and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He began his career in 1997 as an Applications Engineer for Baker Hughes in Venezuela, working in the Latin America group until 2005. During this time, Victor built strong relationships across Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, and Trinidad & Tobago. His extensive experience and effective leadership style led to his transfer to Dallas, where he took on a leadership role during the early stages of the shale revolution.

While in leadership at Baker Hughes, Victor managed a $1 billion P&L business, overseeing operations in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville Shales. After 21 successful years at Baker Hughes, Victor transitioned to Point Energy Partners to spearhead the development of an oil and gas field in Ward County, Texas. As COO he grew production from approximately 250 BOE/D to >40,000 BOE/D. This remarkable success was driven by his deep understanding of the value chain for oil wells and oilfields, allowing him to implement best practices in development.

Victor built and led a multidisciplinary team of experts spanning land, construction, geology, reservoir management, drilling, completions, production, and facilities to deliver best-in-class operations and maximize ROI. Under his leadership, the company’s valuation increased from $80 million in July 2018 to $1.1 billion as the property was acquired by Vital Energy in September 2024.

Victor’s goal is to continue developing fields in the U.S. while leveraging his expertise to support companies abroad as shale development expands globally.

Nathan B. Roberts is a capital-markets–driven CFO with 30+ years of experience across investment banking, hedge funds, and private equity. He brings deep expertise in capital structuring, commodity risk management, and investor relations, combined with hands-on ownership experience in capital-intensive natural resource operations. Nathan partners closely with engineering and operations teams to support disciplined capital deployment, liquidity management, and transparent financial reporting.

His career spans senior leadership roles at global investment banks and alternative asset managers, where he built and managed trading operations, originated new business, and developed deep institutional and private client relationships worldwide. Over two decades, he established new business platforms, generated multimillion-dollar revenues, and advised a wide range of investors including hedge funds, pensions, endowments, and family offices.

In 2016, Nathan transitioned into entrepreneurship, raising over $14 million in private equity to launch and operate a 700-acre limestone quarry in Texas, successfully building a proof-of-concept business that competed with some of the largest aggregate suppliers in the region.

Later, Nathan served as a Senior Investment Strategies Manager with a private equity investment firm, where he sourced investment opportunities, managed key client relationships, and helped expand the firm’s capital ecosystem through strategic advisory and business development.

He also served as CFO and Partner of an early-stage agricultural inputs company, where he helped position the firm as a natural alternative to legacy chemical giants such as Monsanto. In this role, he guided capital raising, financial strategy, and go-to-market efforts for a portfolio of all-natural herbicides, surfactants, and microbial solutions designed to transform modern agriculture.