Management Team

We aren’t like other miners or other oil and gas producers

Management

Sean McDonough

Director, President & Chief Executive Officer

Sean founded New West Data in 2020, leveraging his expertise from leading the New Ventures division at Enercapita Energy, a Canadian oil and gas firm. Since 2019, he has pioneered off-grid distributed computing, integrating digital infrastructure with stranded energy assets like flared gas to power Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing (HPC). Sean holds a Bachelor’s in Development Economics and an MBA from the University of Calgary.

Chase Gavin

Chief Financial Officer

Chase brings more than 15 years of oil and gas expertise to his role as CFO of New West Data. Previously, he served as Controller at Valeura Energy and honed his financial acumen as a senior accountant at KPMG. Chase is a member of CPA Canada.

Dorn Cassidy

Vice President, Operations

Dorn brings more than 25 years of oil and gas operations expertise to his role as VP Operations at New West Data. He most recently served as a director with Arethusa Energy Partners and VP Operations at Blackspur Oil.

Board

Greg Tisdale

Chairman

Greg is founder and CEO of Enercapita Energy and brings more than 30 years of executive and board experience in both private and public oil and gas companies. Among his many accomplishments, as CFO of Crescent Point Energy, Greg played a pivotal role in transforming the company from a junior player to a major independent.

Jaime Leverton

Director

Jaime is a seasoned executive in digital assets, data centres, and high-performance computing infrastructure. Currently CEO of Digital Asset Treasury company Reserve One, she was formerly CEO of Hut 8 Mining (NASDAQ: HUT), one of North America’s largest publicly traded bitcoin-mining companies, and currently serves as Chair of Synteq Digital and director of Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT).

Craig Hruska

Director

Craig is founder and Chairman of Enercapita Energy, with more 35 years of founder, executive and board experience with both private and public companies in the oil and gas sector.

Duane Masse

Director

Duane serves as Executive Vice President and COO of Enercapita Energy, with more than 35 years of operations and executive experience in both private and public Canadian oil and gas companies.

Russ Graham

Director

Russ is founder and President of Trido Industries, a company that helps oil-field service operations secure carbon credits through emissions-reduction programs. He brings 25 years of experience as a founder and executive in oil and gas services to New West Data.

Oliver Wriedt

Director

Oliver is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Olivon Advisors. With more than 30 years of experience in financial services, he has served as CEO of Vibrant Capital Partners and Co-CEO at CIFC Asset Management.