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Team

Management

Sean McDonough

President & CEO
  • Former head of New Ventures division of Enercapita Energy
  • Designed implemented off-grid distributed compute projects since 2019
  • Founded New West Data in 2020

Chase Gavin

CFO
  • 15+ years of experience in O&G
  • Controller of Valeura Energy from 2020 to 2023
  • Previously senior accountant with KPMG
  • Member of CPA Canada

Dorn Cassidy

VP Operations
  • 25+ years of experience in O&G
  • Served as a director with Arethusa Energy Partners from 2022 to 2024
  • Served as VP Operations at Blackspur Oil from 2014 to 2022

Board

Greg Tisdale

Chairman
  • Founder and CEO of Enercapita Energy
  • 30+ years of executive and board experience at both private and public O&G companies
  • CFO of Crescent Point Energy from 2004 to 2016

Sean McDonough

Director
  • Former head of New Ventures division of Enercapita Energy
  • Designed implemented off-grid distributed compute projects since 2019
  • Founded New West Data in 2020

Jaime Leverton

Director
  • Former CEO of Hut8 Mining (NASDAQ: HUT), one of the largest publicly traded bitcoin mining companies
  • 20+ years of data center and public company executive experience
  • Current Chairperson of Synteq Digital and current director with Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT). Former director with Hut8 Mining and Wonderfi Technologies (TSX: WNDR)

Craig Hruska

Director
  • Founder and Chairman of Enercapita Energy Ltd
  • 35+ years of executive and board experience at both private and public O&G companies

Duane Masse

Director
  • Executive Vice President and COO of Enercapita Energy
  • 35+ years of operations and executive experience at both private and public O&G companies

Russ Graham

Director
  • Founder and President of Trido Industries Inc. Trido helps companies secure carbon credits from oil field emissions reduction
  • 25+ years of experience as private O&G Service company founder & executive

Oliver Wriedt

Director
  • Co-Founder and a Managing Partner of Olivon Advisors
  • 30+ years of financial services experience
  • Former CEO of Vibrant Capital Partners (2019-2020) and Co-CEO at CIFC Asset Management (2012-2018)