Mr. Greenblum is the managing director of Rio Mining and Energy, Inc., a natural resource consultancy and investment firm. He is formerly a senior executive with Diamond Fields Resources, Inc., which was later acquired by Inco, Ltd. Prior to his association with Diamond Fields, Mr. Greenblum served as a senior Bush administration official under President George H.W. Bush at both the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Commerce. While at the Department of Energy, he served in the office of fossil energy. Among his responsibilities were the Naval Petroleum Reserve, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Clean Coal Technology Program and the Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology Program. At the Department of Commerce, Mr. Greenblum served in international trade administration as director, office of Africa, responsible for U.S. investment and trade policy with Africa. Previous to his service in the Bush administration, Mr. Greenblum was a senior executive with KP Exploration, Inc., a wholly owned oil and gas subsidiary of Kidder, Peabody and Company. During his tenure with KP Exploration, the company drilled over 200 oil and gas wells, primarily in south Texas and Oklahoma. |