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Michael J Rohleder

Mike serves as the Portfolio Manager for Plains Ventures. He has served as the Chairman and CEO of Thunderbird Resources Equity, Inc. since 2014. Prior to the formation of Thunderbird Resources Mike was the President and Director of GMX Resources, Inc. an E&P company which was based in Oklahoma City, OK. Before joining GMXR, he was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for ON Semiconductor a multi-billion-dollar semiconductor manufacturing company. From 1991 until 1999 Mike was the CEO of VEBA Electronics North America, a global semiconductor distributor which grew from 5 locations and $18MM in revenue to over 70 locations including offices in Canada, Mexico and South America, with revenues in excess of $2.5 billion per year.  Mike graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and has over 30 years of experience in corporate leadership and business development in the energy and technology industries. He has led over $2.5 billion of capital markets activities including IPO’s, acquisitions, equity, high yield debt, and debt restructuring transactions.