Vance Wells

Chief Operating Officer

Education:

B.S. (Mechanical Engineering) – The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK; MBA – Columbia Business School, New York, NY

Relevant Experience:

Mr. Wells began his career at Poco Graphite, a division of Unocal, in a technical sales role. His territory encompassed the area west of Texas all the way to Dubai. Next he joined John Zink, a Koch Industries company, in a joint Sales & Marketing / R&D role in their Burner Group. After receiving his MBA from Columbia, Mr. Wells co-founded CallStreet, a financial data company which was acquired by FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS) in 2004.

Since leaving CallStreet in 2006 he has evaluated, advised and assisted numerous early-stage companies during their startup process. Mr. Wells has accumulated extensive Sales & Marketing, Business Development and Fund Raising experience and has also been deeply involved with HR, Legal, Operations and Financial processes.