The name is new.
The story is over 250 years old.
Management Team & Board of Directors →
Our focus is on innovation and continuous cost improvement in today’s unconventional resource revolution.
Ironbridge Gorge and the Iron Bridge itself, is located in Shropshire England and is recognized as one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It was here in 1709 that Abraham Darby perfected the technique of producing pig iron in a blast furnace fueled by coke rather than coal allowing for much cheaper production of iron. The name reflects the Company’s focus on innovation and cost efficiency in the unconventional resource revolution.
Our team has drilled hundreds of multi-frac horizontal wells for two of the leading large E&Ps in Canada. With the massive pace of change in drilling and completion technology in the last few years, we believe that only this hands-on experience can produce the industry leading costs that are necessary to compete in today’s commodity price environment.
Management
Robert F. Colcleugh
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Colcleugh is currently the Chief executive Officer of Iron Bridge Resources. Rob Colcleugh brings over 20 years of diverse energy and capital markets experience. He most recently held the senior leadership position of Chief Executive Officer of Beyond Energy Services & Technology Corp., a managed pressure drilling service company. He remains a member of the Board of Directors of that entity and is also a member of the Board of Directors of Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. During his professional career, Mr. Colcleugh was Managing Director of Investment Banking for Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and was one of the founding members of Tristone Capital Inc. Over the last 15 years, he has provided financing, mergers, acquisitions and divestiture advisory services to a broad array of energy companies in the domestic Canadian, international, midstream and technology industries.
He has a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Ivey Business School.
Tim Krysak
President & Chief Operating Officer
Tim Krysak is a Professional Engineer with 23 years of extensive technical, operational and managerial experience in the upstream oil and gas industry. Over the past 13 years, he was a key member of the management teams of both Tourmaline Oil Corp. and Duvernay Oil Corp. He most recently held the position of Vice President Drilling with Tourmaline, responsible for leading the successful execution of their extensive drilling and completion activities. Throughout his career, Mr. Krysak’s focus has been on operations optimization and efficiency with specific attention to cost reduction and well productivity.
Dean J.W. Bernhard
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Dean Bernhard is a Chartered Professional Accountant with 26 years of upstream oil and gas experience and is currently the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his current role, Mr. Bernhard served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Orleans Energy Ltd. He began his career with Amoco Canada Limited and previously worked for Tarragon Oil and Gas Limited, Marathon Oil Canada Limited, Compton Petroleum and E3 Energy Inc., in various progressively senior financial and accounting roles.
Jeremy Smith
Vice President, Drilling Operations
Jeremy Smith is a professional engineer with over 16 years of experience within the upstream oil and gas and oilfield service industries. During his professional career, Mr. Smith has held various managerial, operational, and technical roles with Tourmaline Oil Corp., EQT Production Company, Shell Canada Limited and Schlumberger Oilfield Services. His most recent role was as a senior technical member of Tourmaline’s drilling department, wherein he was responsible for the successful, cost-effective execution of their extensive drilling operations.
Gregg Nixon
Vice President, Completion & Production
Gregg Nixon has 14 years of experience within the upstream oil and gas and oilfield service industries. Most recently, Mr. Nixon was responsible for development, exploitation, completions and production engineering in the Deep Basin for Tourmaline Oil Corp., with a major focus on completion design, fracture optimization, and overall operational execution and efficiencies. He was an integral member of a team that delivered significant, cost-effective production growth over a six-year period in Tourmaline’s Central Deep Basin area. Prior to Tourmaline, he worked at Duvernay Oil Corp., Shell Canada and also Sanjel Corporation and Calfrac Well Services Ltd., in various progressive roles.
Zoran Jankovic
Vice President, Exploration
Zoran Jankovic is a Professional Geologist with 18 years of oil and gas exploration and development experience. Over the last 16 years, he worked exclusively at Paramount Resources Ltd., wherein he played a key role in the successful growth of Paramount’s liquids-rich, Deep Basin Montney and multi-zone Cretaceous tight gas developments in addition to the recent evaluation and assessment of Paramount’s recently-announced acquisition of Apache Canada. Mr. Jankovic graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1998 with a B.Sc. (Honors) degree in Geology. He began his career at Chevron Canada Resources and Phillips Petroleum Resources before moving to Paramount, where he progressed his career to the most recent position of Geology Manager.
Directors
Joshua D. Young
Iron Bridge Resources Chairman
Houston, Texas
Director since January 2017
Mr. Young is the non-executive Chairman of Iron Bridge Resources. He is the co-founder, President and Portfolio Manager of Bison Interests LLC ("Bison"), a Houston, Texas-based investment firm specializing in oil and gas investments. Prior to co-founding Bison, Mr. Young invested in undervalued public equities in the upstream oil and gas space. He was an investment analyst at Karlin Asset Management, a multi-billion dollar single family office. Previous to that, he was a private equity investor and management consultant.
Mr. Young graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with a Bachelors' degree in Economics.
Dean J.W. Bernhard
Calgary, Alberta
Director since May 2017
Mr. Bernhard is currently the Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Iron Bridge Resources. Prior to his current role at Iron Bridge Resources, Mr. Bernhard served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Orleans Energy Ltd. between January 2005 and May 2011, at which time Orleans undertook a reverse take-over transaction by Iron Bridge Resources. Mr. Bernhard began his career with Amoco Canada Limited and previously worked for Tarragon Oil and Gas Limited, Marathon Oil Canada Limited and E3 Energy Inc., in various financial and accounting capacities.
Mr. Bernhard is a Chartered Professional Accountant with 26 years of upstream oil and gas experience and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance degree) from the University of Saskatchewan.
Robert F. Colcleugh
Calgary, Alberta
Director since June 2017
Mr. Colcleugh is currently the Chief executive Officer of Iron Bridge Resources. Rob Colcleugh brings over 20 years of diverse energy and capital markets experience. He most recently held the senior leadership position of Chief Executive Officer of Beyond Energy Services & Technology Corp., a managed pressure drilling service company. He remains a member of the Board of Directors of that entity and is also a member of the Board of Directors of Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. During his professional career, Mr. Colcleugh was Managing Director of Investment Banking for Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd. and was one of the founding members of Tristone Capital Inc. Over the last 15 years, he has provided financing, mergers, acquisitions and divestiture advisory services to a broad array of energy companies in the domestic Canadian, international, midstream and technology industries.
He has a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from the Ivey Business School.
Jay Paul McWilliams
Flora Vista, New Mexico
Director since May 2017
Mr. McWilliams is the Founder and President of LOGOS Resources II, LLC, a premier oil and gas acquisition, development and exploitation company pursuing opportunities in the San Juan basin. Prior to founding LOGOS, Mr. McWilliams was the lead acquisition engineer at Linn Energy, a Houston-based oil and gas company, where he led approximately $1 billion in successful transactions. Mr. McWilliams previously held various engineering positions while working for Burlington Resources and Resolute Natural Resources.
Mr. McWilliams holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering with Honours from New Mexico Tech and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Steve Oldham
Houston, Texas
Director since May 2017
Mr. Oldham is an independent businessman and private investor with over 15 years of financial management experience in the oilfield service and construction industries. From 2012 to 2015 he served as Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations for McDermott International and from 1998 to 2011, he was Vice President and Treasurer for Pride International Inc., an offshore oil drilling company with offices in Houston, Texas until its acquisition by Ensco plc. Prior to joining Pride International, Mr. Oldham was a financial analyst with Salomon Brothers and Bank of America.
Mr. Oldham holds a Bachelors' degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Marshall Abbott
Calgary, AB
Director since February 2018
Mr. Abbott is an independent businessman with extensive oil and gas experience encompassing 35 years in a variety of founder and senior executive roles within both public and private upstream producers. After his initial training as a geologist with Texaco, Mr. Abbott worked as a senior explorationist for Morrison Petroleums and Vice President Exploration for Stampeder Exploration before taking the leadership role in numerous successful public and private junior E&Ps. He is presently Chairman of two successful oil-focused private companies. Mr. Abbott augments Iron Bridge’s Board with his diverse technical, business development, corporate governance and finance expertise.
Mr. Abbott is a petroleum geologist by academia and training and is a graduate from the University of Alberta (BSc Geology with Honours).
Corporate Information
Rob Colcleugh
Chief Executive Officer
Tim Krysak
President & Chief Operating Officer
Dean Bernhard
Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Jeremy Smith
Vice President, Drilling Operations
Gregg Nixon
Vice President, Completion & Production
Zoran Jankovic
Vice President, Exploration
Joshua D. Young
Independent Businessman
Rob Colcleugh
Chief Executive Officer, RMP Energy Inc.
Dean JW Bernhard
Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, RMP Energy Inc.
Jay Paul McWilliams
Independent Businessman
Steve Oldham
Independent Businessman
Marshall Abbott
Independent Businessman
KPMG LLP Chartered Accountants
Calgary, Alberta
Torys LLP
Calgary, Alberta
National Bank Financial
Calgary, Alberta
McDaniel & Associates Consultants
Calgary, Alberta
Odyssey Trust Company
Calgary, Alberta
Toronto Stock Exchange
Trading Symbol: IBR