Richard A. Ballard1308 51st. Ave

Greeley, CO 80634970/396-4511 (C)

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENTMay 1992to October 2014

VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER, B & E ENTERPRISES, INC. Owner and operator of three The UPS Stores in Greeley and Windsor CO. Owned and and operated The UPS Store in downtown Denver, CO from 5/92 until 5/96. Complete fiscal and operational control of four The UPS Store franchises. Acquired and sucessfully restored to profitablity three different failing franchises and sucessfuly opened and operated a new The UPS Store franchise. Served four years on the national Advertising Advisory Committee advising on the national print and media advertising effort for over 4000 The UPS Store franchises. The UPS Stores provide shipping, packaging, freight, document printing including large format b&w and color printing, copying and scanning for the public and businesses. Managed in store computer network, for all in store computers and production copying and printing equipment. Managed all personell responsibilities including payroll, and all quarterly and annual federal and state tax filings and reports.

August 1990to April 1992

RICHARD A BALLARD, CONSULTING. Provided geophysical consulting services to the Borehole Geophysics Research Department for B.P. Exploration, Inc. Provided expertise and consulting in data acquisition, field operations and equipment design using cylindrical bender bar source and receivers developed by Southwest Research Institute for use in Cross Hole Tomography research. Supervised logistics for field experiments coordinating transportaion of data acquisition equipment, well site preparation, field operations including data acquisition and equipment maintenance reducing monthly field operation expenses by 70%.

February 1989to July 1990

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS. PETRODATA SYSTEMS, INC. Responsible for the financial and operational performance of U.S. operations for a borehole geophysical service company, specializing in fracture detection using low frequency stacked disk arrayed sonic downhole tool. Responsible for overseeing field testing and future design improvements for the prototype downhole tool. Designed and oversaw fabrication of the Field Data Acquisition Sytem consisting of a PC based data acquisition computer, recording truck to serve as the recording unit and facilitate transportaiton of equipment to the wellsite, with self contained power generators, and independent wireline depth control. Company was headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

August 1985to February 1989

DIVISION MANAGER, SEISMIC REFERENCE SERVICE, GEARHART INDUSTRIES/GEOSOURCE GEOPHYSICAL. Complete fiscal and operational performance of the bore seismic division, of a major geophysical service contractor providing borehole seismic services (VSP and Checkshot services). Directed three domestic field offices and provided technical and operational support for Gearhart International operations. Designed and oversaw the fabrication of a diesel powered, twin compressor field unit to be used in remote locations and capable of being transported in a DC3. Oversaw the development and manufacture of a portable coalesced tuned airgun array system to be used in offshore Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profiles and Checkshot surveys and portable airgun systems to be used in remote land based well sites. Coordinated and over saw the development and production of a hydraulic actuating 3-D gimbaled downhole geophone. Included assignments in Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia

July 1983to August 1985

PARTY MANAGER, C.G.G. AMERICAN SERVICES. Directed the organization and daily activities for an experimental 3-D seismic exploration crew consisting or 64 to 90 personnel with an operational budget of $1.2 million/month. Assignments included marine offshore 3-D surveys in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil, land based 3-D vibroseis acquisition, heli-portable 3-d shot hole acquisition and arctic 3-D vibroseis acquisition. Assignments in the western U.S., Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and Brazil.

May 1980to March 1983

GENERAL FIELD ENGINEER, SCHLUMBERGER WELL SERVICES Planned,conducted and directed the operations of open and cased hole service units providing open and cased hole oil and gas well logging and completion services. Field assignments in Cody,Woming, Vernal, Utah and Kenai, Alaska.

EDUCATION1976-1980

MILITARY1970-1976

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES B.S. Geophysical Engineering.

UNITED STATES NAVYMachinist Mate 1st Class, Engineering Laboratory Technician.Submarine Qualified. Maintained chemical and radiological controls on the nuclear reactor, six patrols aboard the USS Robert E. Lee, SSBN 601(B).

ORGANIZATIONS1994 Society of Professiona Well Log Analyists, Greeley/Weld County Chamber of

Commerce, Windsor Chamber of Commerce