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Carl Manz, Principal - Edmonton

Operations

Carl’s career has focused on problem solving. Success has been achieved by assessing needs, defining strategy, developing solutions and implementing change. Strengths include strategic planning, change management, issue management and negotiation. Positive results have been consistently realized in both the short and intermediate term without compromising long term objectives. Carl’s experience and expertise deliver results.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

Reorganized and led two key Alberta Department of Energy branches through periods of critical change.

Identified the need and initiated a project to reduce and simplify industry reporting requirements for Alberta’s gas royalty process.

Developed and negotiated the business principles for Alberta’s Metallic Minerals Royalty
Regulation.

Developed and implemented a product control accounting system for an Alberta NGL fractionation and storage facility.

Developed and negotiated the policies and business rules required by Alberta to give effect to the Petroleum Marketing Act (1974) and the Natural Gas Pricing Agreement Act (1975).

Developedand implemented supporting business processes.

Created and led the Information Technology group of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission during the first six years of its mandate.

Developed and implemented a cost/profitability accounting system to meet the business needs of a Canadian bank operating in the United States and to support revenue/cost distribution for Canadian and U.S. taxation authorities.

Developed the first computerized application to evaluate exploration and development projects (decisions under uncertainty) for a major Canadian oil company and contributed to the corporate financial model.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Consulting Principal to clients in both government and the private sector of the oil and gas industry (e.g., Alberta Department of Energy – Indian Oil & Gas Canada – Home Oil Company)
Alberta Department of Energy - Senior management responsibility for Special Projects, Gas Royalty and Petroleum Royalty
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission – Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Bank of Montreal - Manager in the newly established Profitability Analysis Group
Sun Oil Company - Roustabout to Financial/Systems Analyst …in a broad range of positions in the field and in head office

QUALIFICATIONS

Certified Management Accountant, Alberta
Society of Management Accountants (Canada) two year graduate program
Numerous upgrading programs, foremost being those given by the Banff School of Management
and the Manitoba Institute of Management
Society of Management Accountants of Alberta – registered member
Northern Alberta Pioneers and Descendants Association - member