“We are very pleased to invite Don and Marty into the partnership,” stated Managing Partner David Baggett.  “They have seeded and grown a successful energy focused process and technology practice at Opportune in just two years. Importantly, they share our commitment to client service and developing our staff.”

Prior to joining Opportune LLP in December 2007, Mr. Jefferis established the New York City office of an energy consultancy where he served several investment banks and hedge funds on energy trading systems and merger integration execution. Mr. Jefferis was a founder of Arthur Andersen’s Energy Risk Practice, the chief information officer for one of the largest energy trading houses in the United States, president of an energy trading software company, chief financial officer for a publicly traded software company and a consultant to hedge fund administrators on organizational and strategy issues.

Mr. Makulski joined Opportune LLP in January 2008 and has fifteen years of experience in providing clients with energy trading and risk management, packaged software implementation, risk policy development, trading and risk processes and business process automation.  Many of Mr. Makulski’s global clients include investment banks, oil majors, and merchant energy firms.  Prior to joining Opportune, Mr. Makulski was a founder of Accenture’s Energy Trading and Risk Management Practice, and established the London office for a boutique consultancy focused on energy trading.

Opportune LLP is a Houston based consulting firm specializing in assisting energy clients with corporate finance, process improvement, technology, complex financial reporting,  tax and outsourcing. For more information on Opportune LLP, please visit our website at www.opportune.com.

Prior to joining Opportune, Dave was Senior Vice President, Tax and Treasurer at an S&P 600 oil services firm, and was previously Vice President, Tax Planning and Structured Finance at a Fortune 50 integrated energy company. Dave started his career in the Houston office of PriceWaterhouseCoopers and has extensive experience with the tax and finance issues related to domestic and international transactions. He has served public and private companies, private equity funds, and commercial and investment banking firms.

Dave holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Texas, a Master of Science degree in Accountancy and Taxation from the University of Houston, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston Law Center. Dave is active in a variety of professional and non-profit organizations including the Houston CPA Society, the Houston Bar Association, and Houston Grand Opera.

Corwin most recently served as a Partner at Sirius Solutions and was responsible for the Energy Supply, Trading, and Risk Management practice. Corwin has almost two decades of experience in advising his clients in North America and Europe in the areas of energy trading and risk management, packaged software implementation, technology architecture development, trading and risk processes and business process automation.

“Corwin brings to our firm an extensive and unique knowledge of energy trading and in particular, the development and implementation of technical architectures to enable our clients commodity trading businesses” said David Baggett, Managing Partner of Opportune LLP. “As we continue to build our Energy and Supply Trading practice, Corwin will provide the type of quality insight into the inner workings of trading systems and risk management that our clients expect from Opportune.”

David C. Baggett, Managing Partner of Opportune LLP, said “Both major and independent oil and gas companies rely upon outsourcing to provide cost savings, greater efficiency and improved profitability. We are pleased to now be able to provide outsourcing services to our growing list of clients.”

Jim Boney, founder of PetroAcct, will remain as its President. Jim Boney said, “When a team of highly specialized experts handles the everyday back-office operations, management can focus their time and efforts toward acquisition, exploration and production, while still being confident that they are receiving reliable, individualized finance data. We look forward to growing with Opportune and being a part of their expanding list of services.”

Opportune LLP is a Houston based consulting firm specializing in assisting energy clients with corporate finance, business process improvement, complex financial reporting, information systems and outsourcing. For more information on Opportune LLP, please visit our website at www.opportune.com. For more information on PetroAcct, please visit our website at www.petroacct.com.

The Denver office will be led by an experienced team of energy professionals. Dave Loucks, who has spent 17 years assisting Denver companies through audits, registration statements and acquisitions and divestures, will manage the Assent Data software products. Andy Sandage, who has 9 years of energy experience in public accounting and industry, will assist clients with enterprise risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings. Joel White, a consultant with over 11 years of energy industry experience, will deliver functional and technical solutions to energy supply and trading companies.

Opportune LLP is a Houston based consulting firm specializing in assisting energy clients with corporate finance, business process improvement, complex financial reporting, information systems and outsourcing. For more information on Opportune LLP, please visit our website at www.opportune.com. For more information on the Assent Data line of specialty software products, please visit our website at www.assentdata.com.