STRAT-DEV ADVISORS - Key Persons
Glenn Corliss has 18 years experience in corporate finance and investments, including nine years focused on industrial and logistics projects in Afghanistan and Iraq. His past clients and employers have included the U.S. Army, U.S. State Department, Sallyport Global Holdings, Iraqi Projects Development LLC, JPMorgan, priceline.com and Fidelity Investments. His current clients include the U.S. Department of Defense Task Force for Business & Stability Operations and the World Bank (as a subcontractor).
Glenn has worked in Afghanistan over the last 2 years, serving as a financial analyst and transaction advisor on multiple hydrocarbons and minerals tenders in Afghanistan, including the recently concluded Amu Darya oil tender, the Afghan Tajik oil and gas tender, the Tirpul oil tender and the Hajigak iron ore tender.
In 2010, Glenn served as financial advisor and interim treasurer of Sallyport Global Holdings, a $120 million revenue logistics services provider to the U.S. government in Iraq, UAE and Afghanistan. Glenn structured, marketed and negotiated a merger of Sallyport with Caseman Holdings.
Previously, Glenn worked in 2007 and 2009 as senior economic advisor to the U.S. State Department in Iraq, focusing on industrial and logistics projects and investment promotion. Before that, he was chief financial officer of Iraqi Projects Development LLC, a 90% Iraqi owned logistics company providing food, water, fuel and basic services to the Iraqi Army, with 100% of goods purchased in Iraqi markets. Glenn was the only non-Iraqi in the company, which at its peak had over $100 million in annual revenues and 300 Iraqi employees.
In 2003 to 2004, Glenn served in the Coalition Provisional Authority ("CPA") as a senior advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Mines. He was responsible for evaluating and overseeing 148 state owned industrial enterprises, during which time he worked closely with the World Bank and IFC. His work was documented in the best seller "Imperial Life in the Emerald City".
Glenn joined the U.S. Army reserves in 2001 as a civil affairs economic advisor. He was deployed to Iraq in 2003, where he was transferred from his military unit to the CPA at the request of Viceroy Paul Bremer.? After returning from his 16 month tour in Iraq, Glenn served as a spokesman for the Army Reserves on its activities in Iraq, appearing in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Army Times, CNN, Fox News, CNBC and other media outlets. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Iraq.
Before being deployed to Iraq in 2003, Glenn spent 9 years in investment research, private equity and venture capital. He started his career as a high yield research associate for Fidelity Investments, later working on a number of venture capital-backed projects, the parent company of priceline.com, and then serving as Vice President of JPMorgan's private equity division, focused on industrial investments.
In 1994, Glenn graduated summa cum laude from Boston College's school of management, with a major in finance. Glenn holds a Series 65 (registered investment advisor), and is a level 2 Chartered Financial Analyst candidate. Glenn holds an active Top Secret clearance with the U.S. government. He is a citizen of both the U.S. and Ireland, and currently lives in Colorado with his wife and two children.
John Villar has 3 decades of experience in upstream Oil & Gas operations as a Petroleum Engineer and Government Energy Advisor.
With over 20 years of experience working internationally with Schlumberger John has had numerous field engineering and operational management assignments in the Far East (Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand and Taiwan), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey), North Africa (Egypt), Europe (Norway, Holland, Germany, France) and Central Asia (Kazakhstan).
While with Schlumberger he has held headquarter assignment in Paris including managing R&D efforts within sectors of the upstream services division. He was awarded two patents for the technological development of products used extensively by Schlumberger today.
John managed the multi-service orientated contracts and operations (700+ employees) for the development of the super-giant Tengiz oilfield operated by Chevron in Kazakhstan.
He has international experience as a petroleum engineering consultant in overseeing oil and gas operations in frontier areas in conflict situations.
Since early 2010, John has been a Senior Commercial and Technical Advisor to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, assisting that nation with bringing its oil and gas resources to the global market. He is very familiar with the unique characteristics of doing business in Afghanistan and the region.
John has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University Of Wyoming (USA) as well as numerous training courses is all aspects of upstream oilfield operations. John has also been a guest instructor at Schlumberger training centers as well as conducting training courses for government regulatory agencies overseeing hydrocarbon operations.