Tony Schnur
Chief Executive Officer
- BSBA finance, MBA
- BJ Services, Yuma, Camber (Lucas), Aquila, extensive consulting
- Energy experience: 35 years
Greg Wachel
Chief Operating Officer
- BS civil engineering, MS petroleum engineering
- Torrent (founder), Hilcorp
- Energy experience: 24 years
Ryan Poole
Vice President of Finance
- BBA finance
- Carrier Energy, Eagle Rock, EPL, Raymond James, FBR (B. Riley)
- Energy experience: 10 years
Tony Schnur
Chief Executive Officer
- BSBA finance, MBA
- BJ Services, Yuma, Camber (Lucas), Aquila, extensive consulting
- Energy experience: 35 years
Tony is a multi-decade senior leader of energy companies with deep experience in turnarounds, asset assimilation, mergers, restructuring, and distress management—a profile that has made him an in-demand “fixer” of stressed assets and companies and perfectly positioned for the Fortify Energy strategy to identify, acquire and operate assets where there exist “value gaps.”
Before joining Fortify as founding CEO in 2021, Tony was the appointed chief restructuring officer of the large-cap, privately held oilfield services company BJ Services, interim CEO and CRO of publicly traded Yuma Energy, and served as CEO of Camber Energy (formerly Lucas Energy), where he led a successful turnaround by reorganizing and expanding operations, stabilizing production, and acquiring highly productive assets.
Earlier positions included CFO and interim CEO at the private-equity-backed natural gas company Chroma Oil & Gas, CFO of Llano Royalty Corporation, CFO and interim CEO of NT Energy PLC, CFO of Starlight
Corporation, and director of structured transactions at Aquila Energy Capital. Earlier, Tony managed sales and marketing for energy trading and industrial companies and spent five years in commercial banking, finance and business development.
Tony’s mix of experience in identifying promising oil and gas assets that represent value (and those that don’t), restructuring operations, cost reductions, and implementation of financial controls may be unmatched in the industry.
Tony earned a BSBA in finance from Gannon University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve.
Tony is a multi-decade senior leader of energy companies with deep experience in turnarounds, asset assimilation, mergers, restructuring, and distress management—a profile that has made him an in-demand “fixer” of stressed assets and companies and perfectly positioned for the Fortify Energy strategy to identify, acquire and operate assets where there exist “value gaps.”
Before joining Fortify as founding CEO in 2021, Tony was the appointed chief restructuring officer of the large-cap, privately held oilfield services company BJ Services, interim CEO and CRO of publicly traded Yuma Energy, and served as CEO of Camber Energy (formerly Lucas Energy), where he led a successful turnaround by reorganizing and expanding operations, stabilizing production, and acquiring highly productive assets.
Earlier positions included CFO and interim CEO at the private-equity-backed natural gas company Chroma Oil & Gas, CFO of Llano Royalty Corporation, CFO and interim CEO of NT Energy PLC, CFO of Starlight Corporation, and director of structured transactions at Aquila Energy Capital. Earlier, Tony managed sales and marketing for energy trading and industrial companies and spent five years in commercial banking, finance and business development.
Tony’s mix of experience in identifying promising oil and gas assets that represent value (and those that don’t), restructuring operations, cost reductions, and implementation of financial controls may be unmatched in the industry.
Tony earned a BSBA in finance from Gannon University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve.
Greg Wachel
Chief Operating Officer
- BS civil engineering, MS petroleum engineering
- Torrent (founder), Hilcorp
- Energy experience: 24 years
Greg is an engineer by training, and at heart, and is a “hands-on” energy executive who is particularly noted for recognizing value gaps in potential acquisitions and then maximizing asset value and capturing upside potential on behalf of shareholders.
Greg has a strong entrepreneurial tilt—a great fit for Fortify Energy’s model of successive, selective acquisitions. Before joining Fortify as founding COO, he founded Torrent Oil & Gas, based in Houston, and served as its president and CEO for five years, with a primary focus on redeveloping undercapitalized legacy wells and properties in the Austin Chalk basin. After one particular acquisition, for example, Greg and the team that he assembled reduced lease operating expenses by 20% and replaced more than 200% of reserves within four years.
Before founding Torrent, Greg served in a succession of senior roles at the independent E&P company Hilcorp Energy, including as that company’s chief reservoir engineer. His roles at Hilcorp included leading new major field exploitation, field study and
analysis of acquired assets, capital management, and creation and management of technical and operational staff and asset teams.
Over time, Greg has deployed more than $600 million in capital expenditures in the redevelopment of mature/legacy fields and then successfully overseen transformation of those assets into leaner producing assets through technical improvements, significant operating efficiencies, and cost reductions.
Greg holds a BS in civil engineering and an MS in petroleum engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a 25-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Greg is an engineer by training, and at heart, and is a “hands-on” energy executive who is particularly noted for recognizing value gaps in potential acquisitions and then maximizing asset value and capturing upside potential on behalf of shareholders.
Greg has a strong entrepreneurial tilt—a great fit for Fortify Energy’s model of successive, selective acquisitions. Before joining Fortify as founding COO, he founded Torrent Oil & Gas, based in Houston, and served as its president and CEO for five years, with a primary focus on redeveloping undercapitalized legacy wells and properties in the Austin Chalk basin. After one particular acquisition, for example, Greg and the team that he assembled reduced lease operating expenses by 20% and replaced more than 200% of reserves within four years.
Before founding Torrent, Greg served in a succession of senior roles at the independent E&P company Hilcorp Energy, including as that company’s chief reservoir engineer. His roles at Hilcorp included leading new major field exploitation, field study and analysis of
acquired assets, capital management, and creation and management of technical and operational staff and asset teams.
Over time, Greg has deployed more than $600 million in capital expenditures in the redevelopment of mature/legacy fields and then successfully overseen transformation of those assets into leaner producing assets through technical improvements, significant operating efficiencies, and cost reductions.
Greg holds a BS in civil engineering and an MS in petroleum engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a 25-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Greg is an engineer by training, and at heart, and is a “hands-on” energy executive who is particularly noted for recognizing value gaps in potential acquisitions and then maximizing asset value and capturing upside potential on behalf of shareholders.
Greg has a strong entrepreneurial tilt—a great fit for Fortify Energy’s model of successive, selective acquisitions. Before joining Fortify as founding COO, he founded Torrent Oil & Gas, based in Houston, and served as its president and CEO for five years, with a primary focus on redeveloping undercapitalized legacy wells and properties in the Austin Chalk basin. After one particular acquisition, for example, Greg and the team that he assembled reduced lease operating expenses by 20% and replaced more than 200% of reserves within four years.
Before founding Torrent, Greg served in a succession of senior roles at the independent E&P company Hilcorp Energy, including as that company’s chief reservoir engineer. His roles at Hilcorp included leading new major field exploitation, field study and analysis of acquired assets, capital management, and creation and management of technical and operational staff and asset teams.
Over time, Greg has deployed more than $600 million in capital expenditures in the redevelopment of mature/legacy fields and then successfully overseen transformation of those assets into leaner producing assets through technical improvements, significant operating efficiencies, and cost reductions.
Greg holds a BS in civil engineering and an MS in petroleum engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a 25-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.