Dustin Hoffman, P.Eng.
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Hoffman is a professional engineer with over 29 years of diverse technical and leadership experience, with a proven track record of delivering superior results in unconventional plays from the exploration phase to full field development. He has experience with resource identification, reservoir/exploitation engineering, production, operations, drilling and completions, capital/operating budgeting, M&A activities, and deal execution.
Prior to Parallax, Mr. Hoffman was the COO and interim CEO at Pipestone Energy Corp., and previously held several senior management roles at Encana Corporation and its predecessor companies in different operating areas such as Deep Basin, Peace River Arch, Montney, and Duvernay. Dustin Hoffman is a member of Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta (1993)
Dan van Kessel
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. van Kessel is a finance professional, with over 13 years of diverse M&A, financing and evaluations experience focused on the Canadian energy industry.
Prior to Parallax Energy, he was VP Corporate Development for Pipestone Energy Corp., responsible for leading business development, financing, marketing and risk management activities. Prior thereto, Mr. van Kessel worked in Calgary at an energy-focused private equity firm, as well as at a global investment bank. Dan van Kessel holds an Honors Business Administration (HBA) degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University (2010).
Mark Dzikowski, P.Geo.
VP Exploration
Mark Dzikowski is a Professional Geologist with 25 years of exploration and development experience in Canada and Internationally, with in-depth knowledge of conventional and unconventional reservoirs.
Prior to Parallax Energy, Mark gathered his technical geological experience in various roles of increasing responsibility within the junior E&P space, as well as Canadian independents like Encana, subsequently moving into various management roles over the last 12 years. Mark has a proven track record of extracting value out of new and existing assets by applying subsurface knowledge while pairing it with data management, analytics and digital workflows. He holds a Bachelor of Science Geology degree from the University of Calgary (1999).
Ryan Miller
Manager, Exploitation
Ryan Miller has over 20 years of experience in oil and gas in both conventional and unconventional development and operations. Prior to Parallax Energy, Ryan was a Senior Development Advisor with Ovintiv, where he developed a broad skillset in a variety of roles including exploration, reservoir engineering, finance, asset development, production optimization and supply chain. Earlier experience included acquisition & divestiture of assets, teaching reservoir and hydraulic modeling courses, field wide optimization and consulting on development plans and density. Ryan is a graduate of Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) in the Petroleum Engineering technology program (2002), graduating with honors, and was part of the NAIT program development advisory committee after graduation.
