Mr. Sami Ahmad has been Chief Financial Officer at Trecora Resources since October 01, 2016. Mr. Ahmad served as Chief Financial Officer of Armada Water Assets, Inc. since July 22, 2013 to August 2016 and also served as its Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. He has thirty years of experience in roles of increasing responsibility in the water, energy and chemicals industries. He has deep and extensive experience in capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning as well as engineering and manufacturing. Most recently, from October 2012 to June 2013, Mr. Ahmad was Chief Financial Officer at SouthWest Water Company. His responsibilities included finance, IT, accounting, tax, treasury, real estate and corporate development. Before this, from January 2012 to October 2012, he was a Managing Partner for Lexington Partners, LLC. Prior to this, from May 2009 to November 2011, Mr. Ahmad was Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Exterran, NYSE-listed. From 1991 to 1998, he held various positions with ARCO Chemical Company including financial analysis, marketing, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. From 1998 to 2006, he worked for Lyondell Chemical Company as Director of Investor Relations, Assistant Treasurer, Corporate Finance and Director of Corporate Development. He also worked at Ashland Chemical. He serves on the Board of the Buffalo Bayou Partnership. He served as Director at Armada Water Assets, Inc. from July 2013 to August 2016. Mr. Ahmad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago.