Christopher Strong President and Chief Executive Officer
Christopher D. Strong became our President and Chief Executive Officer on April 1, 2004. From June 1, 2003 to April 1, 2004, Mr. Strong served as Union's President and Treasurer. From May 1999 to June 1, 2003, he served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He has over 15 years experience in the oil and natural gas industry. From 1994 until he joined Union, he served in various capacities at Hvide Marine, a marine oilfield service company, most recently as Vice President-Finance and Treasurer. From 1990 through 1994, Mr. Strong was Treasurer of Port Everglades, a seaport with one of the largest non-refinery petroleum tank farms in the country.He is a graduate of Vassar College, and received an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in finance from the Wharton School in 1986. Prior to his graduate studies, Mr. Strong served as an officer in the US Navy.
A.J. Verdecchia joined Union Drilling as Corporate Controller in May 2006. He has over 18 years of financial management experience and served in various accounting, treasury, and planning capacities. From November 2005 to May 2006, Mr. Verdecchia served as Director of Finance & Operations at Citrix Systems, Inc. From April 2004 to November 2005, Mr. Verdecchia served as a Controller at Coherent, Inc. From April 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Verdecchia served as Treasurer at Lumenis Inc. (formerly Coherent Medical Division). He also served as Manager - Finance at Hvide Marine, Inc. and Internal Auditor at General Motors Acceptance Corporation. Mr. Verdecchia holds a B.S. degree in Finance from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from Florida Atlantic University. He also obtained a C.P.A. certification.
David S. Goldberg Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
David S. Goldberg joined Union Drilling in August 2007. He has been a practicing attorney in Texas since 1987. From September 1987 to March 1995, Mr. Goldberg was an attorney with the international law firm of Haynes and Boone, LLP where he specialized in corporate/securities and public finance law. From March 1995 to March 1999, Mr. Goldberg served as the Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of InterTAN, Inc., a publicly-traded consumer electronics retailer with operations at the time in Canada, Australia/New Zealand and the United Kingdom. In April 1999, Mr. Goldberg joined RadioShack Corporation where he served in various positions, most recently serving as its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Goldberg graduated from Texas Christian University in 1984 with a B.S. in Economics. He received his Juris Doctor degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in May 1987.
