John Ross Rooney is an entrepreneur and businessperson who founded 5 companies, among them: Blizzard Energy, Inc., Resolute Energy, Inc. and Cona Resources Ltd. and who has been at the head of 10 different companies.

He occupies the position of Chairman for Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Chairman for Kara Technologies, Inc. Mr. Rooney is also on the board of Saxon Drilling Canada LP and Western Energy Services Corp.

He previously was Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Tidal Resources, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Calgary Louisiana Energy LLC, Accountant for Clarkson Gordon Services Ltd., Chairman of Gastar Exploration LLC, Chief Executive Officer at Cona Resources Ltd. (he founded the company in 2009), President & Chief Executive Officer at Resolute Energy, Inc. (he founded the company in 1999), President & Chief Executive Officer for Blizzard Energy, Inc. (he founded the company in 2002), President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Zenas Energy Corp. (he founded the company in 2005), Chief Executive Officer of TUSK Energy Corp. (he founded the company), Chief Executive Officer & Director at TUSK Energy, Inc., President, Chief Executive & Financial Officer at Equatorial Energy (Indonesia), Inc., Accountant of Ernst & Young LLP, Director at Export Development Canada and Lead Director at Saxon Energy Services, Inc.

John Ross Rooney received an undergraduate degree from the University of Western Ontario.