Mr. Kerns has served on the Board of Directors and been a consultant advisor to Royale Energy since its merger with Matrix Oil and Matrix Oil Management Corporation in 2018. He was a co-founder of Matrix Oil in 1999. He has worked as a Petroleum Engineer since 1981 for Mobil, Venoco, Matrix and Royale. For Royale he advised on LA Basin oil projects. He has a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University.