Jim Riddell is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Resources Ltd. and has been a director of Paramount since 2000. Jim is also a director of Big Rock Brewery Inc. and a director of Marquee Energy Ltd. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and from the University of Alberta with a Master of Science degree in Geology and is a member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.