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About Hall Phoenix Energy

 

Our Team

 

William L. Guzzetti, Chief Operating Officer  

Craig Hall

Craig Hall is a lifelong entrepreneur and investor in public and private equities who has been actively involved in the creation and development of a wide variety of businesses. He founded Hall Financial Group in 1968 at the age of 18 with $4,000 saved from small enterprises started at age 10. The company’s current diversified holdings include active operations in: commercial real estate development, ownership and management; software application development; structured finance lending for real estate and other areas; vineyards and wineries; and oil and gas. Craig Hall is the author of five books and has received numerous awards and is a recent winner of the prestigious Hortatio Alger Award.  He and his affiliated companies have experience in oil and natural gas exploration and development beginning in the 1970s in several areas around the country including Michigan, Louisana, Texas and Arkansas.
 
 
Anthony J. Gumbiner, Chief Executive Officer  

Donald Braun, President

Mr. Braun serves as President of the Hall Financial Group, overseeing the implementation of the company’s investment strategies and management of the company’s core businesses activities.  He has been with Hall Financial Group since 1980 and has served in several executive positions prior to his appointment as President, including Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer.  Mr. Braun has extensive capital market experience working with Wall Street and various other capital market sources across a broad range of funding arrangements.   Mr. Braun serves, and has served, as a board member of numerous companies across a broad range of industries, as well as serving as a executive board member of various nonprofit organizations including The Real Estate Council and the North Texas Center for Technology.  Mr. Braun earned a BA in economics from Albion College, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

 

Our History

Founded in 1990, Hall Phoenix Energy Corporation has a rich history that is almost as exciting as its future. The company emerged when Saxon Energy Development Partners purchased Quinoco and merged with Energy Development Partners in 1990 to form Hallwood Energy, a publicly held corporation. At the time of the merger, Hallwood’s current president and COO Bill Guzzetti had led Saxon as president for almost 15 years. In 2001, the corporation assets were sold to Pure Resources and Hall Phoenix Energy, a newly formed, privately held entity began working in the Johnson County Barnett Shale. Successful development in Johnson County resulted in an asset sale to Chesapeake Energy in 2005. Today Hall Phoenix Energy continues to provide quality exploration, acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas.