Mr. Cohen was a Founder of WRAP Technologies, Inc., which trades on the NASDAQ. WRAP is a global public safety technology and services company that delivers modern policing solutions to law enforcement. Mr. Cohen is also the sole Manager of V3 Capital Partners LLC, an investment company that makes direct investments on public and private companies.
Mr. Cohen has more than 20 years of experience in institutional asset management and capital market transactions. Mr. Cohen served as Principal and Portfolio Manager of the Iroquois Capital Opportunity Fund (ICO), a private equity fund which focused on investments in North American oil and gas. ICO’s equity and debt investments included SPVs engaged in leasing, operating, drilling and development of US oil and gas assets. Mr. Cohen also co-founded Iroquois Capital, a leading direct investment fund group which managed approximately $400M. Prior to Iroquois Capital, Mr. Cohen founded a merchant bank which actively participated in structured investments in public companies. Mr. Cohen is active on public and private company boards.
Mr. Cohen is Vice Chairman of Horizon Energy Global. Mr. Cohen was a Founder of WRAP Technologies, Inc., which trades on the NASDAQ. WRAP is a global public safety technology and services company that delivers modern policing solutions to law enforcement. Mr. Cohen is also the sole Manager of V3 Capital Partners LLC, an investment company that makes direct investments on public and private companies.
Mr. Cohen has more than 20 years of experience in institutional asset management and capital market transactions. Mr. Cohen served as Principal and Portfolio Manager of the Iroquois Capital Opportunity Fund (ICO), a private equity fund which focused on investments in North American oil and gas. ICO’s equity and debt investments included SPVs engaged in leasing, operating, drilling and development of US oil and gas assets. Mr. Cohen also co-founded Iroquois Capital, a leading direct investment fund group which managed approximately $400M. Prior to Iroquois Capital, Mr. Cohen founded a merchant bank which actively participated in structured investments in public companies. Mr. Cohen is active on public and private company boards.
SENIOR TECHNICAL BOARD ADVISOR
From 2017 to the present, per consulting arrangements, Mr. Larberg has conducted exploration technical and portfolio analysis at the highest executive/corporate level for Kuwait Oil Company (the Kuwait National Oil Company), Petronas (Malaysia National Oil Company), Ecopetrol/Hocol (Colombia National Oil Company).
From 2006 to 2017, Mr. Larberg consulted with several large E&P companies whose exploration programs were not adding value to the parent company. At Maersk, he reviewed the entire exploration prospect inventory, suggesting needed technology improvements and process/organizational changes which enhanced exploration efficiency, effectiveness, and profitability. He provided similar services to ONGC (India National Oil Company) for their deep-water prospect inventory. Through 2014,
he worked under contract with Schlumberger Business Consulting (supporting PEMEX’s Executive Vice President of Exploration) undertaking exploration process, portfolio, technology, and prospect characterization improvement efforts.
Mr. Larberg retired from Burlington Resources in March of 2006 following the company’s sale to Conoco Phillips for $35.6 billion. He joined Burlington Resources in 1998 as Vice President of Exploration for Burlington Resources International. In this capacity, he also served as President of Burlington Resources subsidiaries in China, Peru, Ecuador, and Algeria. In 2000, Mr. Larberg was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office of Burlington Resources International, a position he held until 2003, when he moved to Burlington Resource’s corporate office as Executive Vice President of Geosciences. In this capacity he was responsible for technical excellence in the Geology and Geophysical programs across the company, G&G technology business development, and management of the company-wide exploration portfolio.
Prior to his tenure at Burlington Resources, Mr. Larberg was with Shell Oil Company for 21 years. He began his career in the Permian Basin of Texas and served 8 years with growing responsibility in Shell’s Gulf of Mexico Deepwater exploration effort, ultimately serving as Deepwater Exploration Manager for offshore Louisiana. He was named Vice President of E&P for Pecten International, Shell Oil’s international subsidiary in 1993. He ended his career with Shell as part of the Royal Dutch Group where he was Business Development Manager for Royal Dutch Shell’s worldwide Deepwater effort.
Mr. Larberg received a B.S. in Geology from Trinity University, completing his M.S. in Geology at Texas A&M University. He is a past Trustee for the American Geological Institute’s Foundation, is a member of the Texas A&M Energy Industry Liaison Committee.