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MATT SZOT - MMEX, TPAC

Mr. Szot has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer since January 2009. Mr. Szot has significant experience in financial implementation processes, mergers and acquisitions, financial valuation and public company SEC reporting and compliance. Since February 2007, Mr. Szot has served as the Chief Financial Officer for Cardiff Partners, LLC, a strategic consulting company which provides executive financial services to various publicly traded and privately held companies. Prior thereto, from 2003 to 2006, Mr. Szot served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Rip Curl, Inc., a market leader in wetsuit and action sports apparel products. From 1996 to 2003, Mr. Szot was a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG in the San Diego and Chicago offices and served as an Audit Manager for various publicly traded companies. Mr. Szot is on the Board of Directors of Secured Federal Funding Acquisition Corp. and also serves as Chief Financial Officer of S&W Seed Company, Inc. and Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company, Inc.. Mr. Szot graduated with High Honors from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Agricultural Economics. Mr. Szot is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.