Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> August 3, 2003

Timothy Dove – Pioneer Natural Resources Company (pxd)

TIMOTHY L. DOVE, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pioneer Natural Resources Company, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. He then went on to receive his MBA, with concentrations in Finance and Marketing, from the University of Chicago in 1981. In January 2000, he assumed the responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer of Pioneer. He had previously served as Executive Vice President-Business Development for the company since its formation in August 1997. Mr. Dove joined one of Pioneer's predecessors, Parker & Parsley Petroleum Company, in 1994. Earlier in his career, he worked for Diamond Shamrock Corp. and its successor, Maxus Energy Corp., in various capacities in international exploration and production, marketing, refining and planning and development. Profile
TWST: Would you bring us up to date on what's gone on at Pioneer over

the last year or so that investors should focus on?

Mr. Dove: We've finally begun to see the fruits of our prior