Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 3, 2002

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: Give us a brief historical sketch of the company followed

by a picture of things as they are now.

Mr. Dove: Pioneer was created in 1997 by the merger of Parker &

Parsley Petroleum