SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EGPI Firecreek, Inc. (OTCBB:EFIR) is pleased to announce that it has added Mr. Garrett Sullivan to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Sullivan, a Boston University and Harvard Business School graduate, has held various positions with DuPont Chemicals and UniRoyal on both national and international levels. His vast level of experience also had him running a textile and paper manufacturing facility and serving as President of HT&T, a hospital television and call system company owned by Philips of Holland.
Mr. Sullivan is perhaps best known for his role as Vice Chairman of Applied Digital Solutions where he executed a technology rollup by completing 42 acquisitions. He was previously a partner in The Bay Group, a merger and acquisition firm in New Hampshire. Additionally, Mr. Sullivan is past President of Granada Hospital Group, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Dennis Alexander, EGPI President, stated, "We are ecstatic to be bringing Mr. Sullivan and his broad base of experience onto the EGPI Board of Directors." He also stated, "The timing couldn't be more appropriate as we continue to explore new growth while organically growing our Company through strategic acquisitions."
About EGPI Firecreek, Inc.
EGPI/Firecreek Inc. is historically focused on oil production with an emphasis on acquiring existing oil fields with proven reserves, the rehabilitation of potentially high throughput oilfields, resource properties and inventories on an international basis. Other companies in the oil sector include Exxon Mobil, Pantina Oil and Gas Inc., Frontier Oil Inc., and Cabot Oil & Gas Inc.
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