Dynamix Corporation
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Andrea Bernatova, 42
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
She serves as the Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors. She currently serves as a director at Salt Creek Midstream LLC, a midstream services provider, and at Regenerate Technology Global, Inc. Ms. Bernatova was the Chief Executive Officer of ESGEN, a SPAC formed in 2021. ESGEN merged with Sunergy Renewables, LLC, a provider of residential solar energy systems, other energy efficient equipment and related services, in March 2024 and was renamed Zeo Energy Corp. Ms. Bernatova served as the CFO and Senior Advisor of Enchanted Rock Energy, a resiliency microgrid company from 2019 to 2021. From 2018 to 2019, she was the CFO of Goodnight Midstream, one of the largest midstream water infrastructure companies in the U.S. Prior to Goodnight, Ms. Bernatova was the co-founder, EVP and CFO of Core Midstream, a venture infrastructure platform, from 2016 to 2018. Ms. Bernatova started her corporate career as the Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations at PennTex Midstream Partners (NA: PTXP) from 2014 to 2016. At PennTex, she was part of the management team which started the company, grew the platform significantly ultimately leading to an IPO in 2015 and successfully exited the company via a sale to Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (NYSE: ET) and Eagle Claw Midstream in 2016. Prior to her corporate and entrepreneurial experiences, Ms. Bernatova was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse in New York and Houston and served in investment roles at The Blackstone Group in New York and at Mubadala Development Company, ~$250B Abu Dhabi investment fund, based in the United Arab Emirates, where she focused primarily on transactions in the renewable sector under the partnership with Masdar. Ms. Bernatova received her A.B. in Government from Harvard University with a Citation in Spanish.
Nader Daylami, 36
Chief Financial Officer
He currently serves as a director at CarbonPath, a company offering industrial credit solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions within the energy and industrial sectors. Mr. Daylami was the Chief Financial Officer of ESGEN, a SPAC formed in 2021. ESGEN merged with Sunergy Renewables, LLC, a provider of residential solar energy systems, other energy efficient equipment and related services, in March 2024 and was renamed Zeo Energy Corp. Prior to ESGEN, Mr. Daylami served as the Executive Vice President, Finance & Business Development, of Bruin, a North American focused upstream oil and gas operator with over 400 operated wells in North Dakota. Mr. Daylami was part of the management team that founded Bruin in 2015, joining as Director of Finance. At Bruin, he and the management team grew the company significantly via acquisition and organic growth ultimately leading to an exit via a sale to Enerplus Corporation (NYSE: ERF) in 2021. Prior to his time at Bruin, Mr. Daylami served in multiple strategic and commercial roles at Ursa Resources Group II LLC, an upstream oil and gas company focused on oil exploration in the East Texas Eagle Ford shale and natural gas production in western Colorado. Mr. Daylami began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets in the energy sector. Mr. Daylami holds bachelor degrees in Economics & Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.
Philip Rajan, 39
Vice President, M&A and Strategy
Mr. Rajan was a Senior Vice President at Intrepid, a leading energy merchant bank, from October 2021 to May 2023. Prior to Intrepid, Mr. Rajan was a Vice President at Credit Suisse from August 2015 to September 2021, where he focused on advising Upstream and Oilfield Service clients on a range of strategic advisory, M&A, and capital markets transactions. Before that, Mr. Rajan held roles in the energy groups of KeyBanc Capital Markets and Duff & Phelps, where he began his career. In total, Mr. Rajan has over 15 years of experience and has advised and managed over 35 transactions for an aggregate deal value of over $75 billion. Mr. Rajan holds a bachelor degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and is also a CFA charter holder.
Board of Directors
Diaco Aviki, 50
Independent Director Nominee
Mr. Aviki is currently a director at Pinon. Mr. Aviki joined Crestwood in 2017 as Chief Operating Officer, Business Development and Commercial Operations for the Gathering and Processing Division, located in Houston, Texas. In this role, Mr. Aviki led Crestwood’s gathering and processing business development activities and strategy development. Crestwood was sold to Energy Transfer at a valuation of $7.1 billion in November 2023. Mr. Aviki began his career with ExxonMobil in 1995, where he held various domestic and international positions in their downstream, chemicals, and gas marketing business units. Mr. Aviki led the ExxonMobil gas marketing team involved with the commissioning of the ExxonMobil Golden Pass LNG Terminal where it successfully completed a re-gassified LNG send-out (a process of sending LNG at high-pressure to an onshore pipeline) prior to joining BHP. At BHP, Mr. Aviki initially served as the Atlantic Basin Marketing Manager, integrating the shale acquisitions from Petrohawk Energy Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Prior to joining Crestwood, Mr. Aviki served as the President of various midstream assets at BHP and led their commercial efforts. Mr. Aviki has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and has an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas. He is an advisory board member for the Engineering College and Chemical Engineering Department at Auburn University.
Tyler Crabtree, 47
Independent Director Nominee
Mr. Crabtree has 25 years of experience in finance, investments and operations primarily focused on energy and commodities industries. He currently is the CEO of CarbonPath, a company offering industrial credit solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions within the energy and industrial sectors. Prior to forming CarbonPath, he launched, grew and sold Bruin, a North American focused upstream oil and gas operator with over 400 operated wells in North Dakota between 2015 – 2021, where he served on the executive team as Chief Financial Officer. At Bruin, he was responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting including business strategy and planning, financial modeling and reporting, capital raising, midstream commercial operations, insurance, and commodity and interest rate risk management. Prior to Bruin, Mr. Crabtree served as CFO of Ursa Resources Group II LLC, an upstream oil and gas company focused on oil exploration in the East Texas Eagle Ford shale and natural gas production in western Colorado, from 2010 until 2015. Before his time in leadership at Ursa, Mr. Crabtree worked at Denham Capital, an energy and commodity focused private equity firm, where he focused on energy services, commodity processing and midstream investments. He began his energy career as an associate at El Paso Corporation in 2001 before joining Jefferies, Randall & Dewey Ltd as an investment banker in 2004. During that time, he worked on the San Fernando Pipeline JV between Petroleos Mexicanos and El Paso Corporation and on numerous power investments in Alberta Canada. Mr. Crabtree holds a bachelor’s degree in History of Science from Princeton University.
Lynn A. Peterson, —
Independent Director Nominee
Mr. Peterson is a seasoned industry professional with more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. Mr. Peterson held the position of Executive Chairman of the Board at Chord Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHRD) from July 2022 through December 2023. He served as a director of Denbury Inc. (“Denbury”) from 2017 until its acquisition by ExxonMobil in November 2023 and as a director of PDC Energy (Nasdaq: PDCE), prior to its merger with Chevron Corporation. Mr. Peterson brought valuable insights to the different company’s operations, strategy, and business management. As a former CEO of an oil and gas company, Mr. Peterson’s brings extensive industry knowledge and leadership skills to our board of directors. Mr. Peterson previously served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: WLL) from September 2020 until its merger with Oasis Petroleum, Inc. in July 2022, forming Chord Energy Corporation. Prior to Whiting, Mr. Peterson was Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President of SRC Energy from 2015 to 2020, until the closing of its merger with PDC Energy. Before SRC, Mr. Peterson was a co-founder of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corporation, serving as a director from 2001 to 2014; President and Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2014; and Chairman of the Board from 2011 to 2014 until its acquisition by Whiting Petroleum Corporation in December 2014. Mr. Peterson graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.