Dane M. Maxwell
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President of Acquisitions

As Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & EVP of Acquisitions, Dane is responsible for overseeing Cresta’s day-to-day operations as well as its land acquisition team. He brings a decade of industry experience in land acquisitions, business development, and real asset management.

Dane served as Director of Land at Fortis Minerals, an EnCap company, where he was directly responsible for sourcing and executing 300+ acquisitions representing over $200MM in aggregate value.

Previously, Dane served as the Delaware Basin Land Team Lead for Chevron (NYSE:CVX), where he was responsible for managing the team in charge of developing and maintaining over one million net acres of leasehold and mineral interests in Texas and New Mexico.

Since 2011, Dane has concentrated his efforts on acquiring energy assets throughout the United States. He began his career as a Petroleum Landman at Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK).

Dane received a B.S. in Petroleum Land and Resource Management from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.