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David V. Casale, Chief Operating Officer, joined Caithness in 1991 and was previously the Senior Vice President of Tax and Accounting for Caithness Energy and its affiliates. During his tenure he headed up the oversight and involvement with financing, taxation, and accounting matters. During his tenure with Caithness Mr. Casale started the tax department as the Tax Manager and quickly advanced to Controller then Vice President. During that time, he was involved with a variety of complex transactions including public debt offerings (144A transaction) and its related filings, private debt and equity financings and Production Tax Credit equity flip structures. Mr. Casale started his career as an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick, L.L.P. in its Long Island office and subsequently moved to Arthur Anderson & Co.’s tax practice in New York City. There he specialized in complex partnership structures in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Casale graduated from Adelphi University in December of 1986 and holds a degree of Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.