Eyal Aronoff is a serial, successful entrepreneur. Eyal is a co-founder of Quest Software, which sold to Dell in 2012 for USD 2.4 billion. Since leaving Quest Software, he has co-founded and invested in a variety of businesses, including e-commerce, specialty financing ventures, and a range of consumer product companies. Over the past decade he has built expertise in the oil and gas space, focusing particularly on increasing US oil production and global utilization of natural gas for electricity, cooking fuels and transportation.

Joseph Palaia has been leading Pioneer Energy’s pursuit of business in the flare gas capture and modular hydrocarbon processing space since 2014, negotiating and closing both domestic and international deals. Joe brings to bear a broad skill set and experience base in technology development, management, strategy, communications, business development and contract negotiation.

Joe holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an M.S. in Nuclear Science & Engineering from MIT, and has completed an intensive executive education course at Harvard Business School. He has served in leadership rolls as a senior technical and business consultant on major international projects, helping to establish the first electric vehicle conversion shop in Singapore and leading development of a space themed entertainment project. Joe has built and led several aerospace startup companies executing NASA contracts which included lunar spacecraft development.

In his spare time, Joe closely follows the emerging commercial space industry and is a veteran of two simulated Mars expeditions in the Canadian Arctic.

Nicole Lane is Corporate Relations Officer at Pioneer Energy. Her passion is building and stewarding sustainable relationships with customers and working with clients to bring solutions to their business challenges. She is spearheading efforts to build and expand Pioneer’s local, regional, and global image and reputation. Nicole holds a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Administration and Management from Indiana University. She joined the team in 2017 after serving in administrative and corporate relations roles with Clabber Girl and Swagelok.  She was raised in Indiana and still holds true to her midwestern values. 

Anthony Maltese is a dedicated and collaborative operations manager with nearly a decade of experience managing dynamic projects in the oil and gas industry.  His roles as a Fracturing and Stimulation Field Service Manager and Deployment Manager for Schlumberger have shaped him into an innovative field leader that develops creative ideas into effective and data-driven plans. 

Anthony joined Pioneer Energy's team in 2018 and is dedicated to implementing continuous improvement practices that build field performance of Pioneer Energy technology while delivering leading field service to our customers. Anthony holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University.