Ryan Moore represents the fourth generation of his family in the oil and gas business and has spent more than 20 years in the industry himself. Before founding Pheasant, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Moore Minerals, LC, the family office behind J. Hiram Moore, Ltd., established in the 1950s, where he directed land, revenue, and financial management for thousands of wells and mineral interests across 15 states.
He founded Pheasant Energy in 2014, whose holdings today extend across most major oil and gas producing basins in the United States. In 2017, he launched Pheasant Resources, the organization's acquisition and divestiture arm, which has completed more than 100 transactions across the Permian, Williston, and Anadarko basins, including more than $85 million in realized asset sales at a 6.5x multiple of invested capital.* In 2024, he launched Pheasant Exploration, focused on non-operated working interests, wellbore purchases, and joint ventures.
Mr. Moore serves on the boards of EE Systems, Inc., a gas compression product manufacturer; M1neral, LLC, an energy software company; and ZeoGas, LLC, a global methanol project headquartered in Houston, Texas. He is a member of the Fort Worth Wildcatters and serves on the Cook Children's Board of Trustees.
* Gross, unaudited results of balance-sheet transactions.
Casmir Mason has spent more than 12 years in oil and gas finance, all of it on these assets. He began as an analyst at Moore Minerals, LC, the Moore family office, where he recovered millions of dollars in revenue and analyzed potential acquisitions, then rose at Pheasant from Analyst to Vice President of Finance to CFO. He builds and owns the firm's financial models and is responsible for forecasting, investment strategy, capital allocation, and financial reporting. He graduated cum laude at the top of his class and was selected for the BNSF Next Generation of Leadership Program at TCU's Neeley School of Business.
Josh Randall is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Texas with more than 20 years in reservoir engineering. He spent seven years as a reservoir engineer at XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, in the Permian Basin, and later served as Senior Reservoir Engineer at Enduro Resource Partners, an exploration and production company with interests in the Williston Basin, Rockies, Texas, and Louisiana, where he ran reservoir characterization and optimization, field development, acquisitions and divestitures, and the annual budget and reserves process. At Pheasant, he underwrites every acquisition the firm makes. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Simianne Johnson-Hayden has over 30 years of experience as a petroleum geologist, primarily in the Permian Basin. She previously served as Senior Petroleum Geologist at BOPCO LP, a private oil and gas company owned by the Bass family of Fort Worth, Texas, and has personally overseen the geology, promotion, drilling, and evaluation of more than 160 commercially successful wells, with estimated reserves exceeding 10 million barrels of oil and 120 billion cubic feet of natural gas. She is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and of the West Texas and Fort Worth Geological Societies, and served as President of the Fort Worth Geological Society from 2000 to 2001.
Steven Sutton is a Certified Petroleum Landman leading the firm's mineral and royalty strategy, land operations, and the ownership records that drive its sourcing. He previously served as Land Manager at Castell Oil Company, a private independent operator in the Anadarko, Powder River, and Permian basins, where he supported transaction execution and post-acquisition integration, with primary responsibility for Anadarko Basin assets. Earlier, he served as a Senior Landman at ConocoPhillips, contributing to exploration and development programs in the Delaware Basin and Barnett Shale. He holds a BBA in Management Information Systems from Baylor University and is an active member of the American Association of Professional Landmen.
Amy Flores brings more than 20 years of experience in non-operated oil and gas operations. She previously served as Executive Assistant and later Executive Vice President at Duer Wagner III, Inc., a privately owned Fort Worth oil and gas company with primarily non-operated working interests throughout the United States. At Pheasant, she oversees day-to-day operations, including accounts payable and receivable, cash management, and operator correspondence. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Texas Christian University.
