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                    EMPLOYMENT AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

         This Employment and Confidentiality Agreement (the "Agreement") is made
and entered into as of July 1, 2005 (the "Effective Date") by and between Wayne
Barr, Jr. ("Employee") and Tejas Incorporated ("Tejas") and its subsidiary,
Capital & Technology Advisors, Inc. ("C&TA). For purposes of this Agreement,
references made to "the Company" are to Tejas and its subsidiaries.

         WHEREAS the Company and Employee have decided to reflect the terms of
Employee's employment with the Company in a written document and which shall
govern the material terms of Employee's employment by the Company. In addition
to the terms of this Agreement, Employee shall be subject to certain policies
and procedures published by the Company, or made known to Employee from time to
time. Such policies and procedures are incorporated within this Agreement as if
fully set forth herein.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements
hereafter set forth, and upon the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement, Employee and the Company hereby agree as follows:

1. Conditions of Employment.

   1.1.           Compliance with Company Policies.

                  Employee shall be subject to the policies and procedures
              enacted by the Company from time to time and made known to
              Employee either through publication or by direct discussion with
              Employee.

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   1.2.           Compliance with Applicable Rules and Regulations.

                  Employee shall be subject to all of the Rules and Regulations
              of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Company reserves
              the right to terminate Employee should he/she not remain compliant
              with these Rules and Regulations.

   1.3.            Other Business Interests.

                  Employee shall not be employed by or receive any other
              employment compensation from any other person or entity except as
              may be agreed to by the Company in writing. All revenues generated
              from Employee's efforts shall at all times belong to the Company
              unless otherwise agreed to pursuant to written agreement between
              Company and Employee.

   1.4.           Term and Termination.

                  Employee's employment with the Company shall be "at will" and
              may be terminated by either Employee or Company at any time and
              for any or no particular reason or cause with or without advance
              notice to the other. In the event that Employee is terminated for
              any reason other than for Cause, Employee shall be entitled to six
              (6) months severance pay at his prevailing monthly salary rate and
              continuation of his benefits for such six (6) month period. For
              purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean (i) material breach
              by Employee of any of his obligations set forth in this Agreement,
              which breach is not cured within 15 days after receipt by Employee
              of notice from the Board of Directors of Company of such breach;
              (ii) material breach by Employee of his fiduciary duties as an
              officer of the Company, which breach is not cured within 15 days
              after receipt by Employee of notice from the Board of Directors of
              Company of such breach; (iii)

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              conviction of a crime involving fraud, personal dishonesty or
              moral turpitude (whether or not in connection with Employee's
              employment); (iv) final enforcement by the Securities and Exchange
              Commission ("SEC") against Employee, which includes restraining
              and enjoining Employee from violating SEC rules and regulations,
              prohibiting Employee from acting as an officer or director of any
              issuer of securities that has a class of securities registered
              pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
              amended (the "Exchange Act") or that is required to file reports
              pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and ordering
              Employee to pay disgorgement and civil penalties; (v) gross
              negligence by the Employee in the performance of his duties
              hereunder; or (vi) the Employee's willful failure to comply with
              the written corporate policies of the Company or with a lawful
              direction of the Board of Directors of the Company.

2. Duties, Compensation and Benefits.

   2.1.           Title.

                  President and Chief Executive Officer of C&TA.

   2.2.           Capacity.

                  Employee shall serve as an employee of the Company and shall
              perform such customary, appropriate and reasonable duties as are
              performed by an employee at a similar level as may be delegated to
              Employee by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board").
              Employee shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities that
              are customary for an employee with the same title in the industry.

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   2.3.           Schedule.

                  Employee shall be employed on a full time basis and shall
              devote all of his/her working time, intentions and energies to the
              Company. Employee shall at all times perform his/her duties and
              obligations faithfully, diligently and to the best of their
              abilities.

   2.4.           Salary.

                  During employment with the Company, Employee shall be paid
              $15,000 per month for each month of employment in accordance with
              the Company's standard payroll practice. Salary shall be subject
              to annual review and adjustment at the discretion of the Board or
              any committee or individual appointed by the Board to perform such
              function; provided that the salary shall not be subject to
              reduction below its level as of the Effective Date of this
              Agreement unless consented to in writing by the Employee.

   2.5.           Bonus.

                  2.5.1 Guaranteed Bonus. Employee shall receive a guaranteed
              quarterly bonus of $17,500, commencing on September 1, 2005 and to
              be paid quarterly thereafter in accordance with the Company's
              standard payroll practice.

                  2.5.2.   Discretionary Bonus.  Employee is also eligible for
              annual bonus based upon performance and Company profitability.
              This bonus shall be based upon a percentage of the revenues of
              C&TA and shall be allocated by Jared E. Abbruzzese, Sr., Vice
              Chairman of the Company, in his discretion, to the employees
              of C&TA, including the Employee.

                  If Employee is terminated or terminates his/her employment,
              he/she shall not be entitled to any additional bonus.

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   2.6.           Business Expenses.

                  The Company shall reimburse Employee for reasonable business
              expenses necessarily and appropriately incurred by Employee in
              performing his/her duties hereunder in accordance with such
              policies and procedures regarding employee expenses as the Company
              may from time to time put in effect.

   2.7.           Benefits.

                  In addition to salary, bonuses, commissions and stock options,
              Employee shall be entitled to participate in any Employee benefit
              program established from time to time for employees of the Company
              and made generally available by the Company to its executives as
              determined by eligibility requirements established by the Company
              or such employee benefit programs.

   2.8.           Holiday and Vacation.

                  Employee shall be entitled to all holidays provided under the
              Company's regular holiday schedule published from time to time by
              Company. In addition, Employee shall be entitled to vacation time
              in accordance with the policies established by the Company from
              time to time.

   3. Confidential Information.

                  Employee understands and agrees that in connection with the
              performance of their obligations and duties, Employee has and will
              receive certain proprietary, confidential or other information
              concerning the Company that the Company regards as highly
              confidential. In addition, Employee acknowledges and agrees that
              he/she will receive special and important training in regard to
              the performance of the business activities.

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              The information provided to Employee may include, without
              limitation or designation as such, business strategies, terms of
              contracts and business relationships, pricing information and
              other information that is not generally known to the public.
              Employee acknowledges and agrees that all such information,
              including information obtained through special training by the
              Company, is and will at all times remain the sole and exclusive
              property of the Company. Employee acknowledges and agrees that
              they will, during the term of their employment with the Company
              and at all times thereafter hold such information in confidence
              and not disclose any such information to any third party except as
              authorized in advance in writing by the Company or directly in
              connection with the performance of the employees obligations
              hereunder. In the event of the termination of Employee's
              employment with the Company, Employee shall promptly return all
              confidential and propriety information in Employee's possession to
              the Company. Employee agrees that notwithstanding the termination
              of the employee's employment relationship with the Company that
              his/her agreement to keep the Company's confidential and
              proprietary business information confidential will survive the
              termination of such employment relationship.

                  In addition, Employee agrees and understands that the damages
              which will be incurred by the Company as a result of the breach of
              this confidentiality provision are incalculable. Employee agrees
              that in addition to any remedy available to the Company provided
              by law, that Company will be entitled to injunctive relief,
              including but not limited to obtaining such temporary orders of
              the Court as may be necessary and appropriate in order to enforce
              this provision.

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4. Miscellaneous.

   4.1.           Successors and Assigns.

                  This Agreement shall be bind on and inure to the benefit of
              the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, legal
              representatives and successors. This Agreement may not be
              assigned, in whole or in part, without the prior written agreement
              of both parties hereto, except with respect to the confidentiality
              provisions contained in paragraph 3 hereof. Any attempt to assign
              the provisions of this Agreement (except for paragraph 3) shall be
              null and void.

   4.2.           Withholding.

                  Employee hereby agrees to make appropriate arrangements with
              the Company for the satisfaction of all federal, state or local
              income tax withholding requirements and other federal, social
              security, employee tax requirements applicable to this Agreement.

   4.3.           Governing Law.

                  This Agreement is made and entered into and is to be governed
              by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas
              applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely within
              such state, without regard of the conflict of law principals for
              any such state. Employee agrees that there are sufficient contacts
              within the State of Texas to enforce this provision.

   4.4.           Waiver.

                  The failure of either party at any time to require a
              performance by the other party of any provision hereof shall not
              effect in any way the full right to require such performance at
              any time thereafter nor shall a waiver by either party of a breach
              of any provision

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              hereof be taken or held to be a continuing waiver of such
              provision or a waiver of any other breach under any other
              provision of this Agreement.

   4.5.           Caption.

                  The captions of the sections which are referenced above are
              inserted as a matter of convenience only and are in no way to
              define, limit or describe the scope of this Agreement or
              provisions hereof.

   4.6.           Entire Agreement/Interpretation.

                  This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and
              understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the
              subject matter hereof and supercedes all prior contracts,
              agreements, arrangements, communications, discussions,
              representations and warranties, whether oral or written, between
              the parties with respect to the subject matter. This Agreement may
              be amended only by a written instrument signed by both parties
              hereto making specific reference to this Agreement and express a
              plan or intention to modify it. The parties acknowledge that this
              Agreement has been drafted through mutual efforts of the parties
              and that it shall not be construed more harshly against any party
              hereto.

   4.7.           Counterpart.

                  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
              each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
              together shall constitute on and the same agreement.

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         In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed this Employment
Agreement as of the date first written above.

                                            TEJAS INCORPORATED

                                            By:_________________________________
                                            Printed Name:_______________________
                                            Its:________________________________

                                            CAPITAL & TECHNOLOGY ADVISORS, INC.

                                            By:_________________________________
                                            Printed Name:_______________________
                                            Its:________________________________

                                            EMPLOYEE

                                            ____________________________________
                                            Printed Name:_______________________

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                              NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT

         NON-COMPETE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of July 1, 2005 by
and between Tejas Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Wayne Barr, Jr., an individual residing at [                              ]
(the "Employee").

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee have entered into an Employment
Agreement dated July 1, 2005 (the "Employment Agreement") and, in connection
therewith, wish to enter into this Agreement; and

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of entering into the Employment
Agreement and the other good and valuable consideration noted below, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

        (a) As consideration for the Employee executing this Agreement, the
Company shall disclose confidential and proprietary information to Employee. As
further consideration for the Employee executing this agreement, Company shall
provide to Employee, at the Company's sole expense, periodic training through
classes and seminars in the area of investment banking.

         The Employee acknowledges that the Company has invested and shall
invest valuable time and expense in recruiting, training, providing services to
the Employee and providing specialized knowledge to the Employee. In recognition
of the Employee's acknowledgment that the Employee's services to be rendered to
the Company are of a special and unusual character which have a unique value to
the Company, the Employee acknowledges the loss of his services cannot
adequately be compensated by damages in any action at law.

         In view of the unique value to the Company of such expenditure of funds
for recruitment, training, services and other consideration provided above, it
is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that such benefits are sufficient
and valuable consideration to the Employee. The Employee further covenants,
agrees and states: "THAT SUCH CONSIDERATION PROVIDED TO ME BY THE COMPANY, AS
IDENTIFIED ABOVE IS VALUABLE AND SUFFICIENT BENEFIT TO ME, BECAUSE OF WHICH I
AGREE TO EXECUTE THIS NON- COMPETITION AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY."

        (b) In the event that Employee is terminated from employment with the
Company for Cause (as defined below) or Employee voluntarily terminates
employment with the Company without Good Reason (as defined below), for a period
of one (1) year commencing on the date of such termination (the "Restricted
Period"), Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, as an employee, employer,
consultant, agent, principal, partner, manager, stockholder, officer, director,
or in any other individual or representative capacity, engage or participate in
the ownership, management, operation or control of, or be connected or
associated in any manner to any Restricted Enterprise (as defined below),
provided that in no event shall ownership of less than two (2) percent of the
outstanding

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equity securities of any issuer whose securities are registered on a national
securities exchange be prohibited under this Agreement.

         "Cause" shall mean (i) employee's dishonesty, fraud, theft,
embezzlement, or breach of fiduciary duty related to Company matters; (ii)
employee's material violation of this Agreement with the Company; (iii)
employee's engagement in gross misconduct which is injurious to the Company's
finances, business, or reputation; or (iv) employee's conviction of, or plea of
nolo contendere to, a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude (other
than minor traffic offenses).

         "Good Reason" shall mean any action taken by the Company or any
subsidiary thereof (other than any such actions within the control of employee)
and not consented to by employee in writing, which has the following effect(s):
(i) any material breach of the terms of the employment agreement between
employee and the Company; (ii) any change in the formula or the means by which
employee's annual compensation is to be determined, or any failure to pay such
compensation to employee when due in accordance with the terms of such formula
and/or the employment agreement; or (iii) any material diminution in employee's
duties and responsibilities, any change in employee's title as President of
Capital & Technology Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, or any change
in the reporting structure pursuant to which employee reports.

         "Restricted Enterprise" shall mean any person, corporation, partnership
or other entity which engages anywhere in the United States of America in the
business of a broker-dealer, investment or merchant banker, investment advisor,
finder or business, management or financial consultant or advisor.

        (c) During the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, directly or
indirectly, solicit for employment any person who was employed by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, the "Company Parties")
during or after Employee's employment with the Company.

        (d) It is acknowledged and agreed to by the Company and the Employee
that the identity of and any information concerning (i) clients, accounts and
other parties to whom the Company and Parties provide services (individually a
"Customer" and collectively, "Customers") is confidential and a valuable
business asset of the Company and (ii) the registered representatives ("RRs")
utilized by the Company is confidential and a valuable business asset of the
Company. Therefore, in the event of the termination of Employee's employment
with the Company, Employee shall not during the remainder of the Restricted
Period, directly or indirectly:

                (i) work as an employee, employer, consultant, agent, principal,
partner, manager, stockholder, officer, director, or in any other individual or
representative capacity for any person or entity who or which was a Customer
during Employee's employment with the Company, without the Company's written
consent;

                (ii) call on, solicit, or take away, for Employee or for any
other person or entity, any person or entity who or which was a Customer, or
with which the Company

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was in negotiations to become a Customer, during Employee's employment with the
Company; or

                (iii) provide or allow any other person or entity to have
information in Employee's possession concerning the RRs provided by Employee or
otherwise obtained by Employee, except as required by law, rule, regulation or
judicial authority or as required by Employee's accountants or legal counsel. In
addition, during the term of this Agreement and after its termination, Employee
shall not solicit RRs to engage in transactions related to Customers, advisory
services or other investments nor solicit the RRs to solicit others to do so
without the express permission of the Company.

        (e) If any of the restrictions contained in this Agreement shall be
deemed by any applicable court to be unenforceable by reason of the extent,
duration or geographical scope thereof, or otherwise, then the parties agree
that such court shall modify such restriction, only to the extent necessary to
render it enforceable and, in its reduced form, such restriction shall then be
enforced, and in its reduced form this Agreement shall be enforceable in the
manner contemplated hereby. The Employee agrees that the limitations set forth
in this Agreement (including, without limitation, any time or territorial
limitations) are reasonable and properly required for the adequate protection of
the businesses of the Company. The Employee acknowledges and agrees that a
remedy at law for any breach or threatened breach of the provisions of this
Agreement would be inadequate and, therefore, agrees that the Company shall be
entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any other available rights and
remedies in cases of any such breach or threatened breach.

        (f) Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and
shall be binding upon, the parties hereto and their respective successors,
heirs, legal representatives and assigns. No rights or obligations of the
Employer hereunder may be assigned by Employee without the prior written consent
of the Company, which may be granted or denied in its sole and absolute
discretion; provided, however, that the Company may assign its rights hereunder
without the consent of the Employee.

        (g) Waiver. The waiver by the Company of a breach of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of
any other or subsequent breach.

        (h) Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, together with the
Employment Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties pertaining
to the subject matter hereof, and the parties hereto have made no agreements,
representations or warranties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement
that are not set forth herein. No supplement, modification, waiver or
termination of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and signed
by the party to be bound thereby.

        (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS
OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

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        (j) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.

        (k) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
given in accordance with the terms of the Employment Agreement.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Non-Compete Agreement
as of the date and year first set forth above.

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                                  Wayne Barr, Jr.

                                  TEJAS INCORPORATED

                                  By:
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                                     Name:    Kurt Rechner
                                     Title:   President

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