- Doug Swanson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Doug Swanson has served as a Class III director since the acquisition of Hydraulic Well Control by the Company on March 3, 2006. Mr. Swanson serves as a Class III director for a term that will expire on the date of our annual meeting of stockholders scheduled in 2009. Mr. Swanson was elected Chairman of the board by our board of directors on November 6, 2006. Mr. Swanson was appointed as president and chief executive officer of Oil States International, Inc. in January 2000. He resigned his position as President of Oil States in May, 2006, and he resigned his position as Chief Executive Officer of Oil States on April 30, 2007. Oil States International, Inc., a diversified oilfield services company, that is a leading manufacturer of products for deepwater production facilities and subsea pipelines, and is a leading supplier of a broad range of services to the oil and gas industry, including production-related rental tools, work force accommodations and logistics, oil country tubular goods distribution and land drilling services. Oil States is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “OIS”. Mr. Swanson remains a director of Oil States. Prior to joining Oil States, Mr. Swanson served as president and chief executive officer of Cliffs Drilling Company, a contract drilling company, from January 1992 to August 1999. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
- Jerry
L. Winchester
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jerry Winchester has served as our President, Class II director and Chief Operating Officer since 1998. In July of 2002 he assumed the position of chief executive officer. Mr. Winchester serves as a Class II director for a term that will expire on the date of our annual meeting of stockholders scheduled in 2008. Prior to joining us in 1998, Mr. Winchester was employed by Halliburton Energy Services since 1981 in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as Global Manager – Well Control, Coil Tubing and Special Services. He received his B.S. in Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University in 1982 and is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the International Association of Drilling Contractors.
- W. Richard Anderson
Director
Chairs Audit Committee
Serves on Compensation Committee
Richard Anderson has served as a director of the Company since August 1999. Mr. Anderson serves as a Class I director for a term that will expire on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled for calendar year 2007. Mr. Anderson is the President, Chief Financial Officer and a director of Prime Natural Resources, a closely held exploration and production company. Prior to his employment at Prime in January 1999, he was employed by Hein & Associates LLP, a certified public accounting firm, where he served as a partner from 1989 to January 1995 and as a managing partner from January 1995 until October 1998. Mr. Anderson also serves on the boards of directors of Global Santa Fe Corporation and Calibre Energy, Inc.
- Robert Stevens Herlin
Director
Serves on Audit Committee
Chairs Compensation Committee
Robert Herlin was appointed a director of the Company on September 30, 2003. Mr. Herlin serves as a Class I director for a term that will expire on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled for calendar year 2007. Since 2003, Mr. Herlin has served as the President, CEO and a director of Evolution Petroleum Corporation, a public company involved in the acquisition and redevelopment of oil and gas properties. Since 2003, Mr. Herlin has served as a partner with Tatum Partners, a service company that provides principal executive and accounting officers to clients on a contract basis. Prior to his employment at Evolution Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Herlin was CFO of Intercontinental Tower Corporation, a wireless telecom infrastructure operation in South America from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Herlin earned his MBA from Harvard and engineering degrees from Rice University.
- E.J.
DiPaolo
Director
Serves on Audit Committee
Serves on Compensation Committee
E.J. "Jed" DiPaolo has served as a director from May 1999 to December 4, 2002 then was reappointed on September 30, 2003. Mr. DiPaolo serves as a Class II director for a term that will expire on the date of our annual meeting of stockholders in 2008. Since August of 2003, Mr. DiPaolo has provided consulting services to Growth Capital Partners, L.P., a company engaged in investments and merchant banking. Mr. DiPaolo was the Senior Vice President, Global Business Development of Halliburton Energy Services, having had responsibility for all worldwide business development activities until his retirement in 2002. Mr. DiPaolo was employed at Halliburton Energy Services from 1976 until his retirement in progressive positions of responsibility.
- K. Kirk Krist
Director
Kirk Krist has served as a Class III director since our acquisition of IWC Services on July 29, 1997. Mr. Krist’s term as a Class III director will expire on the date of our annual meeting of stockholders in 2009. Mr. Krist served as Chairman of the Board from December 2002 to December 2006. Mr. Krist is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.B.A. in Business. He has been a self-employed oil and natural gas investor and venture capitalist since 1982.
- Robert G. Croyle
Director
Robert Croyle became a Class I director on January 1, 2007 for a term that will expire on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled for calendar year 2007. Since 2002, Mr. Croyle has served as Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer at Rowan Companies, Inc., a major international offshore and land drilling contractor traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Croyle has held various positions with Rowan Companies, Inc. since 1973, including serving as director since 1998. From 1993 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President with management responsibility for Rowan’s aviation and manufacturing divisions. He retired from Rowan on December 31, 2006.
- Gabriel Aldape
Chief Financial Officer
Gabriel Aldape was appointed our Chief Financial Officer March 3, 2006. From July 1998 to February 2006, Mr. Aldape served as Vice President–Finance of Hydraulic Well Control, LLC and in such capacity was responsible for directing investment analysis, cost analysis, general accounting, and finance management, including cash management and business planning, for Oil States land drilling operation, for Capstar Drilling. Mr. Aldape also managed the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort for Hydraulic Well Control, LLC and Capstar Drilling. While at Hydraulic Well Control, LLC, Mr. Aldape directed the financial start up efforts in Dubai, the Republic of the Congo, Algeria and Egypt. Prior to that, his international experience includes five years as finance manager and controller of Hydraulic Well Control, LLC in Mexico and Venezuela. Mr. Aldape has spent 21 years in accounting and management in the oil field service industry.
- Dewitt H. Edwards
Executive Vice President
Dee Edwards has served as Executive Vice President since June 30, 2006. From April 2005 to June 2006, Mr. Edwards served as Senior Vice President–Finance and Principal Financial Officer. His primary responsibilities include the delivery of our services and the business development and geographic management of our domestic businesses. Prior to his employment, Mr. Edwards served as a consultant to the Company from May 2002 to April 2005. In that capacity, he had been engaged to work on initiatives to refinance our debt and improve our overall capital structure and liquidity. Prior to that time, Mr. Edwards had been employed by us as Executive Vice President since September 1998. Before joining us, Mr. Edwards had been employed by Halliburton Energy Services for 19 years where he served in positions of increasing authority, including Mid-Continent area manager and North America resource manager.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
