- Doug Swanson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Doug Swanson has served as a Class III director since March 2006. Mr. Swanson serves as a Class III director for a term that will expire on the date of our annual meeting of stockholders 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 in April 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. Mr. Swanson is a director for Flint Energy Services, LTD (Toronto: FES.TO), a Canadian integrated midstream oil and gas production services provider.
- Jerry
L. Winchester
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jerry Winchester has served as our President and Class II Director since 1998. In July 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 2011. From 1998 to May 2008 Mr. Winchester also served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Boots & Coots 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 Class I director since August 1999. Mr. Anderson also serves as chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. 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 2010. Prior to May 2007, Mr. Anderson was the President, Chief Executive 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 Transocean Inc. and Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC.
- E.J.
DiPaolo
Director
Serves on Audit, Compensation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees
E.J. "Jed" DiPaolo 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 2011. Mr. DiPaolo also serves on the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees. 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. Mr. DiPaolo also serves on the boards of directors of Superior Well Services, Inc, Evolution Petroleum Corporation, and Innicor Subsurface Technologies, Inc.
- Robert S. Herlin
Director
Chairs Compensation Committee
Serves on Audit Committee
Robert Herlin was appointed a Class I director on September 30, 2003. Mr. Herlin serves on the Audit Committee and chairs the Compensation Committee. 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 2010. 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.
- 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 serves on the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. 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
Chairs Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
Robert Croyle became a Class I director on January 1, 2007. He chairs the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Croyle’s a term as a Class I director will expire on the date of the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled for calendar year 2010. From 2002 until December 31, 2006, when he retired, Mr. Croyle served as Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of Rowan Companies, Inc., a major international offshore and land drilling contractor traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Croyle held various positions with Rowan Companies, Inc. beginning in 1973, and was elected as a director of Rowan in 1998. From 1993 to 2002, he served as Executive Vice President with management responsibility for Rowan’s aviation and manufacturing divisions. Mr. Croyle is a director of Rowan Companies, Inc. and Magellan Midstream Holdings, GP, LLC.
- Dewitt H. Edwards
Chief Operating Officer
Dee Edwards has served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President since June 1, 2008. Mr. Edwards has served in various capacities for the Company since September 1998. Most recently, since June 30, 2006, Mr. Edwards has served as Executive Vice President. From April 2005 to June 2006, Mr. Edwards served as Senior Vice President—Finance and was the Company’s principal financial officer. Mr. Edwards served as a consultant to the Company from May 2002 to April 2005, working on initiatives to refinance the Company’s obligations and improve its overall capital structure and liquidity. From September 1998 to May 2002, Mr. Edwards was employed by the Company as Executive Vice President. Before joining the Company, 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
