Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Jerry L. Winchester |
President & CEO |
| Cary Baetz |
CFO |
| Dewitt Edwards |
COO |
| Don B. Cobb |
Executive Vice President |
| Allen Duke |
Senior Vice President, Global Business Dev & Delivery |
| John K. Hebert |
Senior Vice President, Resource Mgmt |
| John Wright |
Senior Vice President, Technology |
| Larry Burleson |
Senior Vice President, Customer Relations |
| Bill Markus |
Vice President, Safeguard & Prevention Services |
| Charles R. Brabham |
Vice President, Intl Hydraulic Workover Services & Snubbing Operations |
| Danny Clayton |
Vice President, Well Control |
| John Garner |
Vice President, Engineering |
| Mickie Theriot |
Vice President, Global Assets & Manufacturing |
| Mike Clark |
Vice President, Operations |
| Tom Hendrix |
Vice President, Business Dev, Pressure Control |
| William L. Bulcher |
Controller & Vice President |
|
Director, Ir & Comm |
| Don Shackelford |
Manager, Engineering |
| Glen Hendrix |
Manager, Operations, Rental Tools Division |
| Brian Keith |
General Counsel |
| Liliana Quebodeaux |
Administrative Assistant |
| Robert G. Croyle |
Director |
| W. Richard Anderson |
Director |
Board of Directors
Jerry has served as our President since 1998. In July 2002 he assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer. From 1998 to May 2008 Jerry also served as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Boots & Coots in 1998, he 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. Jerry is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the International Association of Drilling Contractors.
Cary joined Boots & Coots as Chief Financial Officer in August of 2008. Before joining Boots & Coots, Cary had served as Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for Chaparral Steel since its spin off from Texas Industries in 2005. Prior to that, he worked in several financial positions of increasing authority for Texas Industries from 1996 to 2005, up to the position of Director of Corporate Finance in 2002. From 1993 to 1996, Cary served as Relationship Manager and Assistant Vice President for Wells Fargo. He served as a financial analyst for Microprocessors Unlimited from 1990 to 1993 and as an investment advisor for Dean Witter Reynolds from 1988 to 1990. Cary received his B.S. in Finance and Accounting from Oklahoma State University and his M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Arkansas.
Dee has served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President since June 2008. Dee has served in various capacities for Boots & Coots since September of 1998. Most recently, since June 2006, he has served as Executive Vice President. From April 2005 to June 2006, Dee served as Senior Vice President—Finance and was the company’s principal financial officer. Dee served as a consultant to the company from May 2002 to April 2005, working on initiatives to refinance our obligations and improve our overall capital structure and liquidity. From September 1998 to May 2002, Dee was employed by the company as Executive Vice President. Before joining Boots & Coots Dee was 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.
Allen has served as Senior Vice President since November of 2008. Prior to that he was Vice President of Safeguard and Prevention since its inception in 1997 and was instrumental in the growth of this segment. Allen has over 20 years of progressive emergency response, safety, industrial hygiene and prevention experience in the oil and gas industry. He is a certified master facilitator in risk management with an emphasis on Bowtie methodology. Allen has developed emergency management plans for several of the international oil countries as well as for domestic fire departments companies. He has also published several articles on well integrity and risk management. Allen began his career at CET Environmental as a chemist and industrial hygienist and worked at Garner Environmental as Safety and Industrial Hygiene Manager prior to joining Boots & Coots.
Larry has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. The past 20 years he has focused on well control, most recently as Director of Sales for Wild Well Control. His experience in the energy industry has ranged from down-hole drilling tools and surface equipment to drilling contractor and turnkey operations. Larry is also a member of the International Association of Drilling Contractors, the American Association of Drilling Engineers and The Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Danny has over 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry and specifically with well control since 1974. In 1978 Danny joined the Red Adair Company as a Well Control Specialist, and was part of the International Well Control group when it merged with Boots & Coots. Danny has been around the world several times over on numerous high-profiled fires, including Kuwait and Iraq. Today, Danny is responsible for all of Boots & Coots’ Well Control operations.
ohn is responsible for the company’s well control response and engineering operations. John came to Boots & Coots as a Senior Well Control Engineer in 1999. Prior to joining Boots & Coots he worked for Avanti for 12 years in increasing capacities from Drilling Engineer to Vice President of Operations for Avanti Consulting. John’s experience has always been in the oilfield, starting his career as a roughneck and working for Otis Engineering and Westland Oil Development Corporation before joining Avanti. John is a registered professional engineer and has authored and co-authored several technical publications for World Oil and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. John is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the American Petroleum Institute, the International Association of Drilling Contractors and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.
Tom joined Boots & Coots in 2007 to help launch the pressure control division. With over 30 years experience in the oil and gas industry, Tom’s primary concentration has been surface equipment and rental tools. At the start of his career with Cameron Iron Works he flowed back many of the HPHT deep gas wells in the Anadarko Basin. Tom went on to work extensively in both domestic and international markets. He worked for Enterra Oil Field Rental (Wellcat) supplying equipment and providing recompletion services throughout the duration of the fires and post capping of Kuwait. Before joining Boots & Coots, Tom served as Vice President of Sales for Power Chokes, where from his start in 1992 he was instrumental in growing the company through business development and operational efforts.
Bill has served as Vice President, Controller since October 2008 and as Corporate Controller from September 2006 until October 2008. His primary responsibilities have included accounting, financial reporting, treasury, business planning, and internal control compliance functions. Prior to Boots & Coots, he was employed by National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and its predecessor companies since 1973 where he served in various internal auditing and accounting positions of increasing authority, including Division Controller, Business Group Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Financial Reporting. Bill received his B.S. in Business degree from Wright State University, his M.B.A. degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Robert G. Croyle* has served as an independent director of our general partner since December 19, 2006. He served as Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Administrative Officer of Rowan Companies, Inc., a major international offshore and land drilling contractor, from August 2002 until December 2006 and as Executive Vice President from 1993 to 2002. Mr. Croyle currently serves as a director of Rowan Companies, Inc. and Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc.
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| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Prime Natural Resources Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Prime Natural Resources Inc. |
President |
Current |
| GlobalSantaFe Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Calibre Energy, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Hein & Associates Llp |
Managing Partner |
Former |