Board of Directors

Mr. Minmier has served as a Director on our board since October 2018, and Chairman of the Board since April 2023. Mr. Minmier is currently a private investor.  Mr. Minmier served as Chief Executive Officer of Extreme Plastics Plus, LLC, a subsidiary of BW Equity Holdings, LLC, and Board Director of BW Equity Holdings, LLC from May 2018 to February 2020. Mr. Minmier served as a Director for Sidewinder Drilling until May 2018. Mr. Minmier served as President of Nomac Drilling LLC, a subsidiary of COS Holdings, LLC and subsequently Seventy-Seven Energy Inc., from 2011 to 2017. Mr. Minmier has more than 32 years of experience in the drilling industry and served as Chairman of the Board of the International Association of Drilling Contractors in 2014. Mr. Minmier was honorably discharged as a Captain in the US Air Force and received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of West Florida.

Mr. Gallegos has served as a Director on our board and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since October 2018. Prior to his current role, Mr. Gallegos served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sidewinder Drilling Company. Mr. Gallegos joined Sidewinder upon its founding as Senior Vice President & CFO, a position he held until November 2014 when he was promoted to President & Chief Financial Officer with overall responsibility for the profitability and operating performance of the Company. He was promoted to President and CEO in September 2017. From April 2006 through September 2010, Mr. Gallegos held the position of Vice President Business Development of Scorpion Offshore. Scorpion Offshore was an international offshore drilling contractor with operations across the globe which was acquired by Seadrill in 2010. Prior to joining Scorpion Offshore, he held operational, marketing, corporate planning and management positions with Atwood Oceanics, Transocean and Ensco. Mr. Gallegos started his career working as a roughneck on offshore drilling rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Gallegos is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the International Association of Drilling Contractors . He is a veteran of the US Army and holds a B.B.A. from Texas A&M University and an Master of Business Administration from Rice University.

Mr. Barrett has over 20 years of energy experience as an investor, operations executive, director, and advisor. Mr. Barret is currently a Partner of Z2 Investment Management, LP, which he co-founded in 2022. From 2017 to 2022, Mr. Barrett was a Managing Director at Angelo Gordon in the Energy Credit strategy group. From 2008 until 2017, Mr. Barrett served as an Executive Vice President at Basin Holdings, a private holding company where he held several executive management positions, including Global Head of Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of the rental and manufacturing divisions. Prior to Basin, Mr. Barrett was a member of Credit Suisse's Special Opportunities Group, a proprietary debt and equity investment team, and worked in investment banking at both UBS and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Barrett received a B.A. from Georgetown University and M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Berman has served on our Board since April 2023.  Mr. Berman is a founding partner of Glendon Capital Management LP (GCM) and has served in such position since 2013.  Prior to GCM, Mr. Berman was a Managing Director of the Barclays Asset Management Group from 2006 until 2013.  Prior to such time, Mr. Berman was a Managing Director at Oaktree Capital Management from 1996 to 2006.  Prior to Oaktree, Mr. Berman was employed for one year at Tamkin Capital Partners in merchant banking and for five years at Wertheim Schroder & Co. Mr. Berman received a B.S.E. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and earned an M.B.A. from The UCLA Anderson School of Management in 1996.

Mr. Cebula has a decades long history as a director, operating advisor and investor, including over 35 years of experience in private equity and investment banking. In 2021, Mr. Cebula served as an Operating Advisor to Solace Capital Partners, L.P., a middle-market private investment firm, an entity that he co-founded in 2013, and where he served as a Managing Partner until February 2018 and Chief Operating Officer until December 2020.  Between 2007 and 2012, Mr. Cebula served as a Managing Director of Jefferies Capital Partners and Jefferies & Company, Inc. Between 1994 and 2007, Mr. Cebula was a Managing Director at Trust Company of the West/Oaktree Capital Management and was one of the original four senior members of Oaktree's Principal Opportunities Funds. Since July 2021, Mr. Cebula has served as an Independent Director of Staffing 360 Solutions, Inc., a publicly traded employment staffing company.

Mr. Gleysteen is currently a Principal of MSD Partners L.P.  He joined MSD Partners in 2015. From 2013 to 2014, Christopher was an investment analyst of Merchants' Gate Capital LP. Prior to that, Christopher spent four years as an oil services equity research analyst at Simmons & Company International. Mr. Gleysteen received his M.B.A from The McCombs School of Business of the University of Texas and a B.A. in Government from Harvard University. Mr. Gleysteen currently serves as a director of Vista Proppants & Logistics, Alpine Midstream Holdings, and Knight Energy Services.

Ms. Nieuwoudt has served as a director on the Board since January 2021. Ms. Nieuwoudt, is currently a private investor. From 2017 to 2019, Ms. Nieuwoudt served as a Senior Industrial and Energy Analyst for Aptigon Capital, a division of Citadel. From 2010 until 2017, Ms. Nieuwoudt served as a Senior Energy Analyst for Surveyor Capital, also a division of Citadel. Prior to 2010, Ms. Nieuwoudt held various research and analyst positions with Crosslink Capital, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co Securities, Encap Investment and Simmons & Company. Ms. Nieuwoudt graduated from Rice University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history.