|
Jim B. Terry has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since January 23, 2006. From January 2003 until September 2005, Mr. Terry served as Vice President, Drilling Services for Weatherford International, one of the largest global providers of innovative mechanical solutions, technology and services for the drilling and production sectors of the oil and gas industry, where he led the effort to consolidate, develop and improve the performance of well construction products and services by strategically aligning synergistic product lines in order to improve both their financial and operational performance. His duties at Weatherford included responsibility for all phases of new product and service development from inception through commercialization, which in some cases included securing project funding from customers. Since September 2005, Mr. Terry has served as a consultant to the oil and gas drilling services industry.
From March 1994 until January 2003, Mr. Terry was employed by Halliburton Company, the last three of those years as Director Advanced Well Construction Systems where he was the lead inventor of a step change advanced well construction system. During this time, he was responsible for all phases of this project which included research and development, engineering, prototyping, field trials and commercialization. During his first six years at Halliburton, he served in various management capacities ranging from new product introduction to regional operations management. During this time he was responsible for, among other things, much of Halliburton’s consolidation effort following its acquisition of Smith International’s Drilling Services Division.
Prior to joining Halliburton in March 1994, Mr. Terry served as Regional Vice President for Smith International in Singapore. He was responsible for all of Smith’s activities in the Asia Pacific, Middle East and East Africa regions.
Mr. Terry began his career at Eastman Whipstock, which was acquired by Baker Hughes in 1990. Following Baker Hughes’ acquisition of Eastman Whipstock in 1990, Mr. Terry joined Smith International. Mr. Terry graduated in 1978 from San Francisco State University with a BA in Business. | 