About Nine

Leadership

Ann Fox
Ann Fox
President & CEO
David Crombie
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Guy Sirkes
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Theodore Moore
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Brett Luz
Chief Accounting Officer
Clair Holley
Chief Technology Officer
Joe Huwel
President, Cementing & Coiled Tubing
Nick Pottmeyer
President, Completion Tools
Jeff Hyre
President, Wireline
Heather Schmidt
Vice President, Strategic Development, IR, Marketing
President & CEO

Ms. Fox has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director of the Company since July 2015, and from February 2013 to July 2015, Ms. Fox served the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Strategic Development. 

In addition, Ms. Fox served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September 2017 to December 2017 and previously served in such capacity from July 2015 through April 2017. From December 2008 to February 2013, Ms. Fox served in various positions with SCF Partners, a private equity firm specializing in investments in the energy services industry. Ms. Fox became a Managing Director of SCF Partners in December 2012. 

Prior to joining SCF Partners, Ms. Fox served in the United States Marine Corps. During her service, Ms. Fox worked with a small team embedded in the South of Iraq in order to ensure Iraqi Security Force combat operations were consistent with the application of US counterinsurgency tactics. Ms. Fox has also served as an Investment Banking Analyst for both Prudential Securities and Warburg Dillon Read in New York. 

Ms. Fox holds a Bachelor of Science in Diplomacy and Security in World Affairs from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. She currently serves as a Board Director for Devon Energy Corporation, Board Advisor for Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Board Trustee for Groton School and Board Director for American Petroleum Institute.

Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Crombie currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company. Prior to serving in this position, Mr. Crombie served as President, Completion Solutions and as an Executive Vice President of the Company from February 2017 to January 2019. Mr. Crombie served as President, US Wireline and Cementing and was an Executive Vice President of the Company from December 2013 to February 2017.

Mr. Crombie joined the Company from Crest Pumping Technologies, LLC, which he founded and guided to success as President. Before starting Crest, Mr. Crombie was Vice President of Operations and Sales for Pumpco Energy Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Complete Production Services (now part of Superior Energy Services) from 2000 to 2012. At Pumpco, he oversaw stimulation and cementing services in prolific, unconventional plays throughout the continental United States. Prior to Pumpco, Mr. Crombie was employed by Halliburton Energy Services from 1994 to 2000.

Since 1994, Mr. Crombie has worked in both cementing and stimulation operations in the areas of domestic and international operations, including the Permian Basin, the Fort Worth Basin, Oklahoma, the Gulf of Mexico and Saudi Arabia.

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Guy Sirkes has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2020. Prior to this, Guy served as the Vice President of Strategic Development for Nine where he was responsible for the Company’s M&A, strategic development and financial planning and analysis. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sirkes was an Executive Director with J.P. Morgan’s Oil & Gas Investment Banking group, where he worked from July 2007 through March 2019, spending time in both Houston, TX and Sydney, Australia. During his time at J.P. Morgan Guy was instrumental in executing equity, debt and M&A transactions, including our initial public offering, acquisition of Magnum Energy Tools and senior notes offering.

Guy is a graduate of Rice University, where he holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mathematical Economic Analysis.

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Mr. Moore has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel since he joined the Company in March 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Moore served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer of C&J Energy Services, Inc., a provider of onshore well construction and intervention, well completion, well support and other complementary oilfield services and technologies, from March 2015 to June, 2016, Executive Vice President from October 2012 and Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from February 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Moore practiced corporate law at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. from 2002 through January 2011.

Mr. Moore represented public and private companies and investment banking firms in capital markets offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance matters, primarily in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Moore graduated magna cum laude from Tulane University with a B.A. in Political Economy and a J.D. from Tulane Law School.

Chief Accounting Officer

S. Brett Luz has been Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since September 2018. He served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Willbros Group, Inc., a specialty energy infrastructure contractor, from September 2017 to September 2018. He also served in many other capacities at Willbros from April 2011 through September 2017 including Director of Financial Reporting, Assistant Controller, and Corporate Controller - Reporting. In addition, he served in several positions within the audit and assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from January 2003 through April 2011 and several positions within Weaver and Tidwell LLP from January 2000 to January 2003. Mr. Luz earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from Texas Christian University in 1999. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Chief Technology Officer

With our focus on bringing our customers the best technological solutions, there's no better person to serve as Nine's Chief Technology Officer than Clair Holley. Clair previously served as President of Nine Energy Canada and U.S. Completion Tools, where he drove many of Nine's technology initiatives and led the formation of key strategic partnerships.

An engineer by trade, Clair's impressive 30+-year career has been in the oilfield services industry, where he gained insight and experience in a number of disciplines across the world, including operations, sales, marketing, and management. Prior to joining Nine, he spent 25 years with Baker Hughes, working on projects in North America, South America, Europe, Russia, and Africa. His last 8 years with Baker Hughes were spent in Canada, where Holley oversaw the operations and sales of the wellbore construction product lines. Clair holds a Bachelor's degree in Petroleum Engineering from Montana Tech, and studied Business Management at Thunderbird School of Global Management and Financial Acumen at Mays Business School at Texas A&M.

President, Cementing & Coiled Tubing

Mr. Huwel currently serves as the President of Cementing and Coiled Tubing. Prior to this position, Mr. Huwel served as Vice President of Cementing for Nine. Mr. Huwel joined Nine from Crest Pumping Technologies, LLC., where he led both the sales and engineering teams. Prior to Crest, Mr. Huwel was a Senior Completions Engineer at Southwestern Energy. There he aided in the design and execution of well completions in the Marcellus Shale. Mr. Huwel began his career in 2003 with Halliburton, where he held a variety of roles both domestically and internationally.

Mr. Huwel graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a petroleum engineering degree and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.

President, Completion Tools

Mr. Pottmeyer currently serves as the Company’s President of Completion Tools. Prior to serving in this position, Mr. Pottmeyer served as Senior Vice President of Completion Tools for Nine.

Before joining Nine, Mr. Pottmeyer spent the last decade supervising, bidding, locating vendors, and generally managing all aspects of completion for hundreds of wells at Chesapeake Energy. During his career, he has worked as a roustabout, field engineer, drilling and completion foreman, production engineer, drilling engineer, and completion superintendent for major energy companies in projects that range from deepwater platforms to traditional wells to horizontal wells in a host of challenging fields and formations.

Mr. Pottmeyer is a graduate of Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, where he holds a B.S. Degree in Petroleum Engineering.

President, Wireline

Mr. Hyre currently serves as Nine’s President of Wireline. Prior to serving in this position, Mr. Hyre served as Vice President of Wireline from August 2022 to February 2024. Before serving as VP of Wireline, Mr. Hyre served as the Wireline East Operations and Sales manager from August 2017 to August 2022. Mr. Hyre joined the company as a sales representative in June 2013.

Before joining Nine Energy, Mr. Hyre worked for Weatherford Wireline, J-W Wireline, Wood Group Wireline, and Baker Atlas Wireline. Mr. Hyre started in the wireline business in WV and then worked across the US, including eight years in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Hyre held various open-hole logging, cased hole services, pipe recovery services, technical sales, and manager roles since starting his wireline career in 1990.

Mr. Hyre holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and an Associate of Science in Petroleum Engineering Technology from Glenville State College.

Vice President, Strategic Development, IR, Marketing

Mrs. Schmidt has served as the Company’s Vice President of Strategic Development, Investor Relations, and Marketing since April 2020. Prior to this, Mrs. Schmidt served as the Vice President of Investor Relations and Marketing. In her role, Mrs. Schmidt is responsible for strategy development, M&A, and communication of the operational health of the company to investors and the marketplace. Additionally, Mrs. Schmidt is responsible for the company's Marketing and Public Relations.

Mrs. Schmidt brings a strong and diverse background that includes fundraising and donor relations for a national political campaign and marketing for an NBA team. Before joining Nine, she was with SCF Partners. Mrs. Schmidt received her Bachelor's degree from Columbia University and an MBA from Rice University.

Board of Directors

Ernie Danner
Chairman of the Board
Ann Fox
President & CEO
Mark E. Baldwin
Board Member
Curtis F. Harrell
Board Member
Scott Schwinger
Board Member
Gary L. Thomas
Board Member
Andrew L. Waite
Board Member
Darryl K. Willis
Board Member
Chairman of the Board
Ernie Danner

Mr. Danner has served as the Company’s Chairman of the Board since the consummation of the merger of Beckman Production Services, Inc. with and into the Company on February 28, 2017. From 1998 until his retirement in October 2011, Mr. Danner was employed by Universal Compression Holdings, Inc., which became Exterran Holdings, Inc. following a merger with Hanover Compressor Company in August 2007.

Mr. Danner joined Universal Compression Holdings in 1998 as its Chief Financial Officer and served in various positions of increasing responsibility, including as Chief Operating Officer from July 2006 through August 2007. From August 2007 to October 2011, Mr. Danner served as a director of Exterran Holdings and of Exterran GP, LLC, and beginning in July 2009, he also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of both companies.

Mr. Danner served as a director at Copano Energy, L.L.C. from 2004 to 2013. Mr. Danner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree in Accounting from Rice University. In 2011, Mr. Danner joined Beckman Production Services, Inc., which, prior to the merger of Beckman with and into the Company, operated as a well services company, where he served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman until the merger of the Company in February 2017. Mr. Danner also serves as the Chairman for BCCK, Inc., an engineering and construction company in the gas processing industry and Pipeline Plastics, Inc., a North American HDPE pipe manufacturer.

President & CEO
Ann Fox

Ms. Fox has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Director of the Company since July 2015, and from February 2013 to July 2015, Ms. Fox served the Company as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Strategic Development. 

In addition, Ms. Fox served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September 2017 to December 2017 and previously served in such capacity from July 2015 through April 2017. From December 2008 to February 2013, Ms. Fox served in various positions with SCF Partners, a private equity firm specializing in investments in the energy services industry. Ms. Fox became a Managing Director of SCF Partners in December 2012. 

Prior to joining SCF Partners, Ms. Fox served in the United States Marine Corps. During her service, Ms. Fox worked with a small team embedded in the South of Iraq in order to ensure Iraqi Security Force combat operations were consistent with the application of US counterinsurgency tactics. Ms. Fox has also served as an Investment Banking Analyst for both Prudential Securities and Warburg Dillon Read in New York. 

Ms. Fox holds a Bachelor of Science in Diplomacy and Security in World Affairs from Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. She currently serves as a Board Director for Devon Energy Corporation, Board Advisor for Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Board Trustee for Groton School and Board Director for American Petroleum Institute.

Board Member
Mark E. Baldwin

Mr. Baldwin has served as a Director of the Company since May 10, 2013. Mr. Baldwin has been a Director of KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR), since October 3, 2014, and Director of TETRA Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TTI), since January 16, 2014. He served as a Director of Seahawk Drilling, Inc. from 2009 to 2011. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Dresser-Rand Group Inc. from 2007 to 2013 and as the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Veritas DGC Inc. from 2004 to 2007.

From 2003-2004 he was an Operating Partner of First Reserve Corporation. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Nextiraone, LLC from 2001 to 2002. He served as Chairman of the Board of Pentacon, Inc. from November 1997 to 2001 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from September 1997 to 2001. From 1980 to 1997, he served in a variety of finance and operations positions with Keystone International Inc., including Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and President of the Industrial Valves and Controls Group.

For the three years ending in 1980, he served as an Accountant with a national accounting firm. Mr. Baldwin holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from Tulane University.

Board Member
Curtis F. Harrell

Mr. Harrell has served as a Director of the Company since the consummation of the merger of Beckman Production Services, Inc. with and into the Company on February 28, 2017. Mr. Harrell currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Citation Oil & Gas Corp., one of the largest privately-held independent oil & gas acquisition, development and production companies in the United States.

Mr. Harrell joined Citation in 2002 where he took on the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 2004, Mr. Harrell was promoted to President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer, and in 2008, Mr. Harrell was named President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Brigham Exploration Company from 1998 to 2002. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Harrell served as Executive Vice President and Partner at R. Chaney & Company, Inc., where he managed R. Chaney & Company, Inc.’s investment origination efforts in the U.S., focusing on investments in corporate equity securities of energy companies in the exploration and production and oilfield service industry segments.

From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Harrell served as Director of Domestic Corporate Finance for Enron Capital & Trade Resources, Inc., where he was responsible for initiating and executing a variety of debt and equity financing transactions for independent exploration and production companies. Before Enron Capital & Trade Resources, Mr. Harrell spent eight years working in corporate finance and reservoir engineering positions for two public independent exploration and production companies, Kelley Oil & Gas Corporation and Pacific Enterprises Oil Company, Inc. He previously served as a Director of Beckman Production Services from 2014 to 2017, Carlile Bancshares, Inc. from 2010 to 2017, as a Director of Brigham Exploration Co. from 1999 to 2003, and as a member of Yellowstone Academy Board of Directors, the premier school in Houston’s Historic Third Ward Community.

Mr. Harrell has over twenty-eight years of experience in corporate finance and management. Mr. Harrell holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University.

Board Member
Scott Schwinger

Mr. Schwinger was appointed Director of the Company on May 25, 2017. Mr. Schwinger was the President of McNair Interests.

For the past 30 years, Mr. Schwinger held positions with various companies previously owned, directly or indirectly, by Robert C. McNair, including President of Palmetto Partners Ltd., RCM Financial Services, L.P., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Houston Texans, and Vice President of Cogen Technologies. In April 2010, he was named the CEO of The McNair Group (which became McNair Interests in 2018). In his role, he oversaw the investment and management activities for the McNair group of companies, including portfolios of public and private equities, a private trust company, several foundations and various other operating companies.

In the community, Mr. Schwinger is an advisory Board member for The Make-A-Wish Foundation and enjoys serving his church. He is also a member of the World Presidents' Organization. Mr. Schwinger received an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in mathematics from Vanderbilt University. We believe that Mr. Schwinger’s broad experience as an executive officer and proven financial expertise make him well-qualified to serve as a Director on our board of directors.

Board Member
Gary L. Thomas

Mr. Thomas has served as a Director of the Company since March 15, 2013. Mr. Gary L. Thomas was President and Chief Operating Officer of EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG), a petroleum and natural gas exploration company, until December 31, 2018, when he retired from that position.

Mr. Thomas served as a Senior Executive Vice President of Operations at EOG Resources from February 2007 to September 2011. He served as Executive Vice President, Operations of EOG Resources from 2002 to 2007 and served as its Executive Vice President, North American Operations from 1998 to 2002. Prior to those positions, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of EOG’s Midland Division. Mr. Thomas joined a predecessor of EOG Resources in July 1978.

He holds a Petroleum Engineering degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from The University of Tulsa.

Board Member
Andrew L. Waite

Mr. Waite has served as a Director of the Company since February 28, 2013. He served as Chairman of the Company’s Board from February 2013 until the consummation of the merger of Beckman Production Services, Inc. with and into the Company. Mr. Waite is Co-President of SCF Partners and has been an officer of that company since October 1995. He was previously Vice President of Simmons & Company International, where he served from August 1993 to September 1995. From 1984 to 1991, Mr. Waite held a number of engineering and project management positions with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, an integrated energy company.

Mr. Waite currently serves on the board of directors of Atlantic Navigation Holdings (Singapore) Limited (SGX: 5UL), a position he has held since January 2016, and National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (NYSE: NESR), a position he has held since May 2018. Mr. Waite previously served on the board of directors of Complete Production Services, Inc., a provider of specialized oil and gas completion and production services from 2007 to 2009, Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., a provider of marine services to exploration and production oilfield service, offshore construction and military customers from 2000 to 2006, and Oil States International, Inc., a diversified oilfield services and equipment company from August 1995 through April 2006.

Mr. Waite received an M.B.A. with High Distinction from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, an M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering Science from California Institute of Technology and a BSc degree with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering from the England’s Loughborough University of Technology.

Board Member
Darryl K. Willis

Mr. Willis was appointed to the Company’s Board on August 9, 2018. Mr. Willis has served as Corporate Vice President of the Energy Industry for Microsoft since September 2019. In this role, Mr. Willis is Microsoft’s thought leader in the energy space and leads their go-to-market and solution approach to drive digital transformation with energy companies. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Willis worked with Google Cloud, where he served as the VP of Oil, Gas and Energy.

From January 2015 to December 2017, Mr. Willis served as President and Chief Executive Officer for BP p.l.c.’s (NYSE: BP) Angola division. BP is a British multinational oil and gas company. He also served as Senior Vice President and Deputy Head of Subsurface for BP from July 2012 to January 2017. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ)

Mr. Willis holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern State University, a Master of Science in Management from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a Master of Science in Geology and Geophysics from the University of New Orleans