• Began his career while still in college as a roughneck on inland barges and offshore drilling and workover rigs for Blake Drilling and Nabors-Loffland Drilling.
• Served as Alliance Manager for Delta Seaboard Well Service, working with field services, major and independent operators, and the Texas Railroad Commission.
• Joined Boots & Coots/IWC as Global Account Manager, working with major and independent operators both domestically and internationally.

• Worked in advertising, marketing and public relations for a Houston ad agency.
• Coordinated special projects and developed and implemented marketing strategies for the Department of Public Affairs, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

• Exhibit Sales Manager for Tri-Star Productions, coordinating large events with multiple clients.
• Territorial Sales Representative, Oasis Outsourcing, implementing employee benefit packages for public and privately held corporations.

• Began his career in 1992 as a roustabout for Pierce Construction, primarily contracting for Texaco and Arco/Vastar in the East Texas area. Quickly moved to crew pusher for pipeline and new well facility installations and supervised a field safety crew that maintained current safety guidelines for Texaco.
• Lease operator for Texaco E&P.
• Service technician, service department manager and sales for Power Chokes.
• Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.

Rich Gilman is a 1996 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University.  Rich Gilman joined the Business Development team in 2007.

• Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Energy API, and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.

• Began his oilfield career in 1978 as a Tool Specialist for Petroleum Equipment Tool Company, where he also served as a Dispatcher and in Field Sales.
• Operations Manager for Whiting Oilfield Rental, which eventually became Weatherford.
• Area Manager for Weatherford, overseeing seven product lines.
• Founder and President, Thomas Tubing Specialist.

• Began his career in downstream operations.
• Worked for ExxonMobil in the HSE compliance division.
• Joined Intercontinental Terminals Inc. as an operator. Promoted to pipeline coordinator and then tank farm operations manager in charge of bunker fuel blending and LPG pipeline movements.

• Served as QA Supervisor for Hunting Energy Services - Houston.
• Member of the American Petroleum Institute, Society of Petroleum Engineers, and American Association of Drilling Engineers.

• Performed analysis and reporting for Stroud Oil Properties.
• Employed by Texas A&M University as a student worker.
• Marketing Representative, NationWide By Owner.

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• Extensive business to business sales and event marketing coordination for Fortune 500 companies and sports and entertainment clients.

• Created a professional sports franchise while attending Texas A&M University.
• Graduated in the top 15% at Texas A&M representing the National Scholars Honor Society.
• Participated as a collegiate athlete.
• Worked as a consultant for a leading Microsoft VAR. Later would take on a sales role in a separate sector of the company as a Software Reseller.
• Contain the ability to handle multiple tasks effectively.
• Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.

• Worked as a Roustabout and Roughneck in the Gulf of Mexico for Global Marine.
• Corporate Safety Manager for various drilling contractors through the 1980’s. During this time he was involved in project assignments in Wyoming, Brazil, Malaysia and Trinidad.
• Obtained his CSP (Certified Safety Professional) in 1991.
• Participated in Safety Management System development.
  
  

• Began her oilfield training in the early 80’s as an officer for a small independent oil company. Directly involved onsite with drilling, completion and workover operations.
• Served more than three years as New Tech’s Consultant Coordinator, then appointed Executive Assistant. Provides support for upper corporate management; responsible for contracts administration and the coordination of marketing activities.