Management
The RigNet management team
Mark Slaughter: Chief Executive Officer & President
Mr. Slaughter oversees RigNet's global business, including sales and marketing, operations, engineering, region management, legal, and human resources. He has more than 20 years of experience in the energy, telecommunications and remote communications industries. He has served in management roles at Halliburton Company, Reliant Energy, and United Technologies, and as president of Stratos Global Corporation's Broadband Division. Mr. Slaughter received an A.B. from Harvard College and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.
Marty Jimmerson: Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jimmerson oversees RigNet's global financial operations, including accounting, treasury, tax, internal audit, and region finance management. He has more than 13 years experience in the upstream oil and gas and wireless communications industries, working with companies such as Noble Drilling Corporation and American Tower. Mr. Jimmerson has held accounting, finance and operations management positions with a focus on internal financial operations analysis and management, capital funding and strategic planning. Mr. Jimmerson received a B.A. degree in accounting from Baylor University and is a certified public accountant.
William (Bill) Sutton: Vice President & General Counsel
Mr. Sutton is responsible for all Company legal matters worldwide, the global business compliance program, telecom regulatory licensing, and Corporate Secretary duties for the Board of Directors. His legal duties also extend to mergers and acquisitions, litigation, contract administration, and employment law and benefits. Mr. Sutton previously served as General Counsel for Dailey International, an oilfield services company; Dash Multi-Corp; and Lawrence Industries. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston.
Hector Maytorena: Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing
Mr. Maytorena directs global sales, marketing and new business development. Prior to joining RigNet, he served as general manager of Southeast Texas for United Technologies' UTC Fire & Security (operating under the Chubb Security and Redhawk brands). Prior to that role, he was director of sales at Chubb Security USA. Mr. Maytorena has a long history within the remote communications industry, holding various sales, marketing, and business development leadership roles with increasing responsibility at Stratos Global Corporation's Broadband Division.
Michael Harding II: Vice President & Controller
Mr. Harding is responsible for all accounting and consolidated reporting activities of the Houston-based group. Prior to RigNet, Mr. Harding held various accounting management roles for Apache Corporation, including the Gulf Coast and Canadian regions from 2003 to 2007. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Harding held management accounting and planning positions with El Paso Energy. Mr. Harding holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting from Texas A&M University and is a certified public accountant.
Les Babin: Vice President & General Manager, Americas
Mr. Babin manages RigNet's growth and operations in the Americas region. He joined the RigNet team in August 2006 when RigNet acquired LandTel Communications. With 32 years in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Babin began his career in 1975 with Otis Engineering Corporation (formerly a subsidiary of Halliburton) in snubbing and coil tubing. In 1977, Mr. Babin trained as a mud engineer with Chromalloy Delta Mud where he worked in West Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. In 1979, Mr. Babin relocated to Lafayette, Louisiana to begin his sales career with Drilling and Production Tool Corporation. In 1986, he entered oilfield communications working for several years for Tele-Tech Services and Auto-Comm. In 1995, Mr. Babin formed LandTel Communications to provide a total communications solution to drilling rigs in Louisiana and Texas.
Lars Eliassen: Vice President & General Manager, Europe Africa
Mr. Eliassen manages RigNet's growth and operations in the Europe Africa region. Previously he directed global sales, marketing and new business development, and earlier served as Vice President & General Manager, Americas and Vice President, Global Operations. Mr. Eliassen has more than 10 years of management, marketing and business development experience in the oil and gas industry, serving technology, software and consulting companies. Prior to joining RigNet, he served as Director of Marketing at Production Access, Inc., a provider of information management solutions for oil and gas producers. Mr. Eliassen holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rice University.
John Moffatt: Vice President & General Manager, Middle East
Mr. Moffatt manages RigNet's growth and operations in the Middle East region. Prior to joining RigNet, he served as director of Weatherford Direct, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mr. Moffatt has had a relevant and distinguished career in oilfield services at both Weatherford and Halliburton in the Middle East and the North Sea markets. Mr. Moffatt was enlisted as a marine engineering officer in the British Navy prior to joining Halliburton.
John Troup: Vice President & General Manager, Asia Pacific
Mr. Troup manages RigNet's growth and operations in the Asia Pacific region. Previously, he served as a Regional Manager with RigNet. Mr. Troup has 34 years experience in the oil and gas industry with 25 years in management roles, including extensive experience in the Middle and Far East. Prior to joining RigNet he served in management capacities for Abbot Group, Oceaneering and McDermott.
Morten Hagland Hansen: Director, Global Engineering
Mr. Hansen is responsible for the global engineering group, which oversees RigNet's global MPLS, IP, satellite, and SOIL networks, including all supporting applications and related infrastructure. Additionally, his team supports new product development and network design assistance for major drilling and oil and gas producing customers. Mr. Hansen has more than 12 years experience in Information Technology and Telecoms engineering, design, and deployment. Since joining RigNet in 2001, he has served in several key leadership roles and is presently a member of the corporate management team. Additionally, Mr. Hansen is an officer in the Royal Norwegian Navy.
Brian Keefover: Director of Global Operations
Mr. Keefover is responsible for driving operational excellence throughout the Company, bringing more than 20 years of satellite and telecommunications experience with 15 years serving in the oil and gas industry. Brian joins RigNet from CapRock Communications where he served as Director of Operations, North America. Prior to that, he worked for several years at Schlumberger in a range of IT and remote communications roles of increasing responsibility. He also worked at IWL Communications, a predecessor company to CapRock, further grounding him in the remote communications industry. Other experience includes serving as a field engineer for IDB WorldCom and as a satellite communications specialist for the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
Tonya McDermott: Director of Tax
Mrs. McDermott manages RigNet's tax function, including (i) global tax compliance; (ii) income tax accounting; and (iii) strategic planning and restructuring. She most recently was Director of Tax at W-H Energy Services, an oilfield services company based in Houston with multi-national operations. Prior to that, she was a partner with a local private firm and Tax Manager with Arthur Andersen. A CPA, Tonya has a Master of Science in Tax from Texas A&M University and a BBA in Accounting from The University of Texas at Arlington.
