About our team

rooted in experience. driven by our people.

who we are

Thunderbird Services was founded in January 2012 in La Salle and expanded into Brownfield in late 2019.

Today, our Texas operations are anchored by key facilities in Brownfield, Odessa, Snyder, and Victoria, providing strong regional coverage and dependable service across the Permian Basin and Eagleford areas. These strategically located facilities allow us to efficiently support our customers with the responsiveness and reliability they expect.

In Colorado, we currently operate from our yard in Ault, continuing to serve the region with the same commitment to quality and performance that has defined our company since its founding.

Through the challenges of COVID, Thunderbird Services continued to grow and strengthen its operations. We are now operating stronger than ever, backed by a thriving customer base and driven by the dedication and expertise of our top-tier employees — the foundation of our ongoing success.

Vice president

Jason Taylor

Permian & South Texas Completion Systems

Jason has been in the downhole tool industry since 1993, starting out as a shop hand for Pride Downhole Tools Inc, in Midland, TX. He began running tools as a tool operator for Whitaker Oil Tools in 1995 and then moved to BJ Services in their tool division in 2002. He held various roles within BJ, from tool operator, field sales, district manager, and finally to area manager for the Permian Basin. He left BJ Services in 2010 for Globe Energy Services and became VP of completion systems for Globe. Globe became Gravity Oilfield Services in 2017. He served in the role as VP of completion systems for Gravity until June 2020. At that time, he transitioned to Thunderbird Services as vice president, Permian and South Texas Completion Systems. He has been married to his beautiful wife, Keri, for 30 years. They have three children, Jerek, Rylee, and Jase, and one grandson, Mase. He enjoys playing golf, traveling, and spending time with his family.

Vice president

Lance Davis

Rockies Completion Systems

Lance Davis has been in the downhole tool industry since 1995, starting as a shop hand, and currently is a part-owner of Thunderbird Services operating out of La Salle, CO and overseeing our Rockies division. During his career, he worked for Arrow Completions which became Weatherford Completions and BJ Tools. He worked shortly for Anadarko as a completion foreman but was offered an opportunity to move to Colorado after a couple of years and jumped at the chance to head north in 2009 to start a downhole division for BJ Services. He left BJ in late 2010 and founded Thunderbird Services and, from a two-man operation, is where we are now. He is married with one daughter of 28 years of age who lives in Abilene and two fur babies that outrank him severely. He hunts year round and is an avid snowshoer, skier, and snowboarder in the colder months then switches to hiking, fishing, and golfing once the snow melts.

CFO

Hunter Cox

Hunter currently serves as the chief financial officer for Thunderbird Services. Hunter’s responsibilities include management and oversight of accounting, financial reporting, treasury, internal audits, and human resource functions. Prior to joining Thunderbird, Hunter served as a financial analyst at Tyler Technologies in Lubbock. Most recently, he served as a staff tax accountant and financial advisory services lead with Rod Partain, CPA, and Patrick Spear, CPA in Snyder. Outside of his duties at Thunderbird, Hunter loves to golf, mountain bike, ski, and travel. Hunter and his wife, Lauran, ahave three children, Carter, Elliott and Madison, and are also active in their local church, First Baptist Church of Snyder. They both teach a Sunday school class and volunteer-teach at FCA for Western Texas College students. Hunter graduated from Lubbock Christian University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance.

Yard Manager

Jason Stearmer

Brownfield, TX – Completion Systems

Jason has been working in this industry since 2000. Starting at Schlumberger Wireline in Hobbs, NM as an operator, he began in the downhole tool industry as a shop hand for Watson Packer in 2002, and then he began as a tool operator in 2006 as a contract tool hand. In 2008, he went to work for Peak Completions as a tool operator, where he ran both cased hole and open hole tools. He left Peak in 2012 for Globe Energy Services and became a district manager. Globe became Gravity Oilfield Services in 2017. He continued as district manager for Gravity until June 2020 and came to Thunderbird Services at that time as yard manager. He has been married to his amazing wife, Brittany, for 28 years. They have three children, Dustin, Marki, and Maci, and one grandson, Jace. He enjoys playing golf and spending time with his family.

Business Development

Jeff Osina

Jeff has 49 years in the oil and gas industry in drilling and completions, both on land and offshore. His start was working on a drilling rig at the age of 17 for Richards Drilling in Bay City, Texas. Then with Baker Oil Tools, he grew his career from warehouseman to tool operator, field sales, assistant manager, and then corporate sales. As a tool operator, he ran completions, remedial, safety systems, TCP, and liner hangers. After 20 years with Baker Oil Tools, he worked for several service companies doing corporate sales, including Smith International, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Nine Energy, Peak Completions, Tendeka, and Gravity. At Tendeka, he was the business development director of North and South America, working to develop a company that was operating mostly in the North Sea and growing them into an unconventional market in the Western Hemisphere. He is now at Thunderbird Services as an account manager, growing the company in North America with seasonal employees that have years of experience. While doing this, he had support from 3 children, 4 grandchildren, and his wife, Kelly Jo, who enjoys some of the same hobbies like fishing, hunting, riding motorcycles, traveling and just spending time and enjoying life together.

Operations Manager

Daniel Ruiz

Odessa, TX - Completions

Daniel joined Globe Energy in August of 2011 as a downhole tool redresser. Prior to Globe Energy, he was a general manager in the restaurant/hospitality management for 10 years. In 2014, he transitioned to tool specialist, where he conducted operations on over 150 wells for Parsley Energy in the Midland basin over a 2-year period. In 2016, he became the facility foreman and assisted management in coordinating jobs for completion applications and QA/QC of packers at the shop. Globe Energy became Gravity Oilfield Services in 2017, he kept the same role until June 2020 during the transition to Thunderbird Services where he became the account/facilities manager for Odessa Completions and in early 2024 he was promoted to Operations Manager. He has been married to his wife, Whitney, for 17 years, and they have two children, Emeri and Elli. He enjoys traveling, concerts, and spending time with his family.

Yard Manger

Heston Henkhaus

Victoria, TX

Heston has been involved in the oil and gas industry for over 12 years. He began his career while still in high school, working for Tripoint LLC as a shop hand during summer breaks. This early experience in the industry provided a strong foundation and led to his transition into a tool hand position with Peak Completions in late 2017. In May 2022, Heston joined Thunderbird Services where he served as a tool hand covering the entire southern region of Texas. His role later expanded to include operations in southern Louisiana, further broadening his regional knowledge. In recognition of his experience and dedication, Heston was appointed District Manager for South Texas in July 2025, a position he continues to hold, overseeing operations and supporting regional growth. Heston is married to his wife, Jennifer, and together they have two children, Asher and Brooks. He enjoys spending his time outside of work participating in outdoor activities such as fishing and hunting. In addition, Heston operates a guide service, Slickwater Outdoors, based in Rockport, Texas, alongside his father, Bruce, and brother, Gavin, sharing his passion for the outdoors with others.

Yard Manger

Steven Martinez

Snyder, TX

Steven Martinez currently serves as our Snyder Yard Manager. He began his career in 2006 as a Shop Hand at Mesquite Oil Tools and was promoted to Shop Manager in 2008. In 2010, he advanced to the role of Tool Operator with Mesquite Oil Tools. In 2013, Steven joined Globe Completions, where he continued his career as a Tool Operator. When Globe transitioned to Gravity in 2017, he remained with the organization. In 2020, Steven joined Thunderbird Services, bringing with him extensive industry experience. Throughout his career, Steven has developed comprehensive knowledge of numerous downhole completion and injection systems, as well as multiple casing liner assemblies. During his time with Thunderbird Services, he also consulted on a workover unit project for Surge Energy. In recognition of his leadership and expertise, Steven was appointed Snyder Shop Manager in 2023. Steven has been married to his wife, Erica, for 17 years and is the proud father of two sons, Myles and Major. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his family and watching his sons compete in sports.

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