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.