Dril quip Inc
Officers & Directors
Blake T. DeBerry has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a member
of the Board of Directors of the Company since October 2011. Mr. DeBerry was
Senior Vice President—Sales and Engineering from July 2011 until October
2011, and was Vice President—Dril-Quip Asia-Pacific (which covers the
Pacific Rim, Asia, Australia, India and the Middle East) from March 2007 to
July 2011. He has been an employee of the Company since 1988 and has held a
number of management and engineering positions in the Company’s domestic
and international offices. Mr. DeBerry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University.
James A. Gariepy is Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a position
he has held since October 2011. Mr. Gariepy was Senior Vice President—Manufacturing,
Project Management and Service from July 2011 until October 2011, and was Vice
President—Dril-Quip Europe (which covers Europe, Africa and Northern Eurasia)
from March 2007 to July 2011. He has held domestic and international management
positions since joining the Company in 2004. Mr. Gariepy holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Lawrence Technological University
and an MBA from the University of St. Thomas.
Jerry M. Brooks is Vice President—Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
He has been Vice President since 2007 and Chief Financial Officer since 1999.
From 2009 until May 2011, he also served as Secretary of the Company. From 1992
until March 1999, Mr. Brooks served as Chief Accounting Officer. From 1980 to
1991, he held various positions with Chiles Offshore Corporation, most recently
as Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. Mr. Brooks holds a BBA
in Accounting and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
James C. Webster is Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. He joined
the Company in February 2011 as Vice President and General Counsel and was elected
to the additional position of Secretary in May 2011. From September 2005 until
September 2010, he was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of M-I
SWACO, at the time, a joint venture between Smith International, Inc. and Schlumberger
Ltd., and then was an area general counsel for Schlumberger from September 2010
to February 2011 following Schlumberger’s acquisition of Smith International.
From 1999 to September 2005, he was an associate with, and later a partner in,
the law firm of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP in Houston. Mr. Webster holds an economics
degree from the University of Arizona and a joint Law/MBA from Loyola University.
Dril quip Inc currently has 2319 employees.
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