President
Bryan Ellis
With 28 years of experience as an oil and gas professional, Bryan Ellis oversees the operational efficiency of the world's leading well control engineering services company and ensures that the organization's drive for innovation and emergency response remains on a successful course.
Bryan’s experience includes serving in senior leadership and management positions in the Financial Services and Energy Sector. Bryan began his career at Deloitte & Touche in the Audit and Assurance group and focused primarily on clients in the Energy Sector. From Deloitte, Bryan joined ION Geophysical Corporation where he worked in both the Corporate and Divisional levels, leading and solving financial and other commercial issues. Bryan's experience in international business development later proved to be important for Wild Well's growth and in its continuing expansion in key regions around the world.
Bryan earned both a BBA and MS in accounting from Texas A&M University. He received his CPA shortly thereafter.
Sr. Vice President, Global Operations
Joe Dean Thompson
Joe Dean has more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, and 38 years of experience in firefighting, well control drilling, and workover operations, making his role as Sr. Vice President of Global Operations a truly pivotal one. His insight and approach to well control operations clearly personify the engineered solution approach that is the nucleus of the Wild Well brand. His active involvement in the development and implementation of specialized tools serve as a powerful complement to the expert well control engineering for which the company is known. Joe Dean’s experience and expertise have been used extensively while responding to global well control events, ranging from underground blowouts to catastrophic surface losses.
Vice President, Business Development
Andrew Barry
With more than 40 years of experience in Oil and Gas, including the last decade at Wild Well Control, Andrew has held roles spanning field service operations, global account management, and global product line management to senior management positions. His global experience in drilling, completions, and production operations provides a broad spectrum of understanding of the Oil and Gas market and facilitates his ability to oversee and drive U.S. business development for Wild Well. He is a member of SPE, IADC, and AADE.