Burt Williams has over 40 years of experience in energy related management. Prior to Rimrock Resource Partners, LLC, Burt was Founder and CEO of White Stone Energy, LLC (2001) where his responsibilities included executive management duties for White Stone and its client companies. From 2005 to 2008, Burt took leave of his responsibilities at White Stone in order to accept a role with Macquarie Bank where he became CEO of Macquarie Longview Acquisitions, a Macquarie Bank upstream investment vehicle formed in 2006. Macquarie Longview operated 5 fields, associated gathering systems, and a gas processing plant in SW Arkansas. Under Burt's leadership, these assets where sourced, acquired, optimized, drilled and exited in 2008, delivering a significant return to equity. Between 2009 and 2014 White Stone managed 4 companies on behalf of 2 financial institutions, Macquarie Bank and Brevet Capital. White Stone's focus was on returning the company's assets to profitability and designing a successful exit strategy. Prior to founding White Stone Energy in 2001, Burt was Director of Business Development at Torch Energy Advisors, a leading energy industry asset manager and advisory firm. Burt began his career in 1981 with the Land Department at Texaco, Inc. in New Orleans.
Beth Bounds joined the Rimrock team in September 2021 with 16 years of finance and accounting experience in the oil and gas industry. Most recently at Samson Resources Company, Beth led the finance and treasury team. She also gained invaluable experience managing operational accounting and corporate reporting teams during her tenure at Samson where Beth led or actively participated in many initiatives including 2 accounting system conversions; data warehouse redesign; design and implementation of internal controls; and bankruptcy reporting. Beth graduated from Oklahoma State University summa cum laude with a B.S. in Business Administration (Finance & Accounting).
Brett Gwartney has over 12 years of Land & Legal oil and gas experience. Brett started his career at Chesapeake Energy, working the Barnett and Northern Mid-Con assets. He moved back to Tulsa for a position at Midstates Petroleum Company, drilling Miss Lime wells and was involved with their restructuring. Brett spent 4.5 years at Trinity Operating managing their Arkoma Basin assets, including the acquisition of Ovintiv's Arkoma assets in 2019. Prior to Rimrock, Brett was the Land Manager & Lead Counsel at Toklan Oil & Gas Corporation. Brett is a Certified Professional Landman through AAPL and a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. He has a JD from the University of Tulsa College of Law and a BS in Business Management from the University of Tulsa.
Steven Garrison has over 25 years of oil and gas experience. He spent the first 14 years of his career with Baker Hughes (Baker Oil Tools Division) in Farmington NM, Bakersfield CA, and made his way back to Oklahoma. In 2011, Steven joined Unit Petroleum as a Drilling Engineer drilling wells in the Granite Wash, Red Fork, Mississippian, Marchand and Medrano formations. Prior to joining the Rimrock team, he was the VP of Operations for GDP Drilling based in Tulsa. Steve graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S. in Engineering Physics.
Brenda Bacon joined the Rimrock team with over 25 years of industry experience. She comes to us from Armor Energy, LLC where she has spent the last 7 years as the Financial Controller overseeing all areas of Accounting and Human Resources. Prior to Armor Energy, Brenda spent 18 years at Samson Resources Company where she worked her way through most areas of accounting with an emphasis in operational accounting. She has led teams through computer conversions and SOX implementation. Brenda graduated from Missouri Southern State University with a BSBA in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
Samantha Hunt is a technical systems analyst professional with over 9 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. From her days at Stonebridge Consulting to her previous position as a Business Systems Analyst with Coterra Energy (formerly Cimarex), she has in-depth technical knowledge of numerous industry-specific software and applications utilized to support users in exploration and drilling to sales and accounting. She has led efforts in all phases of the software development cycle, from gathering business requirements and transforming them into technical solutions, to testing, deployment and support. She truly enjoys learning about new ways to solve data and redundancy issues via automation and analytics. Samantha graduated from Westminster College magna cum laude with a B.A. in Business Administration.
Jared Rogers joined the Rimrock team in April 2023 with 13 years of oil and gas experience. Most recently, Jared worked for Coterra Energy as a Gas Marketing Representative covering both the Mid-Continent and Permian assets. Jared's most recent position was as a Senior Gas Marketing Representative where he was responsible for scheduling and marketing over 40,000 bpd of NGLs while assisting in the marketing of over 700 MMCF of gas across both the Anadarko and Permian Regions. Prior to Coterra Energy, Jared spent 8 years at SandRidge Energy with roles in Accounting and Supply Chain. Jared holds a B.B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma and a Masters of Energy Legal Studies (MLS) from Oklahoma City University.