The Axis Energy Services leadership team and Board of Directors bring extensive experience at diverse companies spanning the oil and gas industry. Their veteran insights guide Axis forward as we continue to revolutionize well services.
Wendell R. Brooks serves as President and CEO of Axis Energy Services. Prior to joining Axis at the company’s inception, Mr. Brooks was a managing director at B-29 Investments, LP from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Brooks previously served as an Executive Vice President and President of the Production and Infrastructure Segment at Forum Energy Technologies—an international oilfield products company—from 2010 until his retirement in 2014. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Allied Technology, Inc. from 2007 to 2010, when it merged with Forum. From 1994 to 2007, Mr. Brooks was the Group Director for the Well Support business of John Wood Group Plc., a public international energy services company based in Scotland and traded on the London Stock Exchange. He previously served as President of Del Norte Technology, Inc., a provider of positioning systems, from 1984 to 1994. Prior to that, Mr. Brooks was employed from 1975 to 1984 by Geosource, Inc., where he was involved in business development and served as President of two divisions.
Mr. Brooks has been a Director at Archrock, Inc., a publicly traded firm on the NYSE, since 2015 and currently serves on the Audit and Compensation Committees. He served on the Board of Directors of the Wood Group from 1996 to 2007, and on the Board of Directors of Nine Energy Service, Inc. from 2013 to 2017.
Mr. Brooks has a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Arlington and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Dirk Lee is the Executive Vice President of Operations for Axis Energy Services. In this capacity, Mr. Lee oversees the operations of all service lines, providing strategic guidance and coordination across the company.
Mr. Lee was one of the founding members of Snubco USA LLC, which transformed into Momentum Pressure Control and was acquired by First Reserve Momentum and, later, Lime Rock Partners. Under Mr. Lee’s leadership, Momentum grew from a single snubbing unit and five employees to a fleet of diversified equipment operating across seven basins. Prior to starting Snubco USA, Mr. Lee had over 20 years of oil and gas industry experience ranging from a hand to a Regional Manager for Cudd Pressure Control and Regional Manager for Great White Pressure Control. Mr. Lee was the first employee of Great White Pressure Control and helped grow the company until its sale to Archer Daniels.
As a lifelong entrepreneur, Mr. Lee was a founding member of M6 Energy Services, which provided cementing, acidizing and pumping services and was also acquired by Lime Rock Partners; Virtual HCM LLC, which provides telemedicine services; HD Hydraulics LLC; DJOT LLC; and TTK Energy LLC, which recompletes wells.
Jody Kindred is President of Axis Pressure Control Services. Mr. Kindred previously served as a Founding Member as well as Director, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Momentum Pressure Control LLC. Under the leadership of Mr. Kindred and co-founder Dirk Lee, Momentum—originally called Snubco USA—grew from a single snubbing unit and five employees to a fleet of diversified equipment and more than 100 employees. The company was acquired by First Reserve Momentum and, later, Lime Rock Partners.
Prior to starting Momentum in 2012, Mr. Kindred had more than two decades of oil and gas industry experience—from working on drilling and workover rigs to becoming a District Manager at Cudd Pressure Control and Regional Manager at Great White Pressure Control. As an entrepreneur with expertise in well control and equipment design and manufacturing, he has been a founding member of multiple businesses.
Garry Pruitt is President of Axis Pressure Control Rentals. Mr. Pruitt previously served as President of Momentum Pressure Control Rental LLC, which he helped found in 2018. Mr. Pruitt brings 37 years of pressure control experience to Axis. During that time, he spent 23 years in various capacities in surface wellhead services and 14 years in fishing and rental services. For 10 years, Mr. Pruitt was a Partner and Operations Manager at Red Diamond Pressure Control, where he focused on rental equipment and workover and completion rigs. He enjoys building teams and providing solutions to customers.
Stephen Moses is President of Axis Pumping Services. Mr. Moses brings more than 40 years of oilfield service experience, including more than 30 years in leadership roles in cementing and acidizing. He co-founded M6 Energy Services in 2016 and stewarded the business to growth across five basins—with an emphasis on safety, quality and dependability—before it was acquired by Axis. After starting his career as a roughneck, Mr. Moses rose through the ranks over the next three decades, serving in supervisory roles at several oilfield service companies. In 2005, he co-founded C&S Energy Services, managing all operations until the company was acquired 10 years later.
Will Petter serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Axis Energy Services. Mr. Petter is responsible for all accounting, financial planning and reporting processes, and also oversees our insurance, banking and benefits programs.
Mr. Petter’s professional history includes five years with Duff & Phelps’ Energy Investment Banking Group, where he provided merger and acquisition, private placement and bankruptcy advisory for middle-market oil and gas firms. Previously, he spent two years as an Audit Analyst with Ernst & Young.
Mr. Petter received a Master of Accountancy from the University of Southern California and a Master of Finance and Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of California.
David Etchelecu is Vice President of Health, Safety & Environment and Human Resources at Axis Energy Services. In this role, Mr. Etchelecu works with teams across the company to foster positive outcomes for personnel, customers and investors, as well as the communities where Axis conducts business. He has worked in HSE for nearly two decades, and believes processes and equipment must be designed so that people can err without causing injury, property damage or harm to the environment. Mr. Etchelecu has been named “Safety Person of the Year” by the Association of Energy Service Companies (AESC). He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Occupational Safety & Health Technology degree program at Kilgore College.
Mr. Etchelecu earned a Master of Strategic Leadership and a Bachelor of Business Administration from LeTourneau University.
Shellye Burlison serves as the Director of Human Resources for Axis Energy Services. Ms. Burlison is responsible for all human resource functions including benefits management, compensation strategies, recruiting strategies and employee retention, employee development and establishing consistent HR policies and procedures across all of our service lines.
Ms. Burlison has served in a number of senior human resources roles for nearly 20 years, including significant time in the oil and gas industry. Most recently, she was Director of Internal Operations & Human Resources for Applied Consultants, Inc. in Longview, Texas.
Ms. Burlison holds a Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Management from Ashford University.
