Byron Dunn

Founder of Independence Contract Drilling, Inc., Byron A. Dunn is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 11 different companies and currently is Chairman at Desert NDT LLC. Mr. Dunn is also on the board of Ranger Energy Services, Inc. and Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc., Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Member of National Association of Corporate Directors. In his past career Mr. Dunn was Chairman at CNOOC Ltd., Chairman for Nekkar ASA, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Raise Production, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Independence Contract Drilling, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at IDM Group LLC, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Erin Energy Corp., President of Eastern Hemisphere Rig Solution, Inc., Director & Senior VP-Corporate Development at Harvest Natural Resources, Inc., Vice President-Business Development for NOV, Inc., Chairman at China National Offshore Oil Corp., Chief Executive Officer at IDM Equipment Ltd., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Global Energy Services, Inc., Drilling Engineer at Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Manager-Upstream Business Development at Phibro Energy, Inc. and Executive Director-Investment Banking Group at UBS Investment Bank (US). He received an undergraduate degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.