Management Team

Paul D. McKinney joined Ring on October 1, 2020 and his most recent role prior to joining the Company was President, CEO & Director of SandRidge Energy (NYSE:SD)(“SandRidge”). He accepted the post in January 2019 and continued there eleven months before resigning in December 2019. Prior to SandRidge, Mr. McKinney was President & Chief Operating Officer for Yuma Energy, Inc. (NYSE American:YUMA)(“Yuma”) since April 2017 after serving as Yuma’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2014. Mr. McKinney served as a petroleum engineering consultant for Yuma’s predecessor from June 2014 to September 2014 and for Yuma from September 2014 to October 2014. Yuma filed for protection under federal bankruptcy laws in April 2020.

Mr. McKinney served as Region Vice President, Gulf Coast Onshore, for Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA)(“Apache”) from 2010 through 2013, where he was responsible for the development and all operational aspects of the Gulf Coast region for Apache. Prior to his role as Region Vice President, Mr. McKinney was Manager, Corporate Reservoir Engineering, for Apache from 2007 through 2010. From 2006 through 2007, Mr. McKinney was Vice President and Director, Acquisitions & Divestitures for Tristone Capital, Inc. Mr. McKinney commenced his career with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC)(“Anadarko”) and held various positions with Anadarko over a 23 year period from 1983 to 2006, including his last title as Vice President of Reservoir Engineering, Anadarko Canada Corporation. Until December 2021, Mr. McKinney was a member of the board of directors for Pro-Ject Holdings, LLC a privately owned oil field chemical services company. He co-authored paper number SPE-75708-MS: Applied Reservoir Characterization for Maximizing Reserve Growth and Profitability in Tight Gas Sands: A Paradigm Shift in Development Strategies for Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs.

Mr. McKinney entered the United States Air Force upon graduating from high school and continued in the United States Air Force Reserves while attending college. Mr. McKinney attended Louisiana Tech University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1983.

Marinos C. Baghdati joined Ring on October 1, 2020 as Vice President of Operations and was promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations, shortly thereafter.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Baghdati held the position of Vice President of Operations for Sandridge Energy, Inc., in Oklahoma City, from October 2019 to June 2020. Prior to joining Sandridge Energy, Inc., Mr. Baghdati served as Production Manager for Rio Oil and Gas II, from January to September 2019, where he was responsible for Company Production Operations. Before joining Rio Oil & Gas, from May 2015 to January 2019, Mr. Baghdati held positions at Yuma Energy, Inc., starting as Operations Manager and later being promoted to Vice President of Drilling & Production, where he was responsible for coordinating all field and rig related activities. None of the companies he was employed at prior to joining the Company were affiliated with Ring Energy, Inc.

Mr. Baghdati graduated with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from Texas Tech University in May 2002. He attended graduate school at Texas Tech University from 2003 to 2005, where he received a M.S. in Mathematics and Statistics in May 2005.

Stephen D. Brooks started his employment with Ring on October 1, 2020, in the capacity of Vice President of Land, Legal, Human Resources and Marketing. On November 30, 2020, he was promoted to the title of Executive Vice President of Land, Legal, Human Resources and Marketing and currently still holds that position with Ring.

From May 2019 to April 2020, he held the position of Vice President of Land, Legal, People & Culture and Corporate Services with SandRidge. Prior to employment at SandRidge, Mr. Brooks served as Vice President of Land for both Yuma Energy, Inc. from February 2016 to May 2019, and for the Gulf Coast Region of Duncan Energy Company from 2000 to 2015, where at both of these companies he was responsible for all land department functions. Prior to becoming the Vice President, Mr. Brooks was the Land Manager for the Gulf Coast Region of Duncan from 1991 to 2000.

Before spending 24 years with Duncan, Mr. Brooks was the Land Manager Gulf Coast Region for Ladd Petroleum Corporation from 1984 to 1990, when he became Ladd's Exploration Manager until 1991. Mr. Brooks also held landman positions at Patrick Petroleum Corporation, Santa Fe Energy Company and started his career in 1977 with Shell Oil Company.

Mr. Brooks is a Certified Professional Landman and a member of the American Association of Professional Landmen. Mr. Brooks holds a BBA in Petroleum Land Management from The University of Texas at Austin.

Alexander Dyes joined Ring on October 1, 2020 and has a well-rounded background in both conventional and unconventional plays with over 17 years of multi-disciplined experience in oilfield operations, reservoir engineering, economic evaluation, capital allocation, risk assessment, strategic planning, and business development. Most recently Mr. Dyes served as Vice President - A&D at Sandridge Energy, from May 2019 to June 2020. Prior to Sandridge, he worked at Yuma Energy from late 2014 to early 2019 where he served as Vice President of A&D/Engineering from 2016 to 2019. He began his career at Apache Corporation and worked in various roles of increasing responsibility from 2007 to 2014 including his last role as a lead asset Senior Reservoir Engineer in Apache's Permian Region.

During his career he has led multi-discipline teams charged with identifying upside, optimizing vertical and horizontal development programs, reducing costs, and improving returns. He has direct experience in drilling, completions, production operations and reservoir engineering in most of the U.S. major active basins and horizontal plays. Mr. Dyes is recipient of Oil & Gas Investor Hart Energy's 2022 Class of Forty under 40. He is bilingual in Spanish and brings a multicultural background as he was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia.

Mr. Dyes received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin with a minor in Business Foundations from McCombs School of Business.

Travis T. Thomas joined Ring on October 26, 2020 in the capacity of Vice President of Finance. On March 24, 2021, he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary.

From February 2019 to October 2020, he held the position of Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer of Paradox Resources, LLC, a private exploration, development and production company focused on the Paradox Basin of Utah and Colorado with complementary midstream assets. Prior to Paradox, Mr. Thomas served as Vice President of Finance/Controller with Yuma Energy, Inc. from February 2016 through February 2019. From March 2012 through January 2016, he held a variety of financial management roles at New Prospect Company, an oil and gas consulting firm specializing in wellsite supervision, engineering, energy services and construction, and was named Vice President of Finance in June 2015. Prior to New Prospect, Mr. Thomas held similar financial roles at Highland Oil and Gas and Equity Associates, Inc.

Mr. Thomas currently sits on the Board of Trustees of the Houston Yacht Club and the Board of Directors of the Houston Energy Finance Group.

Mr. Thomas holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a major in finance from the Red McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin.

Ms. Lamb has more than 20 years of experience in domestic oil/gas evaluation, exploration and production operations, management, and petroleum engineering consulting. She has an extensive background in reservoir evaluation and economic evaluation. Her career has centered in Permian Basin, which has enabled her to focus on the upside in the basin.