Executive Team

Experience

Mr. Schmitz has served as Chairman of the Board since January 2020 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Select Water Solutions since January 2021. He also served as Executive Chairman from November 2017 to December 2019 and as Select’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman from November 2016 to November 2017. Mr. Schmitz has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of SES Holdings since 2007, the formation of Peak Oilfield Services, LLC. After Mr. Schmitz founded Peak, he led the transformation of our assets and operations through a series of strategic acquisitions designed to enhance the company's total water solutions offerings. Prior to founding Select and its predecessors, Mr. Schmitz served as the North Texas Division Manager for Complete Production Services, Inc. ("Complete" (formerly NYSE: CPX) before its sale to Superior Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: SPN) in February 2012). Mr. Schmitz's involvement with Complete originated when his initial oilfield services holding company, BSI Holdings, Inc., was recapitalized by SCF Partners in 2003 and was rebranded underneath the Complete Energy Services, Inc. umbrella. Mr. Schmitz founded Brammer Supply, Inc., the predecessor to BSI Holdings, Inc., in 1983 and spent the 20 years thereafter growing the company, both organically and through acquisitions, into an integrated wellsite service provider with over 16 locations in North and East Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Mr. Schmitz was also responsible for the founding and subsequent recapitalization of Allied Production Solutions, LP, a production surface tank equipment manufacturer, which ultimately merged into Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. in August 2010.

Mr. Schmitz is the founder and President of: (i) B-29 Family Holdings, LLC, the family office representing the business interests of John and Steve Schmitz, (ii) B-29 Investments, LP, the private equity arm of Mr. Schmitz's family office, and (iii) Sunray Capital, LP, a subsidiary of B-29 Investments, LP that contains privately-held interests in various oil and gas investments. Through Mr. Schmitz's oversight of these investment holding companies, he has been instrumental in the successful closing of numerous upstream and midstream transactions including the sales of property packages across the Barnett, Eagle Ford, and Fayetteville basins to EOG Resources, Chesapeake Energy, and XTO Energy, respectively, and the sale of Cimmaron Gathering, LP, a natural gas pipeline company, to Copano Energy, LLC (formerly NASDAQ: CPNO). Mr. Schmitz has served on the Board of Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE: FET) since September 2010 and serves on the board of multiple private oil and gas companies.

As our founder, Mr. Schmitz is a main driving force behind our success to date. Mr. Schmitz has successfully grown our company through his vision, leadership skills and business judgment.

Experience

Mr. Skarke has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since April 2021, and previously served as our Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, Sales, and Operational Support since April 2020, our Executive Vice President, Water Infrastructure since March 2019, and the Executive Vice President, Water Solutions beginning with the Rockwater Merger in November 2017. Prior to the Rockwater Merger, Mr. Skarke served in various positions for the Company since June 2009, including Vice President of Water Solutions from 2013 to 2017 and Treasurer from 2012 to 2013. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Skarke was an Assistant Vice President for Amegy Bank from June 2005 to June 2009, where he focused on debt financing solutions for public and private oilfield service companies. Mr. Skarke received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.

Experience

Mr. George has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2024. Mr. George previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Investor Relations & Sustainability from January 2022 to March 2024. Mr. George also recently served as Treasurer of the Company from May 2018 until March 2022. Since joining Select in January 2012, Mr. George has served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, including as Vice President, Investor Relations and Senior Director, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations. Prior to joining Select, Mr. George spent a number of years in the Global Energy Investment Banking Group at UBS Investment Bank, where he focused on public equity and debt capital raises and M&A advisory work within the energy industry. Mr. George attained both his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the Business Honors Program and his Master in Professional Accounting from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Experience

Ms. Ibrahim has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary since May 2023. Prior to this role, Ms. Ibrahim was the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Avalon Advisors, LLC, a privately held wealth management company, from August 2021 to April 2023, where she was responsible for overseeing business operations as well as the legal and compliance activities. Prior to Avalon, Ms. Ibrahim was the Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary for Weatherford International Plc, from April 2015 to June 2020, where she was responsible for the global legal and compliance functions. Prior to Weatherford, Ms. Ibrahim had multiple leadership roles with Halliburton, including Vice President, Corporate Secretary & Chief Commercial Counsel. Ms. Ibrahim earned her Bachelor of Business Management and Finance from Virginia Tech University and her Juris Doctorate from Texas Southern University.

Experience

Mr. Lyons has served in the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer role since August 2023. In this role he is responsible for the development, coordination, and delivery of overall corporate strategy and individual segment strategies to accelerate growth, enhance value delivery, and increase shareholder return. Prior to joining Select, Mr. Lyons spent more than 20 years in the energy industry in both management consulting and front-line engineering and operations. Mr. Lyons joins Select after 18 years with BCG Houston where he was a Managing Director & Partner focused in delivering transformational strategies and large-scale value delivery programs across the oil and gas, oilfield services, and chemicals industries. He was responsible for over 85 successful client engagements accounting for more than $10 billion of recurring annual value for his clients. He was also a leader within BCG X (BCG’s digital solutions entity) and a member of BCG’s North America Climate & Sustainability Leadership Team. Prior to BCG, Mr. Lyons held various positions at Lyondell Equistar across planning, engineering & front-line operations and various EHS positions at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Houston. Mr. Lyons holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Rice University (with honors) and an MBA from Harvard University.

Experience

Mr. Ortowski has served as Executive Vice President, Business and Regulatory Affairs since the Rockwater Merger in November 2017. Prior to the Rockwater Merger, Mr. Ortowski served as our President since we were incorporated in November 2016 and as President of SES Holdings since September 2014. He joined SES Holdings’ predecessor in 2007, serving as the Vice President of Operations and was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2011. He joined the Company in connection with our acquisition of Impact Energy Services, LLC (“Impact”), a water transfer company he co-founded in 2004. Prior to founding Impact, Mr. Ortowski worked for 14 years for Pumpco Energy Services, Inc. (“Pumpco”), a stimulation and cementing company headquartered in Gainesville, Texas, where he served as Vice President of Stimulation Services. While serving as Vice President of Stimulation Services, Mr. Ortowski was instrumental in growing Pumpco’s operations throughout the Barnett Shale of North Texas and expanding into other U.S. markets. Mr. Ortowski received a B.B.A. in Financial Management from Abilene Christian University.