Team
Paul Butler
President and Chief Executive Officer
Paul Butler joined Spartan Offshore in January 2007 as chief operating officer. Previously, he served as president of Houma Industries, a large offshore oilfield fabrication and construction contractor. Prior to working at Houma Industries, Butler served as division CEO for Pool Energy Services' Offshore Division, which operated a fleet of 22 offshore jack-up and platform rigs. He has considerable domestic and international rig design, construction and operating experience, the majority of which is in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Butler holds a bachelor of science degree in marine engineering and naval architecture from Mississippi State University, and a master of business administration from Tulane University.
Doy Dugan
Chief Financial Officer
Doy Dugan joined Spartan Offshore as the company's chief financial officer in 2005. Prior, Dugan held similar positions at Coastal Drilling Co., LLC and Delta Towing, LLC (formerly R&B Falcon Marine). While at R&B Falcon Marine, Dugan served in a variety of accounting and financial control capacities, including divisional controller and account benefits manager. He served as assistant controller at Falcon Drilling Company, Inc. (Offshore Division). Prior to joining R&B Falcon Marine, Dugan was an assistant controller for The Power Rig Drilling Co. in Lafayette, Louisiana from 1990 to 1995. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees in business administration from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and is a licensed certified public accountant.
Charles Bruno
Vice President, Marketing & Sales
Charles Bruno joined Spartan Offshore in 2007 as vice president of marketing and sales. From 1993 to 2007, he served as senior sales representative for Pool Offshore, and subsequently, Nabors Offshore.
Paul Kessler
Vice President, Marketing & Sales
Paul Kessler joined Spartan Offshore in 2007 as vice president of Houston sales. He comes with over 25 years of oilfield sales experience, most recently working in offshore rig marketing for TODCO/Hercules.
Terry Parker
Vice President, Operations Support
Terry Parker joined Spartan Offshore in 2007 as director of materials and regulatory affairs. Prior, he was the national purchasing manager at Aggreko North America, a large multinational utility rental corporation responsible for supplying temporary utilities to such high profile projects as the 2002 Winter Olympics and more than 20 NFL Super Bowl Games. Parker was also the director of materials and regulatory affairs at Pool Offshore and Baker Marine. While at Baker, he was responsible for materials management and international logistics during the construction of some 74 jack-up rigs worldwide. Parker has studied at Virginia Tech, Southern Methodist and Tulane Universities.