Striving for access in the oil patch is a focused goal for Doug Ramsay. As the CEO and founder of a company that has grown from four to 1,400 employees and a market capitalization of $1 Billion; Ramsay brings a lot of expertise to the Tarpon Board. Calfrac Well Services, a public company, has a market influence reaching across Western Canada, throughout the Rocky Mountain United States, and now into Russia.

As a leading provider of oilfield services, Calfrac is a specialist in pressure pumping services including fracturing, coil tubing, acidization and cementing. “Since we started out in 1999, we set our focus on our customers,” says Ramsay. “We followed Service First and then Technologies that Work in the Field as two guiding principles that helped establish our company, together with the strong dedication of our employees and shareholders.”

Ramsay reflects back to his younger days when he met Kevin Fleury, Tarpon’s President and CEO in the town of Brooks. “We always talked about working together, and now we’ve found the right opportunity,” says Ramsay. “I see a lot of the same attributes in Tarpon as Calfrac; stakeholder-driven with a strong mission to ensure value for customers, employees and investors.”

When Ramsay accepts a board opportunity, he considers this a personal endeavor – with business acumen as the objective. “I take a board position very seriously as this role is an extension of my personal reputation, which I guard very dearly,” notes Ramsay. “I look forward to a strong relationship with Tarpon and fellow board members as we look to a favorable future.”