Julio Quintana

President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of TESCO Corporation

Julio Quintana is the president, chief executive officer, and a director of TESCO Corporation, a company that supplies oilfield drilling technology, oilfield services, and equipment. Mr. Quintana joined the SM Energy Board of Directors on July 7, 2006. Prior to his appointment to his current position at TESCO Corporation in September 2005, he had served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at TESCO since September 2004. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Quintana was employed at Schlumberger as the vice president of Integrated Project Management in 2003 and 2004 and was the vice president of Exploitation for North and South America in 2002 and 2003, and the vice president of Marketing for North and South America in 2002 and 2001. Mr. Quintana began his career at Unocal Corporation, where he spent 20 years working in various engineering and leadership roles.