Leadership

Courtney Brackin

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer Courtney Brackin has been in oil and gas all his life. Prior to being appointed OMNI CEO, he was VP of Northern Operations in the Mid-Continent, Bakken and Rockies as part of Gibson Energy’s U.S. Environmental Services team. He held leadership positions at A&A Tank Truck since the mid-’90s. Prior to that, he worked as a drilling, production and reservoir engineer for Amoco/BP in the oil and gas fields of North Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma.

Courtney earned a degree in Petroleum Engineering at Oklahoma University.

He currently serves as a board member of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the National Stripper Well Association. He previously served as chair of the board for the Norman Regional Health Foundation.

Geoff A. Jones

Chief Financial Officer

Geoff has more than 30 years experience in oilfield industry finance. Prior to joining OMNI in 2011, he spent six years as VP and CFO at Trico Marine. Other posts in his tenure at Trico included Corporate Controller and Treasurer. He has also held senior financial positions with Parker Drilling and Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.

Geoff holds a Master of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance, Law and Political Economy from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Gregory B. Milton

Chief Accounting Officer

Greg has been part of OMNI’s finance team since 2006. Prior to his appointment as chief accounting officer, he served as OMNI’s director of financial reporting.

Greg came to OMNI from Broussard, Poche’, Lewis and Breaux, a major Lafayette, La. public accounting firm, where he was a partner in the auditing department. He is a Certified Public Accountant with extensive experience in financial statement preparation and reporting, taxation, and computer software applications.

He graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and is a member of the Louisiana State Board of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants.

Charles Y. Latiolais

GM Health, Safety & Environment and Risk

With more than 27 years of experience, Charles has a broad range of expertise in safety management, risk engineering and loss control. He spent the past 11 years at OMNI, starting out as safety manager for an OMNI operating brand before taking the helm of OMNI Corporate Safety in 2010.

Prior to joining OMNI, Charles spent nine years as a loss prevention consultant with FARA Risk Control Services and five years as director of corporate safety for Trinity Industries. Charles has developed and implemented numerous safety emphasis programs and is a certified OSHA Outreach Instructor, NACB Forklift Train the Trainer, NACB Mobile Crane Operator Trainer, and Smith System Driving Instructor. He also has formal training in managing behavioral based safety programs, industrial hygiene, fall protection system design, and incident investigation causal analysis.

Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in fire and safety engineering technology.

Michael Kiser

General Manager Information Solutions

In his role as General Manager, Michael is responsible for driving implementation of OMNI’s strategic technology plan across the organization. He oversees all functional areas including networking, systems, cybersecurity, unified communications, service desk and field support services.

Prior to being named General Manager, Michael served as Interim General Manager. He began his tenure at OMNI as a Senior Business Analyst. He has experience in multiple full life cycle implementations and production support, and has been responsible for simplifying business processes companywide.

Michael holds a degree in Business Informatics from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Jessie Mire

GM Human Resources-South

Jessie Mire leads human resources functions at OMNI, managing staffing, compensation and benefits, employee relations, employment policies, compliance, and HR information systems, with day-to-day oversight for the southern region.

She has more than a decade of experience in HR, including benefits, recruiting, performance management, training, processes and policies, compliance, employee relations and compensation.

Prior to joining OMNI, Jessie’s work as the HR manager for a regional health services agency provided hands-on experience in all aspects of human resources, including recruitment, outreach, talent acquisition, training and development. She managed all HR administrative functions, developing best-practice systems and processes.

Jessie holds a B.A. in English literature from Louisiana State University and has earned the Professional in Human Resources designation from the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Certified Professional designation from the Society for Human Resource Management.

Tara Crowley

GM Human Resources-North

Tara Crowley leads human resources functions at OMNI, managing staffing; compensation and benefits; employee relations; employment policies; compliance; and HR information systems; with day-to-day oversight for the northern region.

In her 15 years at OMNI, she has been responsible for leadership and management of talent acquisition, benefits and employee services, performance management, skill building, leadership development, and regulatory compliance, supporting more than 1,500 employees company-wide. She has also been responsible for HR functions associated with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and has been integral in technology advances to transform and streamline HR services.

Tara holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from Oklahoma State University and has earned senior level professional HR certifications from the Human Resources Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resources Management.

She is actively involved in professional human resources organizations at local, state and national levels, chairing and serving on various committees. Tara co-hosts a weekly podcast for human resources professionals in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Council for Human Resource Management.