Mr. Bill Martinez has more than 32 years of industry experience, first joining the oil and gas industry in 1989. Currently, Mr. Martinez serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Mitsui E&P USA LLC. He joined Mitsui E&P USA in 2019 as Senior Vice President of Operations to help guide Mitsui’s efforts to transform and grow its upstream operations. Previously, Mr. Martinez worked for Burlington Resources, Anadarko Petroleum and Chesapeake Energy in various leadership roles responsible for asset management and business delivery for a variety of assets including many US onshore basins, Continental Shelf, and Deepwater GOM. Mr. Martinez began his career with Exxon and held various operational, technical, and business roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Martinez earned his engineering degree from the University of Texas – El Paso and his Masters of Business Administration degree from Rice University in Houston.