Tanmay Desai

Tanmay Desai is the current CEO of The Bayou Companies, LLC. Tanmay has previous experience as the Senior Vice President of Contract Services at Axip Energy Services, LP from January 2014 to August 2015. There, they were responsible for all operational and financial aspects of the Contract Services business, including strategy, sales, operations, engineering, safety, procurement, business profitability, and return on capital. Tanmay also actively participated with the CEO and CFO at Board meetings, key lender updates, and analyst calls.

Before Axip Energy Services, Desai was with Lion Industrial Resources, Inc. as an Executive Director from September 2011 to December 2013. There, they were responsible for leading and executing Lion’s industrial resource strategy across North America with a focus on building a world-class safety culture.

Desai has a long history of working in the oil and gas industry dating back to 1999. Tanmay started their career as a project engineer with Halliburton Energy Services and then went on to work in various leadership roles with Schlumberger, TETRA Technologies, and Valerus Compression Systems (now Axip Energy Services). In these roles, they gained a wealth of experience in compression services, operations management, project management, business development, and sales. This experience has been invaluable in their current role as CEO of The Bayou Companies.

Tanmay Desai earned their MBA from Harvard Business School and their BBA from the Texas McCombs School of Business, where they majored in finance and business honors.

Some direct reports include Cullen Broussard - QHSE Manager, Korey Kimball - Senior Project Manager, and Wade Boudreaux - Vice President & General Manager.