Biography

Wayne Prejean has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Drilling Tools International since 2013. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2026, after serving as Interim Chair from December 2025 to April 2026.

Mr. Prejean has more than 45 years of oilfield-services experience. He began his career in field operations in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979 and subsequently held field operations, operations management, sales, and executive-management roles with companies specializing in directional drilling and medium-radius horizontal-drilling technology, including Scientific Drilling, Becfield Horizontal, Drilling Measurements Inc., Drilex Services, and Baker Hughes INTEQ. His responsibilities included domestic and international operating locations.

In 1999, Mr. Prejean founded Wildcat Services, a provider of specialty automated drilling equipment for drilling rigs. During his leadership, the company grew from a local supplier serving approximately 50 rigs to more than 500 systems deployed in 20 countries. National Oilwell Varco acquired Wildcat Services in 2004, after which Mr. Prejean served as General Manager and later as a strategic advisor.

Mr. Prejean has also co-founded several oilfield-services companies focused on solids control, downhole-tool development, measurement-while-drilling products, and precision metal cutting and machining. He has extensive experience in merger-and-acquisition transactions and post-acquisition business integrations.