Joel Bender has been our President since August 2023 and one of our directors since 2011, when he and Mr. Scott Bender founded Cactus LLC. He served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011 to August 2023. Prior to founding Cactus LLC, Mr. Bender was Senior Vice President of Wood Group Pressure Control from 2000 to 2011. He began his career in 1984 as Vice President of Cactus Wellhead Equipment, a subsidiary of Cactus Pipe that was eventually sold to Cooper Cameron Corporation in 1996. Mr. Bender graduated from Washington University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and the University of Houston in 1985 with a Master of Business Administration. We believe that Mr. Bender s significant experience in the oilfield services industry and his founding and leading of Cactus LLC bring important skills to our Board and qualifies him to serve on our Board. Mr. Bender is the brother of Scott Bender, our Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors and one of our directors, and the uncle of Steven Bender, our Chief Operating Officer.