Executive Team
Tom Connors
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Mr. Connors has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of ACT since March 8, 2021. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors as of that date. Prior to his appointments with ACT, Mr. Connors held progressively senior leadership roles, including as an Executive Vice President, with an international oilfield services provider, from 2003 until 2020. Prior to 2003, he held various finance and operations roles with companies across Canada. Mr. Connors has a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University in Newfoundland and a Master of Business Administration from Queens University.
Rob Skilnick
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Skilnick joined ACT as its Chief Financial Officer in April 2025, after spending more than 15 years as a financial executive of various companies, including a majority of that time as a CFO for TSX-listed oilfield services companies. Prior to this, Mr. Skilnick spent 8 years with KPMG in its audit practice. Mr. Skilnick has a CPA, CA designation and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan.
Lee Harns
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Harns joined ACT’s US operations in July 2022, in connection with ACT’s acquisition of Altitude Energy Partners, where Lee had acted as COO and then CEO over a five year period. Prior to that, Mr. Harns worked for other large US and international directional drilling companies, in progressively senior roles.
Suzanne Davies
Vice President Legal & Corporate Secretary
Ms. Davies joined ACT in late 2022 after a 16-year career with a large international oilfield services provider. Prior to that, Ms. Davies articled and was an associate at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Calgary for six years. She has a joint B.C.L / LL.B degree from the McGill University Faculty of Law and a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree from the University of Calgary.
Manoj Gopalan
President, Rime Downhole Technologies
Mr. Gopalan founded Rime with BJ Weber in 2012. Proir to Rime, he held several positions in management and engineering in various companies. Mr. Gopalan is a mechanical engineer by training and holds a bachelors and masters degree in engineering and a bachelors in math. He has worked on mwd his entire career, which now spans almost 20 years.
BJ Weber
Senior Vice President, Engineering & Technology
Mr. Weber founded Rime with Mr. Gopalan in 2012. Prior to Rime, he held several positions in management and engineering in various companies. Mr. Weber is an electrical engineer by training and holds a bachelors degree in engineering and a masters in computer science. Mr. Weber has spent most of his career in mwd equipment design.
Vaugn Spengler
Senior Vice President Operations, Altitude Energy Partners
Mr Spengler joined Altitude in September of 2021 as VP of Business Development upon the acquisition of Valiant Energy Services Ltd. where he was Owner and President since the company’s inception in 2013. In 2023, Vaugn assumed the role of Senior Vice President of Canadian Operation. In December 2025, Mr. Spengler assumed the role of Senior Vice President of North American Operations.
