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.
P. Scott MacFarlane
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Mr. MacFarlane re-joined ACT as its Interim Chief Financial Officer in early 2023, after having previously held the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer positions for many years until his retirement in mid-2021. Mr. MacFarlane is a CPA and a CA and began his career in finance with PriceWaterhouse Coopers LLP prior to his 20+ year career with ACT.
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.
Tyler Clark
President, Altitude Energy Partners
Mr. Clark has a diverse work experience in the energy industry. He most recently worked as the Chief Operating Officer at Altitude Energy Partners starting in February 2021. Prior to that, they served as the Vice President of Technology and Corporate Development at the same company from January 2019 to February 2021.
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, Digital Solutions.
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.
