Travis D. Stice

Travis D. Stice is a Chief Executive Officer and Director of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (FANG) 

He has served as Chief Executive Officer of Diamondback since January 2012 and as a director of Diamondback since November 2012. 

Mr. Travis D. Stice is Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Diamondback Energy, Inc., since November 2012. Prior to his current position with us, he served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from April 2011 to January 2012. He served as a Vice President of Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. from September 2008 to September 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Stice held a series of positions of increasing responsibilities at Burlington Resources until Burlington Resources' acquisition by ConocoPhillips in March 2006.

He started his career with Mobil Oil in 1985. Mr. Stice has nearly 30 years of industry experience in production operations, reservoir engineering, production engineering, and unconventional oil and gas exploration, and over 20 years of management experience. 

Mr. Stice graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering. Mr. Stice is a registered engineer in the State of Texas and is a 26-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. We believe that Mr. Stice’s leadership within the Company, his management experience, and his knowledge of the critical internal and external challenges facing the Company and the oil and natural gas industry as a whole qualify him for service on our board of directors.