John W Lindsay

John Lindsay became president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Helmerich & Payne (H&P) in 2014. Lindsay began his career with H&P in 1987 as a drilling engineer and was part of the team that created and introduced the first commercial AC drive land rig, the FlexRig®3 rig, that revolutionized the land rig market. Lindsay has held a variety of positions within H&P from Operations Manager and Executive Vice President. He was instrumental in developing “The H&P Way” which has helped the company build on its strong culture, technology and innovation. During his tenure, H&P has acquired four software companies, MOTIVE, MagVar, AJC and DrillScan. These companies create significant synergies when combined with the FlexRig technology. He graduated from the University of Tulsa with a Batchelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering.