Mr. Wampler was named a director of SilverBow Resources on April 22, 2016.
Mr. Wampler is the Chairman, CEO and President of Resource Rock Exploration II LLC, a role he assumed in June 2017. Previously, Mr. Wampler served as Chief Operating Officer of Aspect Holdings, President of Aspect Energy and General Exploration Partners (GEP) and Board Member for GEP from 2007 to 2012. Mr. Wampler directed the day to day management of Aspect's domestic operations in the US Gulf Coast and international operations in Hungary and Kurdistan, Iraq. Prior to joining Aspect, Mr. Wampler was Chief Operating Officer of Lewis Energy Group and Board member from 2004 to 2007. Mr. Wampler directed the day to day management of Lewis's domestic, fully integrated, exploration and production company with drilling, production, and pipeline operations and international operations in Mexico and Columbia. Prior to joining Lewis Energy, Mr. Wampler was Division Operations Manager and Drilling Manager of EOG Resources from 1984 to 2004. Prior to joining EOG, Mr. Wampler held several Engineering positions with Valero Producing Company and Kerr-McGee. Mr. Wampler served on the Board of Directors of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. until its merger with Cox Oil in October 2018. Mr. Wampler earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 1978.