Mr. Mitchell G. Elkins, also known as Mitch, has been Executive Vice President of Operations at Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. since January 2015. Mr. Elkins served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Midstates Petroleum Company LLC and served as its Vice President of Operations since 2014. He served as Vice President of Drilling and Completions at Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. since joining in January 2012. Prior to joining Midstates, he worked as the International Drilling Manager for Transatlantic in Istanbul and the Drilling and Completions Manager for Apache in their Australian operations. Prior to that, he held a variety of roles for Unocal, Apache and owned a project management company supporting clients such as Apache, Chevron, Perenco, Shell and others in international operations. He has 40 years experience in the industry with 25 years experience internationally. He holds Bachelor of Science Degree in Control Engineering with a Petroleum Production Base from the University of Texas Permian Basin.