Mr. Ryan M. Lance is a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at ConocoPhillips, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at ConocoPhillips and a Member at Society of Petroleum Engineers, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Greater Houston Partnership and Montana Tech Foundation, Inc. He joined ConocoPhillips in 2012. He is a petroleum engineer with over 32 years of oil and natural gas industry experience. His past ConocoPhillips executive assignments included responsibility for international exploration and production, regional responsibility at various times for Asia, Africa, the Middle East and North America, and responsibility for technology, major projects, downstream strategy, integration and specialty functions. Mr. Lance was previously employed as a Planning Manager by Vastar Resources, Inc., a Vice President-Western North Slope by Arco Alaska, Inc., and a General Manager by Phillips Petroleum Co. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech in Butte in 1984.