About Us

Rockbridge Petroleum is a crude oil marketing company headquartered in Houston, Texas.

We provide best-in-class service to our producer-customers.

  • Industry-leading response times on picking up loads
  • Responsive in-house dispatching available 24/7
  • Robust back-office support
  • Timely and transparent monthly settlements customized for each producer
  • Monthly reporting on key operational and financial metrics

Our Team

Derek Haysom

Derek Haysom

Principal

Derek is co-founder of Rockbridge Petroleum and manages operations at Rockbridge.

Before founding Rockbridge, Derek was a M&A attorney for 2 years with Latham & Watkins LLP where he focused on upstream and midstream oil and gas acquisitions and divestitures and joint ventures. Prior to Latham, Derek was an attorney at Shell Oil Company.

Derek graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Law (J.D.) and Washington & Lee University (B.A.).

Derek lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and two sons.

 

Sean McKinley

Sean McKinley

Principal

Sean is co-founder of Rockbridge Petroleum and manages business development and finance matters at Rockbridge. 

Prior to founding Rockbridge, Sean was a M&A attorney for 6 years with Latham & Watkins LLP where he focused on upstream and midstream oil and gas acquisitions and divestitures and joint ventures.  Before becoming a lawyer, Sean began his career as a financial analyst with EDF Trading North America. 

Sean graduated from the University of Texas School of Law (J.D.) and Washington & Lee University (B.A.).

Sean lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and four sons.

 

Brett Burger

Brett Burger

Sr. Marketing Representative

Brett is a senior marketing representative for Rockbridge Petroleum and focuses on Mid-Continent operations at Rockbridge. 

Prior to joining Rockbridge, Brett was a liquids marketing representative for Cardinal Midstream / Iron Horse Midstream for 3 years.  Prior to Cardinal, Brett was a gas / condensate marketing representative for Chesapeake Energy for 9 years. 

Brett graduated from Oklahoma State University (B.A.). 

Brett lives in Edmond, Oklahoma with his wife and daughter.

 

Brian Carlton

Brian Carlton

Marketing Representative

Brian is a marketing representative for Rockbridge Petroleum and focuses on South Texas and Gulf Coast operations at Rockbridge.

Prior to joining Rockbridge, Brian was a midstream/downstream equipment sales manager for Great Western Valve.  Prior to Great Western, Brian worked in inside sales for Cameron in the Eagle Ford play in South Texas. 

Brian graduated from Jones Business School at Rice University (MBA) and Texas A&M University (B.A.). 

Brian lives in Houston, Texas with his wife.

 

Brian Carlton

Katelynn Hunt

Scheduler

Katelynn is a scheduler for Rockbridge Petroleum and focuses on operations and managing the company’s third party carriers.

Prior to joining Rockbridge, Katelyn worked as a dispatcher for several trucking companies in the Permian basin.

Katelynn lives in Midland, Texas with her family.

Brian Carlton

Kaitlyn Redding

Controller

Kaitlyn is the controller for Rockbridge Petroleum.

Prior to joining Rockbridge, Kaitlyn worked in public accounting where her primary focus was tax preparation and bookkeeping for individuals and small businesses.

Kaitlyn received her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting from Simpson College after graduating from Grand View University with her B.A. in Business Administration.

Kaitlyn lives in Des Moines, Iowa with her husband and daughter. 

Brian Carlton

Santiago Di Pietro

Analyst

Santi is an analyst for Rockbridge Petroleum.

Alongside working at Rockbridge, he is an Industrial Design senior at UADE Business School.

Prior to joining Rockbridge, he worked for the I.T. department at the National Council for the Coordination of Social Policies.

 

Brian Carlton

Luciano Martin

Analyst

Luciano is an analyst for Rockbridge Petroleum.

Prior to joining Rockbridge he worked at the general administration of GAMA, a chemicals manufacturer company.

He also dedicated several years to competing and coaching tennis in the US.

He is a current Finance student and resides in Argentina.

 

Brian Carlton

Carlos Cañedo

Analyst

Carlos is an analyst for Rockbridge Petroleum

He has a bachelor’s degree in Communication and is currently studying a specialization in Web Marketing.

Prior to joining Rockbridge, he worked as a customer service analyst for the US market at Nissan Finance. Prior to that, he worked in customer service and marketing for several large hospitality businesses in Mexico and the Caribbean.