Matthew Rucker

Mr. Rucker joined Gulfport as the Senior Vice President of Operations in March 2023. On February 24, 2025, Matthew Rucker was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He joined Gulfport from Javelin Energy Partners where he previously served as Vice President, Production Operations starting in July 2022. Prior to joining Javelin, Mr. Rucker served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Montage Resources Corporation following Montage’s successful business combination transaction with Blue Ridge Mountain Resources in June 2020. Prior to Montage, Mr. Rucker served as Vice President, Resource Planning and Development of Blue Ridge from 2016 to 2020. Mr. Rucker started his career at Chesapeake Energy Corporation from 2007 to 2016, serving in a variety of leadership and engineering roles in field operations, reservoir engineering, and planning. Mr. Rucker graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from Marietta College and with a Master of Business Administration from Texas Christian University. He serves on the Boards of the Ohio Oil and Gas Association and the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma.