NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has increased the size of the Board from nine members to ten members and appointed Bernardo Rodriguez to serve as an independent director to fill the newly created vacant seat, such appointment to be effective January 5, 2022. Bernardo J. Rodriguez, 57, is the Chief Digital Officer at J.D. Power. He is responsible for advancing J.D. Power's digital and AI transformation and leads the company's Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Innovation, CX Solutions divisions.

From 2016 until Mr. Rodriguez joined J.D. Power in 2017, he served as Managing Director of Strategy at Huge Inc.