Earnie Rhodes joined Coastal Flow Measurement Cos. as Permian Basin operations manager, Coastal said March 12.

He has more than 20 years’ field experience in wellhead automation, the company said.

Rhodes will oversee advanced hydrocarbon measurement and communications and telemetry.

He will be based in Midland and Odessa, Texas, the company said.

"Earnie's broad background brings a wealth of field automation experience to our BirdDog Information Systems division,” said Jayson Payne, vice president of digital operations.

“We're thrilled to welcome Earnie aboard during this exciting period of growth for our company and are confident that his knowledge and extensive production systems background will help to further elevate the company's growth in the Permian Basin," Payne added.

Coastal Flow Measurement Cos. is based in Houston.