April 6, 2010 

RigNet Elects Dirk McDermott to Board of Directors

Houston, TX, April 6, 2010 - RigNet, Inc., a leading global provider of managed communications solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry, recently announced that Dirk McDermott has been elected to its Board of Directors.

McDermott represents Altira Group, LLC, a Denver based venture capital firm with a focus on energy investing. In addition to being the founder and managing partner of Altira, McDermott has over 25 years as an investor, manager and scientist in the energy industry. His diverse experience in the upstream oil and gas sector ranges from operating as the chief geophysicist of LL&E Canada to serving as the lead institutional investor and director in companies such as Canyon Offshore.

In addition to RigNet, McDermott currently serves on the boards of directors of Altira Portfolio Companies, Hyperion Power, MicroSeismic and Novinda. McDermott is a past director of Research Partnership for Secure Energy America (RPSEA) and serves on the Petroleum Investment Committee at Stanford University.

McDermott holds a Master of Science in geophysics and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University.

About RigNet, Inc.
RigNet is a leading global provider of managed communications, networks and collaborative applications dedicated to the oil and gas industry. The Company provides solutions ranging from fully-managed voice and data networks to more advanced applications that include video conferencing, real-time data services and advanced medical services to remote sites in over 30 countries on six continents, effectively spanning the drilling and production industry. RigNet was recently named one of America's fastest-growing private companies as ranked in both Inc. Magazine's distinguished Inc. 500 and Deloitte's Technology Fast 500^TM. Based in Houston, Texas, RigNet has offices in Brazil, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, United Kingdom and throughout the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.rig.net/.