Darryl Keith Willis (born c. 1969) is an American geologist and publicist, currently working as Corporate Vice President Energy Industry at Microsoft.
[2] Willis gained national attention in 2010 when the Louisiana native volunteered to lead the company's claims efforts following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Willis was vice president for resources at BP at the time and appeared in many public relations advertisements clad in an orange polo shirt.
[3] Willis, a geologist by profession, said he was tapped for the volunteering after hearing BP executives discuss the plan.
[4] Willis graduated from Louisiana Scholars' College at Northwestern State University in 1991, and then earned a Master of Science in Geology and Geophysics from the University of New Orleans in 1993, as well as a Master's in Global Management and Public Policy from Stanford in 2007.