March Breakfast - ROSEMARIE CICALESE, CFO, ROC Energy Acquisition Corp.

Rosemarie Cicalese is the CFO of ROC Energy Acquisition Corp. (“ROC”), a special purpose acquisition

company that is focused on the traditional energy sector. As one of ROC’s two-person management

team and alongside ROC’s private equity sponsor Fifth Partners, Ms. Cicalese has been critical in ROC’s

December 2021 oversubscribed $209mm IPO, managing ROC’s operations, and originating and

evaluating acquisition opportunities. ROC announced an initial business combination on February 14 th ,

2023, with Drilling Tools International, a Houston, Texas based oilfield services company.

Ms. Cicalese has more than 17 years of experience in finance, with a particular focus in the energy

sector. For over 15 years, Ms. Cicalese worked at J.P.Morgan, most recently serving as an Executive

Director in the Corporate Banking Energy Group in Houston, where she managed a reserve-based loan

book, originated new loans and banking business, and led client relationships with public and private

exploration and production companies. Prior to that, Ms. Cicalese worked in J.P. Morgan’s Commodities

Group in its New York office, on the Corporate Derivatives Marketing team, where she worked with oil

and gas companies, executing energy risk management hedging strategies.

Ms. Cicalese is actively involved with, and serves on the board of directors of, The Periwinkle

Foundation, a Houston, Texas based non-profit organization that develops and provides camps, arts, and

survivor programs for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Ms. Cicalese holds a

Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and is a CFA®

charterholder.