HyperMedia Home Page HyperMedia Home PageTwenty-four years experience in management and technical positions administering geological and technical databases, computer mapping, and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Background includes data acquisition and quality control, software development, integration, technology transfer and training, and presentation graphics.
Established and managed a 16 person department with an annual budget in excess of $1,000,000.
Saved approximately $500,000 in computer charges by fine-tuning a seismic database and mapping system before generating 11,000 maps in a three month period, increasing map volume by a factor of 150 per year.
Realized a savings of approximately $400,000 per year by redesigning a key portion of a vendor supplied graphics processing system, ultimately producing a more flexible and efficient system.
Streamlined the software development processes of design, testing and documentation, specializing in graphical user interfaces, resulting in higher quality code in a short time frame at a lower cost.
Solved complex problems by breaking them into a series of achievable milestones. For example, a technical document inventory system involved: a) identify and catalog, b) microfilm originals, c) document storage, d) report generation, e) order processing, f) reproduction, and g) delivery
Computer Consultant, Houston, Texas (1993-pr)
IBM Corporation, Houston, Texas - Senior Engineer/Scientist (1990-03)
Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company, Houston, Texas - Manager E & P Information Systems (1981-90)
Superior Oil, Houston, Texas - Exploration Mapping Supervisor (1978-81)
Phillips Petroleum Company, Houston, Texas - Exploration Mapping Supervisor (1974-78)
NASA and Rice University, Houston, Texas - Postdoctoral Research Associate (1970-74)
Ph.D. in Mineralogy and Petrology - Pennsylvania State University 1970
B.Sc. in Geotechnical Science - Loyola of Montreal 1963
AAPG, Geological Computing committee; API,Chairman-Subcommittee on Well Numbering Systems ; HGS,Computer applications Committee ; HALPC