Instructors
Agrusa, Russ, is the Founder, President and CEO of ICONICS, Inc., in Foxborough, MA. He has over 25 years of experience in managing software development of HMI/SCADA and control products for the Process Control and Data Acquisition industry. His career began at Westinghouse Electric Corporation, designing software systems for Fossil and Nuclear Power Plant control systems. He worked next at Foxboro Company, leading the HMI development of the "IA" Distributed Control System. Agrusa started ICONICS in 1986 to take advantage of the emerging PC-based automation market and to create off-the-shelf HMI and SCADA software for factory automation. Agrusa, and his team at ICONICS, recognized that OPC was core to the future of Plug and Play software components and produced the first commercially available "OPC-to-the-Core" based HMI/SCADA products. ICONICS has done an enormous amount of volunteer work for the OPC Foundation (http://www.opcfoundation.org) serving on the Data Access, Alarm/Events and HDA committees. Agrusa himself is a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors, as well as its marketing chairman. Russ has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Buffalo and an MS in Computer Science from Boston University. Learn More ... TOP
Angel, Jack, with Sensortran, in their Houston, TX, office, has served as their VP of Business Development for the Oil & Gas market since April, 2008. Before joining SensorTran, Mr. Angel served as Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Sabeus, Inc. in Houston, Texas, where he had full operational and financial responsibility for all product lines. Prior to Sabeus, Jack spent 25 years at various Baker Hughes companies, including Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group, QuantX Wellbore Instrumentation, Baker Oil Tools, Baker Hughes Inteq, and Baker Hughes, Inc. During those 25 years, Mr. Angel served in diverse leadership positions managing pipeline turnkey operations, global wellbore operations, marketing, business development, sales, and engineering. Jack earned an MBA from Texas A&M University and bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. TOP
Asquith, George B., is a Professor of Geosciences at Texas Tech University with specialties in well logging, and carbonate and sandstone petrology. He received his B.S. in geology with a minor in math from Texas Tech University in 1961 and his M.S. and PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Madison (1963 and 1966) with a minor in geophysics. He was a research geologist with ARCO for four years (1966-1970) before taking a position as professor of geology at West Texas State University (1970-1979). From 1974 to 1979 he worked summers with ALPAR Resources as a staff geologist doing exploration in the Williston Basin and the Texas Panhandle. From 1979 to1982 he was chief geologist with SEARCH Drilling Company. From 1982 to 1986 he was district geologist with Pioneer Production Corporation, and from 1986 to 1988 he was project team leader with Mesa Limited Partnership. In 1988, he joined the faculty at Texas Tech as the Pevehouse Chair of Petroleum Geology. Starting in 2006 he became professor of Geosciences at Texas Tech. Dr. Asquith is a member of AAPG, DPA, SPWLA, and WTGS. TOP
Barnolas, Antonio, is Senior Researcher at the Geological Survey of Spain in Madrid. He has been involved in the Geological Map of Spain since1976 as Project Manager for the Pyrenees and Ebro Basin. His research is focused on basin analysis, with emphasis in tectonics and sedimentation. He has experience in the Pyrenees, Balearic Islands, Antarctica and the Gulf of Cadiz. With a great number of publications, 16 of which in international journals, he has been co-editor of the French-Spanish venture “Synthèse Géologique et Géophysique des Pyrénées” (BRGM-IGME), and of the Pyrenees chapter of the book “Geología de España” published by the Geological Society of Spain and the Geological Survey. TOP
Bartz, Gerald, works with the Geospatial Technology Department and the Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute, Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas where he assists professionals in acquiring visual graphical techniques to express their geological ideas. Jerry received his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Geology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His work experience includes Research and Development with Phillips Petroleum, exploration with Coastal Oil and Gas and environmental remediation with ETAS Corporation. Throughout his 20 years as a petroleum, alternate energy and environmental geologist, he has incorporated remote sensing, subsurface chemistry and multi-layered mapping to economically rank regional areas of interest or contribute to the efficient operation of targeted resources. He has four patents for methods used to aid in the definition of geothermal, petroleum, and uranium resources. TOP
Beaumont, Edward A. (Ted), is an independent petroleum geologist in Tulsa, OK. He has lectured in the U.S., China, and Australia on creative exploration techniques. Previously he was as an exploration geologist with Cities Service Oil Company and was Science Director of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). He served as President of the Tulsa Geological Society 2003-2004. Beaumont holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology from the University of New Mexico and the University of Kansas, respectively. He is co-editor of the Treatise of Petroleum Geology with Norman Foster. He has received the AAPG Distinguished Service Award and the Award of Special Recognition. He served on the AAPG Executive Committee as the 2007-09 elected Secretary, and is the 2012-13 AAPG President. TOP
Bhattacharya, Janok P., is the Robert E. Sheriff Professor of Sequence Stratigraphy at the University of Houston. His research interests include fluvial and deltaic sequence stratigraphy and facies architecture, and the local control of structure on stratigraphy. He received his B.Sc. in 1981 from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Ph.D. in 1989 from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, both in Canada. Bhattacharya worked for ARCO and then the Bureau of Economic Geology at Austin before becoming a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1998. He joined UH in the Fall of 2005. He has worked on a number of major fluvio-deltaic reservoirs, including the Supergiant Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska, for which he was awarded the ARCO Exploration Research and Technical Services Award of Excellence for Major Impact on Operations in 1993. He has won best speaker awards for talks on his deltaic outcrop analog work, presented to the AAPG, CSPG and Houston Geological Society and was the technical program, coordinator for the 2004 Annual AAPG conference in Dallas. He was a 2005-2006 AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, and in 2005 was awarded an AAPG SW Section Distinguished educator award. He has authored or co-authored over 40 technical papers and over 100 abstracts. TOP
Bilotti, Frank, is an Exploration Team Leader in Chevron Nigeria/mid-Africa Deepwater. Frank received a Ph.D. in structural geology from Princeton University and a B.S. degree in geology and mathematics from the University of Miami. He worked as a structural consultant in Texaco Exploration Technology, a structural geology specialist at Unocal E&E Technology and Structural Geology Team Leader at Chevron Energy Technology Company. Frank's current technical interests are in Niger Delta fold-and-thrusts belts, Gulf of Mexico salt tectonics and three-dimensional restoration technology. TOP
Bohacs, Kevin M., is a sedimentologist and stratigrapher with ExxonMobil in Houston, TX, who has taught first aid and field operations safety for more than 40 years. He co-authored AAPG’s best selling text on Field Safety and taught Field Safety Leadership more than 20 times in countries around the world. He serves as an American Red Cross Instructor Trainer in emergency response, CPR/AED, and water safety. He has volunteered and worked as a fire fighter, paramedic, disaster response leader, lifeguard, water safety instructor, and camp director. Kevin is an Eagle Scout and assistant Scoutmaster. Bohacs graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.Sc. (Honors) in Geology and earned a Sc.D. in Experimental Sedimentology from M.I.T. He joined Exxon Production Research Company in 1981 and has conducted field work and training on six continents and in more than 25 countries. He has been honored with numerous outstanding instructor awards and is a fellow of the Geological Society of America, Royal Geographical Society, and The Explorers Club. TOP
Boyer, Steven E., lives in Tacoma, WA, USA, and conducts a consulting practice, as well as teaching compressional tectonics courses. His principal expertise is the geometric and kinematic interpretation of geologic structures through integration of surface and subsurface data. Steven received his BS in Geology from Bucknell University in 1972, and his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1978. He was employed in the petroleum industry as an explorationist, development geologist and researcher and has served as a research professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. Boyer’s 35 years experience has included structural field schools, cross-section construction and balancing short courses, and consulting for several major oil companies. He received the Best Paper Award (Boyer & Elliott, 1982, AAPG Bulletin) from the Geological Society of America, is a Fellow of the GSA and has served as an associate editor of the Bulletin and Geology. Dr. Boyer is a member of AAPG, where he has also served as associate editor of the Bulletin, and was an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer (1992-93). TOP
Boyles, J. Michael, graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a B.S. in Geological Engineering. Following his undergraduate studies, he studied the sedimentology of modern shallow marine environments and modern trace fossils at Skidaway Oceanographic Institute. This was followed by work for the USGS that included being a field assistant in Denver and field geologist in Antarctica. He returned to school and received his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Texas. After his advanced studies, he has spent over 25 years in the petroleum industry working in research and as a technical specialist studying clastic sedimentology, stratigraphy and the stratigraphic interpretation of 3D seismic. Experience includes working for Cities Service Company, Research Planning Institute, Shell Oil Company, Union Pacific Resources, ConocoPhillips and the University of Wyoming. Mike is currently working for Shell Canada as a shallow marine and fluvial stratigraphic specialist working a variety of multi-disciplinary interpretation, reservoir characterization and modeling projects.TOP
Bridges, Lindell, is the Senior Vice President of Geoscience for EQT Production in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is responsible for directing the company’s geoscience activity in the Appalachian basin. He received his BSc and MSc in Geology from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. He was a geologist for Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) in Oklahoma City for 9 years, where he was responsible for the exploration & development in the Illinois, Michigan, & Appalachian Basins, as well as exploration in Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. After Unocal, Mr. Bridges was an independent consultant for 11 years working projects in several basins, including the Appalachian, Illinois, Michigan, Anadarko, and Arkoma basins. He joined Chesapeake Energy in late October of 2002, and successfully drilled Fayetteville Shale discovery wells in White County, Arkansas, extending the play more than 40 miles east of the established core area. In 2006, he was promoted to Geological Manager of Chesapeake Appalachia in Charleston, West Virginia, following their acquisition of CNR. In October, 2007, he was hired by EOG Resources as Exploration Manager for the Barnett Shale in Fort Worth, Texas, and worked there until joining EQT in March 2009. TOP
Brown, Alistair R., is a Consulting Reservoir Geophysicist in Dallas, Texas. His specialties are interpretation of 3D seismic data, stratigraphic interpretation, optimum use of interactive workstations, seismic reservoir identification and evaluation, and the meaning of seismic amplitude. He teaches seismic interpretation courses worldwide. Alistair graduated from Oxford University in England, having attended The Queen's College, and has over 40 years of geophysical industry experience. He has been using 3D seismic data since 1975 and interactive workstations since 1980. The Seventh Edition of his book Interpretation of Three-Dimensional Seismic Data (AAPG Memoir 42 / SEG Investigations no. 9) was published in 2011. He has won numerous awards from both AAPG and SEG and has been a Distinguished Lecturer for both societies, as well as PESA in Australia. Brown has been awarded Honorary Membership in the Geophysical Society of Houston, the Dallas Geophysical Society, and the SEG. In 2009, he received the Distinguished Service Award from AAPG. TOP