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., with Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, received his B.S. in geology from Texas Tech, and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He has 25 years of petroleum experience with such companies as Atlantic-Richfield, ALPAR Resources, Search Drilling CO, Pioneer Production Corp., and Mesa Limited Partnership. He is co-author of the AAPG book on Basic Well Log Analysis for Geologists, and has taught AAPG courses for over 20 years. TOP
Banks, Richard, Scientific Computer Applications, Inc., Tulsa, OK, received his Engineer of Geophysics degree in 1953 from Colorado School of Mines and an MS in Petroleum Engineering in 1957 from the University of Texas. He started his professional experience as a geophysicist for Carter Oil Company in 1953. After a two-year Korean hiatus, he got a degree in petroleum engineering and worked for Amoco as a petroleum engineer for 12 years before forming Scientific Computer Applications in 1969. SCAI develops and markets exploration and production software for the energy industry, as well as doing petroleum engineering and geological consulting. SCAI has done geological and engineering consulting around the world. Dick is a registered professional engineer in OK and TX. 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 are 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 20-2004. Beaumont holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology from the University of New Mexico and the University of Kansas, respectively. He has received the AAPG Distinguished Service Award and the Award of Special Recognition. He currently serves on the AAPG Executive Committee as the 2007-09 elected Secretary. TOP
Bend, Stephen L., has been a Professor at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, since 1990, and has taught Petroleum Geology, Petroleum Geochemistry, Basin Modeling, and Organic Petrology. He earned his PhD and MSc from the University of Newcastle (UK). Besides his 17 years as a University Professor, he has six years industry experience, one year as a petroleum geochemist, five years as a petroleum (field) geologist. Stephen has trained/taught/ mentored over 100 undergraduates/graduates in petroleum geology and petroleum geochemistry over his career. He is also the author of AAPG's E-Text on 'Petroleum Geology', published in 2007. TOP
Bennett, Barry, received degrees in Geological Sciences (BSc) at the University of Aston in Birmingham (UK), Organic petrology and Organic Geochemistry (MSc) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) and a PhD in Organic Geochemistry at the University of Bristol (UK). He is currently an Adjunct professor in the department of Geosciences at the University of Calgary and Director of Geosciences for Gushor Inc. Barry’s early work included developing a number of methods for the analysis of hydrocarbons and polar non-hydrocarbons in conventional oils for petroleum geochemical applications towards understanding processes from source rocks, expulsion, migration and accumulation. However, the realization that high quality, rapid, reproducible quantitative data became a necessity towards unraveling complex reservoir processes such as charging/mixing/biodegradation these methods have now been tailored to overcome the challenges associated with the heavy oil and oil sands of Alberta. His most recent interests include linking petroleum reservoir geochemistry with petroleum engineering, the origin of heavy oil and oil sands as well as troubleshooting oil production issues. TOP
Bilotti, Frank, is the structural geology team leader in Chevron's Energy Technology Company. 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 and was most recently a structural geology specialist at Unocal E&E Technology. Frank's current technical interests are in Niger Delta fold-and-thrusts belts, Gulf of Mexico salt tectonics and three-dimensional restoration technology. TOP
Boyer, Steven E., is a consultant, Tacoma, Washington, specializing in research related to structural, tectonic, and seismic interpretations. He has been involved with the Rocky Mountain Thrust Belt, Alaska Brooks Range, and the back-arc region of the Indonesian Island chain. He has worked for ARCO and SOHIO in the past and consulted with numerous international oil companies. He has been an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer. He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1978. TOP
Boyles, J. Michael, currently with Shell International E&P in Houston, graduated from the Colorado School of Mines with a B.S. in Geological Engineering. Following his undergraduate studies, he studied modern shallow marine facies and trace fossils at Skidaway Oceanographic Institute and then worked for the USGS as a field assistant and geologist. He received his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Texas for his work on the Mancos Shale and Mesaverde Group in northwestern Colorado. Mike has over 23 years of industry experience as a technical specialist in the fields of applied clastic sedimentology and stratigraphy utilizing outcrop, well and seismic data for Cities Service Company, Research Planning Institute of Texas, Shell Oil Company, Union Pacific Resources and ConocoPhillips Company. Prior to joining Shell, Mike was a researcher at the University of Wyoming Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute where he worked on issues related to EOR in Wyoming, including building geologic models for reservoir simulation. TOP
Brown, P. Jeffrey (Jeff), is a partner in the Exploration and Production practice of Decision Strategies, Incorporated. Prior to that, he formed his own consultancy, Exploration Analysis, Incorporated, after working for more than 21 years with Mobil and more than 2 years for Rose and Associates, LLP. During his career he has been involved in the assessment of chance of success, volumes, and value for literally hundreds of prospects, concessions, and plays worldwide. He has consulted on play analysis techniques for dozens of companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and Pemex. Brown is an AAPG-Certified Petroleum Geologist (#5734) and holds a B.A. with Distinction in Geology from Duke University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. TOP