HAMPSON RUSSELL TRAINING HOW TO
That was a big shock and resulted in 3 years of intense on-thejob training on how to run a software company. In 1984, when Brian and I were comfortably going about our lives as researchers and trainers with Veritas, Dave decided to shake everybody up by forming a software company called Veritas Software. : In some ways, our company was really jump-started by Dave Robson, the CEO of Veritas. With a bit of luck on our side it has worked out pretty well. In retrospect it was a risky move, but we were both too naïve to realize it. Veritas spun us off as a software company in the mid 1980s, and Dan and I soon realized this was what we had both been apprenticing for all our careers! So in 1987 we took the plunge and went out on our own. After that I moved to Teknica to work with Roy Lindseth and then to Veritas Seismic where I started working with Dan. I then moved into their geophysical technology division and found that I was more cut out for the software side of geophysics than for interpreting. : My first job was as an interpreter with Chevron. What led you both to start your own software company? theses based on his original research and papers over the years. With a title that long I almost didn’t need to write the thesis! Dan has done the equivalent of about three Ph.D. thesis was entitled “The application of multivariate statistics and neural networks to the prediction of reservoir properties using seismic attributes”. That’s where I continued until forming Hampson- Russell in 1987.īrian, what kind of research did you do for your doctorate? After a one-year interlude with Phillips Petroleum in Houston in 1979, I returned to Veritas as a research geophysicist. I started my career with Veritas in 1976 as a Processing Geophysicist. : I have a Master’s degree in Physics from McMaster University and an MBA from the University of Calgary. Since 1987, I have been with Hampson-Russell. I then worked for Teknica and Veritas, where I met Dan. Kind of a late bloomer, you might say! In terms of my work experience, I started with Chevron, which was a great learning experience. at the University of Calgary from the years 2000 to 2004. in geophysics at the University of Durham in the UK in 1978, while on a leave of absence from Chevron. I started in physics and then switched to geophysics in my last year. at the University of Saskatchewan in 1975. Let me begin by asking you both about your educational backgrounds and your work experiences? A recent interview with Dan and Brian conducted by John Logel and Satinder Chopra (RECORDER Committee), is presented below so that readers can learn more about their body of work and experience, and why the CSEG values and recognizes their contributions so highly.
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The CSEG is honouring these two individuals at the forthcoming Joint Convention by dedicating two of the geophysical sessions to them. This reflects not only their technical and business achievements, but also their significant involvements in both societies at the volunteer level. Their company, which started with a group of four people, has grown to over 70 people with offices in Calgary, Houston, Perth, Dubai, London, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Moscow.īoth Brian and Dan have received many awards recognizing their outstanding contributions to our science and industry, most notably the CSEG Medal and the SEG Enterprise Award. Geophysicists in companies around the world use these software modules, which are renowned for being user-friendly applications involving advanced algorithms and workflows. This company has attracted world-wide attention for the quality of its software products. This is not only because of the significant technical contributions they have made to geophysics, but also because of the company they co-founded, Hampson-Russell Software Services Ltd., now a subsidiary of CGGVeritas. Dan Hampson and Brian Russell are well-known names in our industry.