Richard F. Miles, age 58, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since August 15, 2007, and was appointed to the Board of Directors on September 21, 2007. On March 5, 2007, Mr. Miles was appointed to a new position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and prior to that, served as the President International Seismic Operations since the acquisition of Grant on September 8, 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Miles served as Grant’s President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2001. During the period 1990 to 2000, he was employed by Tech-Sym Corporation primarily as President and Chief Executive Officer of Syntron Inc. but also within that same period, he was Chief Executive Officer and Director of GeoScience Corporation, Chairman of CogniSeis, Syntron and Symtronix. Prior to that, he was Manager of North and South America Marine and Worldwide Marine Support for Halliburton Geophysical Services. From 1984 to 1988, he was General Manager at Geosource Marine, Inc. and from 1966 to 1984, he held a variety of positions with Geophysical Service, Inc. with increasing responsibilities. Mr. Miles has over 39 years of experience in the seismic services industry. |