ASIF A. ZAIDI
College Station, Texas 77845
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Phone: (979) -587-2541
EDUCATION
• M.S. Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA (1991) Specialization: Seismic Signal Analysis
Research Topic: Designed a Rayleigh Wave Filter for Three Component micro-seismic Data
• M.Sc. Geophysics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan Specialization: Geohydrology and Groundwater Geophysics Research Topic: Electrical Resistivity Survey for Groundwater Investigation in Arid Areas of Islamabad, Pakistan
• B.Sc. Physics/Math, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan EXPERIENCE
Senior Software Quality Assurance Specialist, Halliburton, Houston (2017 – 2022)
• Quality Assurance of iBHSS/Fiber VSP software through manual/regression testing, bug verification, Beta testing and work flow testing for zero offset, offset, walk away and 3D VSP seismic data.
• Processed DAS VSP data acquired by Halliburton for EOG, Cameron and Marathon – starting from data loading to the final migration and CDP transform.
• Velocity Model Building and Ray Trace Modeling.
Senior Software Application Support and Beta Testing, Paradigm Geophysical, Houston (2014 – 2017)
• Provided Software Application Customer Support to Paradigm software users.
• Beta Testing of new versions of the software.
• Interacting with clients and solving their day-to-day software application problems via telephone, Webinars and onsite visits.
• Processed/Imaged 2D/3D Seismic Data for Testing and Services group. Senior Imaging Geophysicist, ION Geophysical, Houston (2008 - 2014)
• Lead multi-client and proprietary Time and Depth Imaging and salt interpretation projects to map subsurface geology in Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Northeast Greenland, Poland, and French Guiana.
• Coordinated with team members, clients, time processing team, interpretation team, gravity and magnetic geoscientists for successful and on-time project completion. Senior Processing/Imaging Geophysicist, CGG Americas, Houston (2001 - 2008) Completed several 3D Gulf of Mexico and offshore Brazil time processing and imaging projects.
Elysian Field, Gulf of Mexico, Time processing and depth imaging.
Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico Projects, Time processing and depth imaging.
Panyu, depth imaging.
Time processing project in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Project Manager, Geo-Environment Consultants, Houston (1998 - 2001)
• Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
• Detection of underground petroleum storage tanks, buried drums and other objects releasing contamination into soil and groundwater.
• Conducting soil and groundwater sampling to delineate the extent of contamination
• Development of remedial action plans
• Communication with clients and regulatory agencies and report writing PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Technical Training
• Operating Systems – Solaris, Linux. Windows and Oracle
• Schlumberger Software – Charisma, Geoframe and Finder
• CGG Software – Geocluster, 2D-3D Marine Processing, Multiple Attenuation 3D SRME, Noise Attenuation, Bin Centering and Regularization, ShowViz, Wave Calc and Mat Calc, FastQC, Depth Imaging, Geomig, Chorovista, Vitamin and Team view.
• ION Geophysical Software – Promex, SIRIUS 2D-3D Depth Imaging.
• VSFusion – Seislink
• Project Management, Seismic Sequence Stratigraphy, Salt tectonics and Interpretation.
• Paradigm Software – GeoDepth2D, GeoDepth3D, ES360, 3D Grid Tomography, ECHOS, EPOS, SKUA and GOCAD
Management, Sales and Business Development Training
• Leadership and Management – Performance Leadership, Management Communication, Effective Presentation, The 7 Habits of highly effective people, Workplace Harassment, Information Security awareness.
• Sales and Marketing – Sales Communication Techniques, Strategic and Conceptual Selling and Working with Customers Key Players.
• Business Development – Business development, Business Code of Conduct, Foreign Corrupt Practices, Protecting Company Trade Secrets, Business Ethics, Doing Business Abroad, Economic Trade Sanctions, Legal Compliance, Export Control and Antitrust.