Quality Assurance High School
Resume:
+ ASIF A. ZAIDI
College Station, Texas 77845
************@*****.***
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
Substitute Teacher, ESS, Bryan IS District, Texas (August, 2025 – Present)
Working as substitute teacher with ESS in Bryan District. So far substituted in the following schools of Bryan IS District:
Rudder High School, Bryan High School, S. F. Austin Middle School, Long Intermediate School, Rayburn Intermediate School, Sadberry Intermediate School, Fannin Elementary School and Houston Elementary School.
Senior Quality Assurance Specialist, Halliburton, Houston (2017 – 2025)
Quality Assurance of iBHSS/Fiber VSP software through manual/regression testing, bug verification 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 Technical Advisor, Paradigm Geophysical, Houston (2014 – 2017)
Provided Software Application Customer Support to Paradigm software users
Interacting with clients and solving their day-to-day software application problems via telephone, Webinar 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.
Adjunct Faculty, Geology, Blinn College, College Station, Texas (2000 - 2001)
Taught “Physical Geology” course to college Students at Blinn College, Bryan, Taxes.
Project Manager, Geo-Environment Consultants, Houston (1998 - 2000)
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
Senior Borehole Seismic Geophysicist, Schlumberger (1993 - 1998)
Prepared and executed acquisition programs for check-shot, ZVSP, OVSP and Walkaway VSP
Processing and report writing of check-shot, ZVSP, OVSP and Walkaway VSP surveys.
Provided technical expertise to Exploration and Production teams in all phases of Well Logging and Borehole Seismic projects, including planning, acquisition, processing and data management.
Provided services and support in planning and execution of borehole logging operations, petrophysical/geological interpretation and data management.
Supervised technical support to micro-seismic projects in gas shale plays.
Supported Bore Hole Seismic teams in remote locations.
Conducted pre-survey Bore Hole Seismic ray trace modeling.
Planned and supervised in-house and onsite processing.
Provided in-house and well site training for Geophysicists and Field Engineers.
Hydrologist/Groundwater Geophysicist, Water and Power Development Authority (1991 - 1993)
Completed following groundwater investigation and geotechnical projects:
Electrical Resistivity Survey for groundwater exploration and development project in the premises of the Quaid-i-Azam university staff housing society, Islamabad.
Electrical Resistivity Survey contracted by WAPDA for Pakistan Army Engineers to explore the groundwater potential in establishing groundwater supply system in different villages of Jehlum district.
Electrical Resistivity Survey for Pakistan works department to study the feasibility of bedrock in the premises of Police lines. Rawalpindi districts.
Electrical Resistivity Survey to study the feasibility of groundwater potential for industrial use in Sihala region of Rawalpindi district.
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and Balochistan University, Quetta; Pakistan (1981 – 1991)
Taught Exploration Geophysics courses – Reflection Seismology, Gravity, Magnetic, Electrical Resistivity, Borehole Logging and Radiactive methods.
Supervised students’ research projects.
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.
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