Geologist
Resume:
LAUREN K. TYSON
PO Box ***; Lafayette, CA *****
*****.******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Geologist seeking an environmental position to gain further experience to broaden geological, global business, and communication skills to enhance my knowledge, proficiency, and contribution to the environmental industry.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CGGVeritas 2006 - Present
Geologist/geophysicist interpreting seismic data in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil by creating 3-D velocity models of salt bodies in support of pre-stack depth migration. Representative accomplishments include:
- Geologist: Full Time Contractor, Lafayette, CA 5/08 – Present
Use remote access technology to contribute interpretation services to project leaders in the Houston, TX office.
* East Breaks, Gulf of Mexico (100 Blocks): Interacted with senior geologists in Houston office daily to meet client needs and requests. Helped other team members on project by quality controlling data and acquiring additional interpretation work to assist in meeting deadlines. Travel to Houston as necessary.
* Santos Basin, Brazil (700 blocks): Worked with two other individuals to successfully meet challenging deadlines while learning and applying geologic models unique to Brazil’s structural geology.
- Geologist, Houston, TX 4/06 – 1/08
* Walker Ridge II, Gulf of Mexico (112 blocks): Team leader for the project. Defined project scope and developed resource loaded schedules. Organized and managed meetings with team members, PSDM processing team, external clients underwriting project, and internal clients to quality control data, track progress against schedule, and maintain communications between all individuals involved with the project.
o Wrote a manual for interpreting salt structures and building velocity models using proprietary interpretation software, which was used to train interpreters during the CGGVeritas restructuring.
* Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico (220 blocks): Following CGG’s acquisition of Veritas, one of the first CGG employees assigned to a team in the legacy Veritas office. Learned GeoFrame IESX and new work flows while completing a fast-track product with team leader for a proprietary project. Presented velocity models, discussed data quality, and suggested alternative interpretations during client meetings.
* Phase J, Gulf of Mexico (90 blocks): Helped quality control salt model prior to final salt migration.
* Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico (370 blocks): Worked closely with mentor and pre-stack depth migration processing team to construct salt and sub-salt velocity models. Participated in meetings with clients to incorporate well data in the final model.
EDUCATION________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Rice University; Houston, TX 1/08 – 5/08
* Incomplete degree for MS in Geology due to husband’s job transfer.
* Received full scholarship and fellowship. GPA for semester: 3.55. Completed courses include:
o Sequence Stratigraphy, Exploration Geophysics II- Seismic Data Processing, Sedimentology
Pennsylvania State University; University Park, PA 9/02 – 12/05
* BS degree in Geology and Minor in Global Business; GPA: 3.43.
* Senior Thesis: Multidecadal Growth Variations of Montastrea annularis Corals in San Salvador, Bahamas and the Record of Saharan Dust Accumulation
EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pennsylvania State University – University Park, PA 9/03 – 12/05
Teaching Assistant and underwater SCUBA diving Safety Officer. Representative accomplishments include:
* Served as the Marine Sciences teaching assistant for the Associate Dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Worked as PADI certified divemaster to help students obtain Open Water SCUBA Diving certifications and further understand dive theory and safety.
* Managed a total of 50 students as they conducted science experiments and data collection underwater.
* Contributed to assessing the overall condition and health of reef ecosystems by collecting data for Reef Check for three consecutive years in San Salvador, Bahamas – a previously unrecorded reef ecosystem location.
United States Geological Survey – Seneca Lake, NY Summer 2004
Science Diver. Collected sediment, water samples and videotape to assist research on hypersaline seeps and geochemical and physical characteristics at the bottom of Seneca Lake.
RESEARCH AND FIELD STUDY_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pennsylvania State University Geology Field Camp - UT, WY, MT, ID Summer 2004
Gained field experience in stratigraphy, structural geology, topographical map reading, and geologic map construction
Lehigh University Geology Field Camp – SD, WY, ID Summer 2001
Received introduction to field methods, geology of the Rocky Mountains, and geologic processes. Obtained special permission to attend as a junior in high school.
OTHER____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Software Expertise: GeoFrame IESX, SMT Kingdom, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint,Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, plus Linux, Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Cultural Awareness: Interacted with different cultures and environments by growing up in Nigeria and living in England.
Patents: Pending patent on “Durable handbags for fashionably transporting climbing equipment and personal effects.”
REFERENCES_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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