The WIT Inc. Team
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Joseph H. Higginbotham, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer
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Joe Higginbotham founded WIT Inc. in June, 2007. A 25-year industry veteran,
Joe has worked for Texaco, Chevron, and 3DGeo, and is a recognized world
expert in wave equation depth imaging. Joe developed the
WavePak seismic processing system.
The robustness of WavePak's core and its parallel architecture
testify to Joe's extraordinary scientific vision. At WIT, Joe architects the
Company's geophysical and software strategy. He holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical
Physics from the University of Toledo.
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Morgan P. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer
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Morgan Brown joined WIT in November, 2007 and assumed his current role in April, 2008.
He architects the Company's business and market strategy and advises on
geophysical and sales issues.
Brown holds a B.A. in Computational and Applied Math from Rice University, and is
a PhD graduate of the Stanford Exploration Project. In industry, he worked
in R&D positions at Hess Corp. and 3DGeo, tackling topics such as wave
equation imaging, reflection tomography, and automated seismic interpretation.
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Thomas P. Wood, Jr., Vice President Sales and Marketing
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Tom Wood brings a unique combination of skills to manage WIT's sales and
marketing efforts. Beginning his career as a data processor with firms
such as Western Geophysical, Fairfield, and Digicon, he later started
and ran a successful global recycling business, and is an expert in
market research and business development, having opened new markets in
more than 20 countries. Tom holds an MS in Environmental Sciences from
the University of Texas at San Antonio, an MBA from Our Lady of the Lake
University, and a BS in Geology from Southern Methodist University.
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Oscar E. Ramirez, Manager of Data Processing Services
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Oscar comes to WIT from a position as senior geophysicist for
Weinman GeoScience. Oscar and Morgan Brown worked together on a
variety of projects at Hess Corp. Oscar brings nearly 15 years of
experience from his prior work in Louisiana, deepwater Gulf of Mexico,
Williston Basin, West and East Texas, Oklahoma, the North Sea, South
China Sea, Peru, Morocco and offshore Brazil. He earned Bachelor's
and Masters degrees in Earth Systems from Stanford University.
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Cosmin Macesanu, Senior Research Geophysicist
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Cosmin brings the rigor of a PhD theoretical physicist to WIT.
He came to the field of geophysics after performing post-doctoral
work at Syracuse and Oklahoma State, and made significant
contributions to 3DGeo's technology. He came to WIT in January, 2009,
where he works closely with Joe Higginbotham. Cosmin has already made
great strides in improving our angle decomposition technology, among
other things.
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Josephine Ottaviano, Administrative Manager and Corporate Secretary
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Jo does it all for WIT. From keeping the books to keeping the office
running to assisting Tom Wood with sales. She holds a BA in Finance
from the University of St. Thomas. She joined WIT in November, 2008
and was named Corporate Secretary in April, 2009.
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Lee W. Wiley, Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer
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Lee Wiley has over 40 years of executive experience running successful
businesses. As the Managing Partner of
Wiley Advisors, LLC, Wiley brings
to bear his extensive experience to assist start-ups successfully grow into
profitable businesses. He joined WIT in August, 2008, advising the Company
on issues ranging from capital raising to growth management to sales and
marketing. A more extensive biography can be found
here.
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Mike Rathbun (deceased)
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Mike joined WIT in July, 2007, but sadly died in September, 2007 before we
could reap the rewards of his years of experience in developing interfaces
and expert systems for seismic processing. Please visit our
memoriam to Mike
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WIT Inc. Board of Directors
In addition to Messrs. Higginbotham (Chairman), Brown, and Wiley
(biographies above), we at WIT are honored to have the following
members of our Board of Directors.
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Michael Weill, Director
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Mike Weill has a broad background in Oil & Gas industry management, production
and reservoir engineering, economics, business analysis and strategy
development. In October 2007, Mr. Weill retired from BHP Billiton Petroleum as
President of Operations & Technology. During his 11 years at BHP, other
responsibilities included development and production in Australia and Pakistan
and as President Integrated Business Development for BHP. Prior to BHP, he
spent sixteen years in various managerial and technical assignments with Shell
in New Orleans, Houston and The Hague. He is currently working on an
international Oil & Gas startup. Mr. Weill holds a Bachelor of Science in
Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.
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Phillip W. Taggart, Director
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Phillip Taggart has specialized in investor relations since 1964 and is the
President and CEO of Taggart Financial Group, Inc. He is
the co-author of the book Taking Your Company Public published by the
American Management Association. He has provided communications services for
58 initial public offerings, more than 200 other new issues, 210 mergers and
acquisitions, 3,500 analyst meetings and annual and quarterly reports for more
than 75 corporations. Phil serves on the boards of International Expert
Systems and AmREIT, Inc. (AMEX:AMY), and served on the board of Texas State
Technical College for 10 years. A distinguished alumnus of the University Of
Tulsa, he also has been a university instructor in investor relations at the
University of Houston.
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WIT Inc. Advisers