EUGENE LICHMAN

63 Litchfield Lane * Houston, Texas 77024

713-468-9776 * el574966@westpost.net
http://www.jobfox.com/people/Eugene-Lichman

SENIOR GEOPHYSICS EXECUTIVE: Research & Development

Highly accomplished and driven R&D geophysics executive with leading expertise i
n defining, developing and implementing key improvements in ever-changing oil an
d gas industry.
* Forges full lifecycle development of R&D projects from inception to execution
to publication.
* Superior ability to manage and communicate with diverse, cross-functional team
s throughout complex and demanding research.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
General Business Management: Project Management, Research & Development Team Lea
dership, Budget Management, Executive Presentations, Client Communications
Technical Skills: Energy Absorption, Wavelet Detection & Migration, Seismic Atte
nuation, Liquid and Gas Absorption, Software Development, Physical Theory

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
VIKING INTERNATIONAL, Houston, Texas * 2004-Present
Manager, Research and Development
Direct all aspects of research and development for 3D wavelet detection and migr
ation.
APEX METALINK, Houston, Texas * 2000-2004
Vice President, Research and Development
Oversaw research and development activities including incorporating Metalink sof
tware into Ape Metalink products. Worked with clients and collaborated on improv
ements for Metalink software and processing. Trained global customers on use of
systems (Chinese). Analyzed findings and wrote multiple research papers for prof
essional publication.
* Identified product opportunity and developed MLINK - commercial tool for atten
uation and wavelet compensation - now used by Apex Spectral Technology and Vikin
g International.
* Received patent for "Systems and methods of hydrocarbon detection using wavele
t energy absorption analysis."
METALINK, Houston, Texas * 1998-2000
President, Research and Development
Managed and led research and development including development of physics formul
as for liquid and gas absorption and Metalink software packages for wavelet, liq
uid and gas absorption processing. Worked with clients to further improve produc
t development. Wrote and presented research for professional journals and confer
ence publication.
* Developed analysis of polygraphs processing software for Axiton Corporation.
DISCOVERY BAY COMPANY, Houston, Texas * 1992-1998
Vice President, Research and Development
Identified, developed and managed research projects in quantitative interpretati
on. Orchestrated complete lifecycle of software development and architecture for
selected modules. Worked with service group to analyze and resolve workflow iss
ues. Managed budget allocations and invoicing and recruited, hired and managed c
ross-functional team of researchers and software engineers.
* Built and co-developed Carvel - pioneering application capable of integrating
stack and pre-stack 3D seismic data for display and quantitative analysis.
Career Note: Previous experience as Scientist at Digcon Company, WG Company and
Institute of Synthetic Fibers.
EUGENE LICHMAN
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics
University of Pedagogy, Moscow, USSR
Master of Science in Physics
University of Kalinin, Kalinin, USSR
PATENTS
7,243,029 "Systems and methods of hydrocarbon detection using wavelet energy abs
orption analysis"
5414674 "Resonant energy analysis of seismic data"
WO/1998/020368 "Automated Phase-based Moveout Correction"
PUBLICATIONS
Eugene Lichman, Gennady Goloshubin. Unified Approach to Gas and Fluid Detection
on Instantaneous Seismic Wavelets, SEG 2003.
Eugene Lichman. Direct gas reservoir detection from seismic wavelets using absor
ption. Oil and Gas Journal, January 5, 2004, Volume 102, Issue 1.
Eugene Lichman. Direct Gas Detection using Wavelet Energy Absorption, EAGE 2003.
Eugene Lichman, Peters S.W, Wilson, P.H, Yuan Mingshen. Direct Gas Detection usi
ng Wavelet Energy Absorption in the East China Sea, EAGE 2003.
Eugene Lichman. Informational Capacity of Acoustic Measurements, Journal of Comp
utational Acoustics, Vol. 9, No. 4 (2001) 1395- 1406 @ IMACS.
Eugene Lichman. Phase Inversion Deconvolution for Surface Consistent Processing
and Multiple Attenuation, SEG 2000.
Eugene Lichman. Automated Phase-based Moveout Correction, Houston, Texas SEG 200
0.
Eugene Lichman, E. John Norhwood. Phase Inversion Deconvolution for Long and Sho
rt Period Multiples Attenuation, Geophysical Prospecting, 43, 1995, 469-486.
Eugene Lichman, E. John Norhwood. Filtering of coherent energy with short filter
s in the time-space domain, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 6, no. 1, 270-272 (1987).
J. Todd Mitchell, Naum Derzhi, Eugene Lichman, Eric N. Lanning. EAA (Energy Abso
rption Analysis): a case study. SEG 1998.
J. Todd Mitchell, Naum Derzhi, Eugene Lichman, Eric N. Lanning. Structural appro
ach to geophysical data access. SEG 1998.