Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> April 30, 2001
RICHARD F. MILES has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director of Grant Geophysical, Inc. since February 2001. Mr. Miles
served as Executive Vice President of Sercel Inc. from December 15, 1999
until January of 2001 after GeoScience/Syntron was merged with
CGG/Sercel. Prior to the merger, Mr. Miles was Chairman, President and
CEO of Syntron, Inc., which he joined in January 1990. Syntron was a
provider of geophysical acquisition equipment, and a subsidiary of
GeoScience, of which Mr. Miles was also President and CEO from its
formation in 1996 until the merger in December 1999. GeoScience, with
its other subsidiaries CogniSeis and Symtronix provided data loading,
formatting services and data processing and interpretation software for
the oil exploration industry. Prior to 1990, Mr. Miles was involved in
seismic data acquisition and processing in various management positions
with continually increasing positions of responsibility. Profile
TWST: Can we start out with a little history and a quick overview ofGrant Geophysical?
Mr. Miles: Grant Geophysical is a worldwide geophysical service company
offering land acquisition,