2013 Elections Board of Directors | Gustavo Carstens Nominee for Director-at-Large | | Biography  Gustavo Carstens obtained a MS in geophysics from La Plata University, Argentina in 1981. Since 1979 he has worked in seismic acquisition and processing for seismic contractors and as an independent consultant. He started with Horizon Exploration, then to the Denver Processing Center, and back to Horizon as Data Processing supervisor. In 1990 he joined Western Geophysical, serving as Data Processing manager for Argentina (1995–1996) and Bolivia (1996–1997). At the end of the relationship with WG in 1999, he was New Business director for Latin America. He worked as South America Regional Marketing manager for Trace Exploration (1999–2000). He has been an independent consultant since 2001, working in seismic acquisition and data processing all over Latin America and also in Saudi Arabia. He has been the Latin America Regional Marketing manager for ARAM and currently is the Latin America sales representative for Sensor, an ION company. Gustavo has been on the board of the Asociación Argentina de Geólogos y Geofísicos Petroleros for many years, serving two terms as president. He has been on the board of the Unión Latinoamericana de Geofísica for several years, and is currently president. He served as chairman of the Argentina Chapter of the IAGC from 1994-1996. He joined SEG in 1980 and served on the Membership Committee (Chairman for 2010-2011). Currently, he is the GAC Regional Coordinator for Latin America. He represented his local association at the SEG Council on many occasions and at the General Assembly in Tulsa in 2008. Gustavo has been the organizer of the Challenge Bowl in Argentina since 2009. He has contributed to the formation of three SEG Student Chapters in Argentina. Position Statement I'm honored to be nominated for Director-at-large. I fully support SEG's globalization effort. With more than 32,000 members worldwide, diversity is essential for the development of our Society. The two offices already opened outside the United States have proved very helpful. So I will contribute to the creation of one in the Latin America region as well. As a Director at Large, I'm planning to work with all local societies in my region to make sure that they are represented properly at Board meetings. But this is a two-way road, so communicating back to the local societies about what SEG is doing will be another crucial part of my duties. I will represent a region with enormous potential. In order to fully develop it, we need to strongly promote the geosciences, with workshops, courses, lectures, and, especially, the participation of the young members. I will promote the creation of more Student Chapters at the universities in the region and hope to increase the number of SEG members in Latin America. The Humanitarian application of our science is vital in the times we are living. Devoting all possible effort to it will be another goal. | | | | | | |
