Business News for the week of 22 July 2013

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ION opens new seismic-data processing center in Perth, Australia

23 July 2013—ION Geophysical Corporation has established a GX Technology (GXT) seismic-data processing center in Perth, to serve the needs of oil and gas companies in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The new center is staffed with experienced geoscience professionals with regional expertise and offers a full range of seismic imaging services and technologies, including depth imaging and ION's patent-pending WiBand broadband processing technology.

 

INOVA promotes Arjun Selvakumar to vice president of digital sensors

24 July 2013—INOVA Geophysical has promoted Arjun Selvakumar to vice president of digital sensors. Prior to joining INOVA, Selvakumar served as vice president of product development for Colibrys, a global supplier of microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based sensors, and when the company consolidated to Switzerland, he held the position of director of engineering of the digital sensor product line for ION Geophysical/INOVA from 2009–2013. His experience also includes overseeing all operations, research, and product development of the MEMS engineering group for Applied MEMS.

Selvakumar earned his PhD and MS in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan, and has a Bachelors degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the National Institute of Technology, in Trichy, India. Additionally, Selvakumar holds seven MEMS technology-based patents and has been a contributor to a variety of MEMS journals, presenting over 20 technical presentations on this topic.