Richard C. White was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer in October 2012, and later elected as Director in December of the same year and Chairman of the Board of Directors in January 2013. Before joining the Company, Mr. White served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NuTec Energy Services Inc. He held that position from October 2001 until his retirement from NuTec in September 2002. Mr. White was the Chief Executive Officer of Veritas DGC Land, Inc. from January 2000 through June 2000. From 1995 until his retirement in October 1999, Mr. White served as President of Western Geophysical Company, as well as Senior Vice President of Western Atlas Inc. He also served as Vice President of Baker Hughes Incorporated from August 1998 until October 1999. Prior to 1995, he held various other executive positions with Western Geophysical Company, including Chief Operating Officer. Mr. White also previously served on the board of directors of Geospace Technologies Corp. (formerly OYO Geospace Corp.) from 2008 through the date of his appointment at the Company; OMNI Energy Services Corp. from 2001 through 2010; and VGS Seismic Canada, Inc. from 2005 through 2009.

P. Mathew Verghesejoined us in March 2009 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Verghese was a Senior Vice President in the Capital Markets Division at Lehman Brothers Inc., an investment bank, from April 2007 to September 2008, and with Barclays Capital, Inc., an investment bank, from September 2008 until December 2008. While at Lehman Brothers, he served as an Investment Manager and Chief Operating Officer of the Lehman Energy Fund, a principal investments group which specialized in debt and private equity investments to the energy sector. Mr. Verghese was formerly a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP, and Chief Financial Officer of Andersen Business Consulting. Mr. Verghese serves on the Board of Trustees of the Star of Hope Mission and is past Chairman of the Board of Advisors of the College of Technology at the University of Houston. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston.

James E. Brasher was appointed as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in March 2013. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Brasher was engaged in private practice from May 2012 to the present. He served as the Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc. from April 2004 to May 2012. Mr. Brasher was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Reservoir Technologies, Inc. from January 2000 to October 2003.

Thomas J. Fleure joined us in August 2004 and currently serves as our Senior Vice President, Geophysical Technology. Mr. Fleure also served as our Director from December 2004 to April 2011. Prior to joining us, Mr. Fleure spent 21 years at Western Geophysical and its successor, WesternGeco, where he held several senior management positions in both technology and operations, including positions as InTouch Manager for Geophysics and Survey Evaluation and Design, Applied Technology Special Projects Manager, and Manager of Western Hemisphere Marine Operations. Mr. Fleure received a Bachelor of Science in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.

Ross G. Peebles was appointed as our Senior Vice President, E&P Services in December 2012. Mr. Peebles brings to Global over 20 years of experience in the geosciences and professional services related to hydrocarbon exploration and production. In his role, he will be responsible for all aspects of seismic and microseismic processing and interpretation as they relate to such exploration and production services. While Mr. Peebles began his career as a geologist specializing in carbonate and fractured reservoirs, he soon moved into integrated field development studies, while most recently has been developing workflows for the characterization and development of unconventional resources. Starting in 1989, Mr. Peebles spent 15 years at Halliburton where he was Global Manager of the Reservoir Description group, Director of the Moscow Technology Center, and Director of Technical Excellence for the Consulting Business at Landmark Graphics. In 2004, he moved to Paradigm Geophysical Corp., where he served in various executive positions including Vice President for Mexico, Vice President of Applied Technologies and Vice President of Consulting Operations. Mr. Peebles joined the Company in 2011, and he served as Director of Unconventional Consulting and Vice President of Interpretation prior to taking his current role as Senior Vice President, E&P Services. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Oceanography from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Science degree in Geoscience from the University of Texas at Dallas. Mr. Peebles' career has included assignments in Washington D.C., Abu Dhabi, Aberdeen, Moscow, Villahermosa and Houston.