Ovation Data, a leading data management services company, has appointed Feng (Frank) Chen as Senior Solutions Architect. 

Frank has more than 25 years of experience in reservoir characterization as a geoscientist. He recently served as Assistant Director of the University of Houston’s Rock Physics Laboratory, where his research focused on Unconventional Reservoir Development and CO2 Sequestration Monitoring. Frank has led geoscience teams at Fugro-Jason, CGG and Schlumberger and has held pivotal roles in developing and optimizing workflows, transferring knowledge, and managing many complex international geoscience projects.

Mark Bashforth, CEO, Ovation Data said: 
“Bringing Frank onboard with his extensive capabilities in multidisciplinary workflow improvement contributes to our continuing technology innovation for all the industries we serve. His strong project management qualifications, along with broad experience in managing multidisciplinary geoscience teams, make Frank a particularly good fit for Ovation’s data management solutions in the energy sector. We believe subsurface and seismic data management is key to smarter decision-making in the oil & gas industry.”

“I am very pleased to join the Ovation team, and be a part of developing new cutting-edge technologies,” Frank said. “We want to help energy companies maximize the value of enormous data sets generated through end-to-end digitalization of the oilfield. In addition, we are building next generation software solutions that leverage data in new ways to improve operational efficiencies and enhance productivity, benefitting all of our clients across multiple industries.”

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