Jim White has held several executive and board positions over a nearly 45-year career including Executive Vice President at WesternGeco, President of ES Xplore LLC, an electro-seismic subsurface imaging company founded by Hunt Oil, President and CEO at ARKeX Ltd, President of Discovery Acquisition Services, Executive Vice President at Geokinetics Inc., and President and Chief Executive Officer at Trace Energy Services. Mr. White has also advisory experience to start-ups including a position with NEOS Geosolutions Inc. as Consultant to the CEO. He is currently Executive Director for the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) in Houston, TX.

Mr. White holds a BS in Geosciences from The Pennsylvania State University and held the position as Chairman for EnerGeo Alliance (formerly International Assoc. of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC)), a worldwide trade association for the geophysical and energy industries.