Chuck serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the ION Systems Group. He has been Senior Vice president of ION’s Land Imaging Systems Division since June 2007. Prior to that he served in the capacity of Senior Vice President of the Marine Imaging Systems Division since February 2005. Chuck has also served as the Director of Business Development for the Marine Division having responsibility for product management and marketing. Chuck joined the company in 1998 when ION acquired DigiCOURSE Inc., a New Orleans based provider of marine seismic positioning system solutions. Since joining ION, Chuck has held several technical and management positions including Director of Marine Engineering and Business Unit Manager for Towed Streamer Systems. Chuck started his seismic career with DigiCOURSE in 1990, serving in a variety of technical management and operations roles. Prior to his employment with DigiCOURSE Chuck held various technical positions with Boeing Petroleum Services and Litton Data Systems.
Chuck holds Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Orleans.