Ian James
Principal Global Seismic Geophysics at BHP
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolIan James is a Principal Global Seismic Geophysicist with 12 years of hands-on experience applying active and passive seismic methods across six continents to support exploration, mining, geotechnical and hydrogeological projects. Currently leading seismic geophysics at BHP and serving as President of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, he combines technical leadership with industry stewardship. He excels at integrating seismic datasets with broader geoscientific information to inform decisions across the full project lifecycle, from survey design and acquisition to processing and interpretation. Ian has driven technical change in field and computing environments, scaling onsite HPC and migrating workflows to cloud platforms like GCP/AWS. His background spans senior roles at specialist consultancies where he led complex land, borehole and marine seismic programs for diverse commodities and geological settings. He also holds a PhD in Geophysics and a reputation for translating legacy and noisy datasets into actionable 3D geological models.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophysics at University of the WitwatersrandBSc (Hons), Geophysics, BSc (Hons), Geophysics at University of Southampton
EnglishGithub contributions (1)
mrianjames/core
May 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:55 commits, 6 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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