Our mission is simple. ACTeQ will help our customers to optimize the design and execution of their geophysical projects.
Founded in November 2016 by Damian Hite, Dr. Dave Monk and Dave Ridyard, with 2 “friends and family” investors. ACTeQ is a 100% virtual company. From day 1 we have operated as a fully virtual company. We were living the Zoom life before COVID made it cool!
ACTeQ developed TesserACT to integrate operational and geophysical analysis in a single software package, we can help you deliver improved imaging faster, cheaper, and safer than ever before.
In August of 2024 we sadly lost Dave Ridyard after a long fight with illness. He will be sorely missed, however Brandon Mattox had joined us in 2022 and had taken over many of Dave’s responsibilities. As of January 1, 2025 Brandon assumes the role of VP Sales and Marketing and becomes a partner in the company.
Seismic survey design is a balancing act.
Optimization means finding the right balance between different and often competing priorities.
Safety – personnel exposure and risk
Environmental impact
Cost
Time to acquire and process
Quality – resolution, illumination, S/N etc
TesserACT is the only truly holistic tool that brings all these elements together in a single software environment enabling real optimization.
ACTeQ is a 100% virtual company. From day 1 we have operated as a fully virtual company. We were living the Zoom life before COVID made it cool!
ACTeQ offers TesserACT survey planning and optimization software and services for land, marine streamer, seabed, borehole and mixed mode acquisition. By integrating operational and geophysical analysis in a single software package, we can help you deliver improved imaging faster, cheaper, and safer than ever before.
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Our mission is to design geophysical surveys that achieve imaging objectives with the minimum cost and personnel exposure … that also means that we deliver projects with the smallest possible carbon footprint.
We have no office. That means that our workers do not waste their time (or our planet’s carbon) by commuting every day. We rarely travel and make use of telecommuting wherever possible. This keeps our carbon footprint (and costs) very low!
ACTeQ understands the importance of passing our knowledge on to the next generation. Although we are small, we find the time to support academic programs wherever possible. Our current activities involve University of Tulsa, Colorado School of Mines, Makerere University (Uganda), and Université Grenoble Alpes.
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Damian Hite is the CEO, lead product developer and co-founder of ACTeQ. He’s been working in seismic since ’97 holding positions at Veritas, CGG and EMGS specializing in survey design, acquisition optimization, geophysical QA/QC and software development. He is an active member of SEG, EAGE and also a long-standing licensed geophysicist with the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG).
Dr. Monk is a renowned expert in seismic survey design, data processing, and acquisition. He is a founder and technical advisor at ACTeQ, where he plays a pivotal role in advancing seismic survey design methods. Over his distinguished 45-year career, he has served as President of the SEG, an SEG Distinguished Lecturer, and Director of Geophysics at Apache. Additionally, he has an extensive portfolio of publications and holds numerous patents.
Brandon Mattox earned a degree in Ocean and Coastal Resources from Texas A&M University and spent 15 years at NCS SubSea in various roles, ultimately serving as Geoscience and Geomatics Manager. During his tenure, he contributed to a range of marine seismic acquisition projects, including streamer, OBS, and high-resolution streamer surveys. In 2022, he joined ACTeQ as Technical Sales Manager and now serves as VP of Sales and Marketing.
Joe Greer has been the Customer Experience Director for ACTeQ since joining in 2020. He provides training, customer support, and software testing. A long career of working with geophysical acquisition of all sorts began in 1981. Specialization in seismic began after attaining a Master’s in Seismology in 1990. As the TesserACT software develops new capabilities, he uses his long practical experiences to assist customers in its application to their needs.
