Consulting Associates

Joseph T. Forrest Consulting geologist and President of RGS. PhD, Rice University. 33 years experience in oil and gas exploration and development and service company work. Specialties include: Structural geology of complex terrains Regional geology and basin analysis GIS applications in petroleum exploration and development Oil and gas data synthesis and organization

Ettore Marcucci Consulting geologist and Vice President of RGS. 35 years experience in consulting with geological and engineering firms in South America. PhD, Rice University. Specialties include: Sedimentary dynamics in fluvial, marine and coastal areas Planning, environmental assessment and remediation of marine and fluvial waterways Offshore pipeline routing Remediation of coastal erosion Coastal protection solutions Dredging projects Environmental assessment of waterways, harbors and marinas

John J. W. Rogers Geological Consultant and Emeritus Kenan Professor of Geology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. PhD, California Institute of Technology. Specialties include: Global tectonics and basin evolution Geochemistry Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic petrology Origin and evolution of continents Environmental geology

Harry LeGrand Geological Consultant. Extensive worldwide experience in groundwater studies with the USGS and as an independent consultant. BS, University of North Carolina. Specialities include: Geology of groundwater Groundwater movement in crystalline rocks Radon in surface and groundwater Conceptual hydrological modeling

Norman Ross Geophysical Consultant. Over 40 years of major petroleum company and consulting work in oil and gas. BS, University of Oklahoma. Specialties include: Geophysical interpretation (2D and 3D) Prospect generation and analysis Basin analysis and regional mapping Onshore and offshore, shelf and deepwater Worldwide experience

Wenli Chen GIS and database consultant. Over 20 years experience in developing databases and GIS software applications. SQL Server, Sybase, Oracle, Access, ADO, ODBC, JDBC, TOAD, NetImpact Dynamo, S-Designer Java, Java Script, VB, VBA, Jsp, Asp, HTML, XML, Unix Shell Script, C (Borland C, MFC, Pro*C), C++ (Rogue Wave C++ and Visual C++), Python, CGI, Perl, WebLogic, EJB, Servlet, Corba, IDL, PowerBuilder, SAS, Pascal, Fortran Unix, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell, ICL, DEC, NEC, IBM ArcGIS, ArcSDE, ArcObjects, Arc/Info, ArcView, Arc Avenue, MapObjects, ArcIMS, ArcPad, ArcXML, AML, MapViewer, ENVI, ERDAS

In addition to the above listed core personnel RGS has other consultant associates in various specialties, such as petroleum engineering, geophysics, organic geochemistry, remote sensing, watershed modeling, programming and graphic design, who can be added to an integrated team to fulfill specific project objectives.