Management Team
John Mouton, Ph.D.
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
For the last 30 years, Dr. Mouton has focused his career on the development and introduction of game-changing technologies in the oil and gas Industry. John co-founded Object Reservoir, Inc. (“OR”) in 1995 and, prior to that, was a co-founder of Landmark Graphics Corporation in 1982. John’s professional experience spans a number of fields: mathematical physics, geophysics, aerospace and computer systems engineering, marketing, and strategic planning.
John has served on the boards of directors of the Cyberan Corporation, Cyberan Geophysical Corporation, Landmark Graphics Corporation, HyperMedia Corporation, and Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (“POSC” – now called “Energistics”). He has also served as advisor for a number of entrepreneurs and companies.
Mouton has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Morris Covington
Vice President, Operations
Morris has 25 years’ experience in the formation, management, and development of industry technology companies. He has managed professional services and sales and marketing organizations, served on boards of directors, supported acquisitions and mergers, and lead strategic operations. Most recently, he managed the EAME (Europe, Africa, Middle East) operations of Knowledge Systems, Inc (KSI). KSI was acquired by Halliburton in May 2008. Previously, Covington was the EVP of Sales and Marketing and on the Board of Landmark Graphics from 1983 until 1989. The company had gone public and was nearing an acquisition by Halliburton. After Landmark, Covington formed DRC Advisors and provided management and strategic marketing services to a variety of clients, including Object Reservoir, Knowledge Systems, BP, Innerlogix, and Zebra Imaging.
Out of graduate school, Covington formed CRC International, a company that developed and marketed the Industry’s first dynamic pipeline simulators (numerical). CRC was acquired by Intercomp, which ultimately became SSI. Both companies were leading technology companies in reservoir simulation and production applications.
Steven Wells
Chief Financial Officer
Steven enjoyed a 21-year career with Amoco Corporation and, ultimately, BP Amoco as a Manager of International Business Services, including assignments in Scotland, Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt and the U.S. While with Amoco, Steven provided financial and operational support around the world. He was a key employee in one of Amoco’s largest joint ventures, the Gulf of Suez Petroleum Company (GUPCO).
After starting his own business and providing financial consulting services for two non-profit companies, Steven returned to assist BP and the Russian oil giant, Rosneft, in forming a unique joint venture operating company on Sakhalin Island. Steven was recognized by both partners as being a key contributor for his ability to systematically apply organizational development skills and broad business process expertise. Steven joined Object Reservoir in June 2008.
Wells received his Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA, Management) degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1978.
Roger Hughes
Executive Financial Advisor
Roger Hughes has an extensive financial and operational management background, beginning with an 18-year career at Texas Instruments. His background includes positions in government, electronics, geophysical services, and the semiconductor industry.
Hughes served as CEO of Merit Technology, a company that provided radar simulation, terrain mapping, and battle simulation from 1986 to 1994. At Optical Data Services, a publicly-traded company, he was CFO from 1994 to 1996 and dealt extensively with investment bankers and analysts. In 2000, he became a partner in Startech Early Ventures, a business accelerator with a $32 million seed fund. He joined Object Reservoir in May 2002.
Hughes graduated from Southern Methodist University with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a Masters in Business Administration. Hughes also is a Certified Public Accountant.
Bryan Anderson
Vice President, Integrated Reservoir Services
Bryan Anderson personifies true acquisition of technical expertise obtained over a 29-year span of work and commitment at Amoco and BP Amoco. He began building solid engineering skills in production, reservoir, and petrophysics and quickly progressed into positions requiring strategic reservoir management and subsurface project management. His career highlights include engineering development in regions such as Egypt, Indonesia and Russia. Bryan joined OR in August of 2009.
Anderson obtained his Bachelor of Science with Honors in Geological Engineering from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Joe Eaton, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Dr. Eaton has a strong background in numerical methods and applied mathematics targeting subsurface modeling applications. His graduate work was focused on formulating and developing subsurface flow models and finite element methods combined with state of the art 3D visualization. Dr. Eaton also has extensive experience with parallel computing and high performance hardware platforms.
Joe Eaton joined Object Reservoir in 2004 and has since contributed to the market-leading horizontal well and hydraulic fracture modeling capabilities in ResolveTM today.
Dr. Eaton holds a Ph.D. in Computational and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin’s TICAM program, focusing on multiphase subsurface flow. He also holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University focused on CFD, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University.
Hamish Nicol
Vice President, Business Development
Hamish Nicol is a successful sales leader with more than 15 years’ experience in selling value-based services to the worldwide oil and gas industry. Nicol began his career as an accountant at PriceWaterhouse and then led highly successful sales initiatives with several companies including Hewlett Packard, Landmark Graphics, and Spherion. He provided strong leadership, developed and recruited proper talent, and established many sales “first” milestones. He joined Object Reservoir as Vice President of Sales in 2003 and was promoted to Vice President of International Business Development in 2005.
Nicol graduated from the University of Wales with a B.A. in Economics and Statistics.
Steve Ward
Vice President, Applied Technology
Steve began his career serving in the United States Air Force from 1986 through 1991. Ward was a captain and served as a flight operations officer. In addition, he managed Space Shuttle/Inertial Upper Stage flight operations and coordinated mission simulations for astronauts and mission control teams. Ward was in charge of the successful launches of the Magellan, Galileo, Ulysses, DSP, and multiple TDRS satellites. Prior to joining Object Reservoir, Ward was an Engineering Research Associate IV at Applied Research Laboratories from 1993 to 1999. While at Applied Research Laboratories, Ward served as the software lead engineer for the development of VXI-based Navy ground station management and operation of TRANSIT satellite constellation. Steve Ward came to Object Reservoir in 1999 as a software engineer, and was promoted to Vice President of Professional Services in 2001. Ward later became the Vice President of Applied Technology.
Ward earned his B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.