People: Dawson Geophysical Co (DWSN.OQ)

DWSN.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Stephen Jumper

51 2013 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Christina Hagan

57 2004 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary

C. Ray Tobias

55 2006 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

James Thomas

58 Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer

Kermit Forsdick

61 2009 Senior Vice President

Craig Cooper

59 2013 Lead Independent Director

Gary Hoover

73 2002 Independent Director

Jack Ladd

62 2008 Independent Director

Ted North

66 2008 Independent Director

Tim Thompson

78 1995 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Stephen Jumper

Mr. Stephen C. Jumper has been appointed as Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Dawson Geophysical Co. He has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of the Company, effective January 22, 2013. Mr. Jumper, a geophysicist, joined the Company in 1985, was elected Vice President of Technical Services in September 1997 and was subsequently elected President, Chief Operating Officer and Director in January 2001. In January 2006, Mr. Jumper was elected President, Chief Executive Officer and Director. Prior to 1997, Mr. Jumper served as Company's manager of technical services with an emphasis on 3-D processing. Mr. Jumper has served the Permian Basin Geophysical Society as Second Vice President, First Vice President and as President.

Christina Hagan

Ms. Christina W. Hagan is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary of Dawson Geophysical Co., since January 2004. Ms. Hagan joined the Company in 1988 and was elected Chief Financial Officer and Vice President in 1997 and Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer in January 2003. In January 2004, Ms. Hagan was elected as Executive Vice President, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer. Prior thereto, Ms. Hagan served the Company as Controller and Treasurer. Ms. Hagan is a certified public accountant.

C. Ray Tobias

Mr. C. Ray Tobias is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Dawson Geophysical Co., since January 2006. Mr. Tobias joined the Company in 1990 and was elected Vice President in September 1997 and Executive Vice President and Director in January 2001. In January 2006, Mr. Tobias was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Tobias supervises client relationships and survey cost quotations to clients. He has served on the Board of Directors of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors and served as President of the Permian Basin Geophysical Society. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tobias was employed by Geo-Search Corporation where he was an operations supervisor

James Thomas

Mr. James W. Thomas is an Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer of Dawson Geophysical Co. Mr. Thomas joined the Company in 2002 as Chief Geophysicist. Mr. Thomas was elected Vice President of Data Processing in March 2007 and Chief Technical Officer in January 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Thomas was employed for 21 years by Phillips Petroleum Company.

Kermit Forsdick

Mr. Kermit S. Forsdick is Senior Vice President of Dawson Geophysical Co., since March 2009. Mr. Forsdick joined the Company in 1993, was elected Vice President in January 2001 and was subsequently elected Senior Vice President in March 2009. Mr. Forsdick is responsible for soliciting, designing and bidding seismic surveys for prospective clients. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Forsdick was employed by Grant Geophysical Company and Western Geophysical Company and was responsible for marketing and managing land and marine seismic surveys for domestic and international operations. He has served on the Governmental Affairs Committee of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors.

Craig Cooper

Mr. Craig W. Cooper has been appointed as the Lead Independent Director of Dawson Geophysical Co., effective January 22, 2013. Mr. Cooper was elected as a Director by the Board of Directors on September 28, 2010. Prior to his retirement in April 2010, Mr. Cooper was a Senior Advisor, Seismic at BP p.l.c., in the Unconventional Gas unit from 2008 to 2010. Prior to 2008, Mr. Cooper was the Seismic Program Coordinator, North America at BP p.l.c. for three years, Seismic Technology Advisor for two years and Manager of Seismic Imaging & Operations for four years. Mr. Cooper was employed by BP p.l.c. and its predecessor, Amoco Corporation, for 35 years.

Gary Hoover

Dr. Gary M. Hoover, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Dawson Geophysical Co. Dr. Hoover has served as one of Company's directors since December 2002. Dr. Hoover, currently an independent consultant, retired from Phillips Petroleum Company in 2002. His responsibilities for the previous ten years with Phillips included geophysical research management, geoscience technology coordination, exploration and production technology consultation and active research into new seismic data acquisition techniques. Dr. Hoover served as Vice President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (1990-1991) and received its Life Membership Award in 2000. Dr. Hoover holds a doctorate in physics from Kansas State University.

Jack Ladd

Mr. Jack D. Ladd is Independent Director of Dawson Geophysical Co. Mr. Ladd has served as one of Company's directors since March 2008. He is currently the Dean and Professor of Management in the School of Business at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. From 2004 until 2007, Mr. Ladd held the positions of Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Director of the John Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Prior to 2004, Mr. Ladd practiced law and was a shareholder of Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Inc., a law firm in Midland, Texas. Mr. Ladd is a director of two public corporations other than the Company: Lightbridge Corporation (formerly known as Thorium Power, Ltd.) and Mexco Energy Corporation.

Ted North

Mr. Ted R. North is Independent Director of Dawson Geophysical Co. Mr. North has served as one of Company's directors since August 2008. Mr. North was a partner at Grant Thornton LLP from August 1987 until his retirement on July 31, 2008. He served as the Managing Partner and in other positions of responsibility in the Midland, Texas and Oklahoma City offices of Grant Thornton. He is a Certified Public Accountant with over 30 years of public accounting experience.

Tim Thompson

Mr. Tim C. Thompson is Independent Director of Dawson Geophysical Co. Mr. Thompson has served as one of Company's directors since 1995. Mr. Thompson, an independent management consultant with various companies since May 1993, was President and Chief Executive Officer of Production Technologies International, Inc. from November 1989 to May 1993.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Stephen Jumper

776,673

Christina Hagan

430,678

C. Ray Tobias

514,555

James Thomas

443,502

Kermit Forsdick

352,540

Craig Cooper

--

Gary Hoover

--

Jack Ladd

--

Ted North

--

Tim Thompson

--
As Of 29 Sep 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Stephen Jumper

50,000 456,353

Christina Hagan

35,000 296,688

C. Ray Tobias

23,750 210,428

James Thomas

0 0

Kermit Forsdick

14,250 111,440

Craig Cooper

0 0

Gary Hoover

0 0

Jack Ladd

0 0

Ted North

0 0

Tim Thompson

0 0
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