Alan R. Huffman, PhD
Alan R. Huffman, PhD serves as EVP and Chief Technical Officer of HighPeak Energy, Inc., where his duties include management and oversight of the company’s exploration program, and integration of technology into the company’s drilling and field development programs.
Dr. Huffman is a recognized technical and business leader with over 35 years of experience in domestic and international exploration and production with expertise in the fields of exploration risking, evaluation and portfolio management, project management, well design and drilling operations. Dr. Huffman has in-depth experience in every major petroleum province in the United States in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, and he is one of the industry’s leading experts in deepwater exploration and drilling worldwide.
From 2014 to 2017, Dr. Huffman was a Consulting Partner in SIGMA³ Integrated Reservoir Solutions Inc. (Sigma Cubed). From 2011 to 2014, Dr. Huffman was the Chief Technology Officer of Sigma Cubed where he managed the technical operations and technology development of the company following the merger of FusionGeo Inc. and SIGMA³ in 2011.
From 2002 to 2011, Dr. Huffman served as the Chairman & CEO of FusionGeo Inc. where he was responsible for the strategic growth and expansion of the enterprise. During his tenure at Fusion and SIGMA³, Dr. Huffman consulted for 400 client oil companies in over 60 countries and designed and implemented major projects in most of the major petroleum basins in those countries.
Dr. Huffman was also the Lyssa & Cyril Wagner Professor of Geology and Geophysics in the School of Geology and Geophysics at The University of
Oklahoma in Norman, OK in 2003 and 2004.
From 1997-2002, Huffman was Manager of The Seismic Imaging Technology Center (SITC) with Conoco. In this role, Dr. Huffman managed the geophysical technology division of Conoco.
From 1990 to 1997, Huffman was employed by Exxon Corporation, where he worked as a technical expert on exploration and production projects in The United States, West Africa and The Far East.
Dr. Huffman is active in industry and professional affairs, having chaired numerous international conferences and having served on organizing committees for the SEG, AADE, AAPG, SPE and the Offshore Technology Conference. Dr. Huffman was the recipient of the 2004 Robert H. Dott Sr. Memorial Award from The AAPG for the publication of AAPG Memoir 76, and the 2002 Best Paper Award from The SEG. He has published numerous papers in refereed journals and articles in international publications, and 40 abstracts. He has 10 U.S. patents in the field of geophysics.
Dr. Huffman received a Bachelors degree in Geology from Franklin & Marshall College in 1983, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Texas A&M University in 1990. In 1989-1990, he served as Science Manager of DOSECC, the U.S. Continental Drilling Program.