May, 2005 Volunteer of the Month

Mike Allison - Volunteer of the Month
Mike Allison is the HGS May Volunteer of the Month.  Mike is a consulting geoscientist who has special expertise in geoscience project management, information technology and geotechnical software development related to the upstream oil and gas industry.  Mike has become very active in the HGS over the past couple of years since moving to Houston from Lafayette.  He is the treasurer for the very successful HGS Northsiders Group.  Mike is also a member of the HGS Continuing Education Committee responsible for videotaping and producing CD-ROMs of the Reserves Series short courses.  Mike has been instrumental in putting together a portable and cost effective video production system. The cost of the equipment and production of the CD ROMs is completely funded by outside sponsors. The proceeds from the sales of the CD ROMs will go directly to the HGS. He has completed a CD ROM set summarizing the first two of these short courses.  Mike is currently a candidate for HGS Treasurer-elect.
Mike is currently working for Geoscience Data Management and as a geology instructor at Cy-Fair College. He has a B.S. in geology from the University of Miami at Coral Gables and an M.S. in geology from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  Mike previously worked for Landmark Graphics Corporation as a research and development product geoscientist.  Before that he worked for Chevron and Gulf Oil on a variety of assignments since 1983.