Jeff Springmeyer is the president of Geophysical Pursuit Inc., a privately owned seismic data company in Houston, Tex. that he co-founded in 1984. GPI owns seismic data (2D & 3D) in over 12 states and the Gulf of Mexico that it licenses to oil and gas exploration companies. GPI contracts geophysical contractors to acquire its seismic data and has often partnered with WesternGeco, a division of Schlumberger, over the last 20 years on more than 100 projects.

A resident of Houston, Tex., Springmeyer earned his bachelor’s in marketing from LSU in 1981. In addition to his duties with GPI, Springmeyer was a shareholder and initial director of the board of the Bank of Tanglewood until its acquisition by the Bank of Texas in May of 2002. Since that time, he has continued his service as a board member of the Bank of Texas.

In 1985, GPI began acquiring speculative data in Vermillion Parish and two years later commenced a long-term relationship with WesternGeco in which they jointly acquired proprietary rights in the Camerina Trend 2-D survey. A New Orleans office of GPI was opened in 1988. By the mid-1990s, GPI acquired its first 3-D survey, partnering with WesternGeco to do so, in the Galveston/Trinity Bay region. Just two years later, GPI began its first offshore 3-D program.

Springmeyer is a member of the E. J. Ourso College of Business Dean’s Advisory Committee and serves on the Business Partnerships Committee. A member of the LSU Foundation, he was inducted into the E. J. Ourso College’s Hall of Distinction in 2006 and into the LSU Gamma Chapter of Kappa Sigma’s Hall of Honor in 2004. Additionally, Springmeyer has devoted much time to various leadership roles within his church, his children’s schools, and other youth activities.
 

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