Best Practices for Digitalized Subsurface Data on Cloud

Jess Kozman is a Senior Principal Consultant at Katalyst Data Management, based in Houston, where he helps organizations transform legacy geological records and large digital datasets into actionable subsurface intelligence. With extensive experience supporting multi-resource asset management on the cloud, Jess collaborates with global energy companies, government regulators, research institutions, and technology providers to drive smarter data utilization.

A licensed professional geophysicist, Jess also holds credentials in geoinformation sciences, project management, information quality, and engineering asset management. Beyond his consulting work, he actively mentors K–12 STEM students and leads geology field trips for resource and energy industry professionals, promoting knowledge-sharing and innovation across the geoscience community.

1. Operator experience with managing and interpreting large-volume seismic data sets

2. Lessons learned from the digitalization of legacy media and seismic formats

3. Comparative insights on search and discovery workflows using open-source code and cloud-based solutions