Katya Casey holds a Master of Science degree in Geophysics from the University of Houston. Katya started her career with the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and continued it in the United States where she worked for Amoco Petroleum, Vastar Resources, BHP Billiton, Apache and Murphy Oil companies. Currently she is one of three managing directors at Actus Veritas Geoscience, LLC. She developed and applied a new method of iterative interpretation of geophysical and regional sub-surface data with plate tectonics reconstructions and integrating results into petroleum systems analysis. Katya is known in the petroleum industry for designing and implementing multiple geoscience technologies and innovations including an early adoption of ArcGIS into oil and gas exploration workflows. She is adept at project definition and optimization of team dynamics. She provides mentorship and develops early career geoscientists and colleagues through publications, training, teaching, and industry forum presentations. Katya is also a respected technical speaker. She has coauthored papers and presented at multiple industry conferences and workshops. In 2008 she received an award in “Leadership in Technology” from the Association of Women in Computing.