Mike Donley

As Manager of Dynamic Graphics' Educational Services Department, Mike Donley has been teaching others about EarthVision software for nearly 14 years. Before joining Dynamic Graphics, he taught Cartography and Geomorphology at California State University/Northridge, the University of Oregon, and the University of Colorado.

Among the courses offered by Dynamic Graphics, Mike's personal favorite is Introduction to EarthVision and the WorkFlow Manager (WFM1) because of the "great number of interesting and diverse people I meet. The students are bright and ask good questions. It is especially satisfying to deal with industry professionals in an small group setting."

"Typically, due to a steep learning curve or the relative inexperience of some users, introductory classes are often the most challenging to conduct, especially when dealing with a robust and versatile package like EarthVision. But that's not the case here. Because of the thoughtful design, and a user-friendly interface, EarthVision is easy to get your hands around, and consequently, all the more fun to teach."

When Mike is not training for Dynamic Graphics, he looks after his ranch on the Old Santa Fe trail in southeastern Colorado.

Robert McFaul

Robert McFaul, a 17-year veteran with Dynamic Graphics, heads up the on-site Educational Services Training Center in Alameda, CA. Earlier in his career, Robert worked at Sohio Petroleum doing geologic mapping for Prudhoe Bay and then equity volumetrics analysis of Kuparuk Field for British Petroleum. "I cut my teeth in the geologic mapping world by analyzing the software's verb streams of the various mapping jobs we did. For some strange reason I really enjoyed that."

Robert describes his role as Lead EarthVision Instructor: "I enjoy teaching because it is a wonderful challenge to integrate all the information with my own and the students' experiences and make a good presentation of the information...to pass on the learning. It's also a heck of a lot of fun to be able to share something that is so useful, challenging and fun to learn."

Robert's academic interest and ongoing passion is WWII Pacific War Cryptanalysis history and playing acoustic guitar.

Bill Hanson

Bill Hanson, our Houston instructor, has been with Dynamic Graphics for 7 years. When wearing another of his DGI hats, he provides phone and on-site technical support for our user community, so he is very familiar with the every day problems for which EarthVision provides solutions. According to Bill, "bringing together different disciplines in a class is the best task in teaching our classes. EarthVision has tools that anyone from a technologist to geoscientist to reservoir engineer can easily use. It's my job to find the common ground and then effectively communicate the material to the class."

Previously, Bill was a teaching assistant and a Geology graduate student at San Diego State University. His thesis involved studying volcanology and structural geology in Eastern Oregon.

Bill's other interests include baseball statistics and history, soccer, genealogy, and spending time with his wife and kids.

A variety of other technical personnel assist and teach periodically as well.