Key Employees
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Tom Springer - With a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and experience in the design of Borehole Gravity logging tools with LaCoste & Romberg LLC, Dr. Springer has 16 years experience as a design engineer and in patent analysis. He is also named as inventor on three U.S. patents.

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Rick Trommer - Rick has over 30 years experience as an Electronics Technician and Assembler, with specialties in Test, Repair, and Failure Analysis. Before joining CBG, Rick was with IBM Corporation and Honeywell Aerospace. His primary responsibilities as a Production Manager at CBG are focused on the very successful MWD Gamma Ray tools.
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Huey Phan - Huey has 9 years experience as an R&D technician and manager, including working for Micro Technology International in Austin. He has an Associate Degree in Electronic Technology, and is working toward a BS in Computer Engineering at UT Austin. Huey is primarily focused on the design and testing of electronic assemblies for our GRT tool.
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Robert Helms – Bob has over 27 years experience as an Electronics and Computer Technician. With nearly 20 years as Manager and Trainer with the United States Air Force, Bob’s primary responsibilities at CBG are as Production Manager focused on the GRT tool.
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Howard Glueck – With an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas, Howard brings over 30 years of Engineering experience with IBM in new product development and production support. His primary responsibility at CBG is with MWD Gamma-ray tool development and production.
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Pan Suksawad – Pan has a BA degree from Mahamakut University in Thailand. Among many other qualifications, Pan brings 7 years of experience with Tensor/GE in production engineering and support, and is responsible for environmental testing and assembly of MWD Gamma-ray tools.
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Arphon (Lua) Sengsouvanh – Lua joined the CBG engineering staff after 14 years of experience at Tensor/GE in manufacturing of MWD and steering tools. She is primarily focused on production of our Gamma tools.
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Panida Hoon – Panida has 19 years experience as a Certified Professional Electronic Assembler at Tensor/GE and other companies. She contributes assembly expertise for Through-hole and Surface-mount PCB’s and Cable Assemblies in our Gamma tools.
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Frank Hanson – Frank has 32 years experience as an Electrical Engineer and Engineering Manager. He has worked for IBM and Texas Instruments, developing new products and systems, so he has experience solving the technical problems we so often face. Frank will be responsible for the design of new tools and as Production Manager of our Casing Inspection and Production Logging suite of tools.
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George Humbert – George has 26 years experience as an Electronics Technician. He has worked for IBM, Solectron, and Flextronics, testing and repairing complex systems, so he has experience solving the technical problems we so often face. George will be responsible for the testing and repair of our Gamma tools.
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Amalia DeLeon – Amalia has over 10 years experience as an Electronics Assembly Technician. She has worked for Nextus, Raven Industries, and Shadow Hills Industries, so she has experience solving any production problems we may face. Amalia will be responsible for production of several tools in our expanding product lines.
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Tammi Fuessel – Tammi has over 10 years experience in accounting and administration with companies in the Austin area. Tammi will be responsible for office-management at CBG, and will be the human voice that answers the phone and ensures that callers can talk to the person they need!
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Scott Neves – Scott has a Masters of Mechanical Engineering degree from Rice University, and 15 years experience as a Design and Manufacturing Engineer with Schlumberger and Boeing. He will be responsible for all mechanical design at CBG including new products and sustaining work for existing products. Scott is also a named inventor on four U.S. patents and we expect he will contribute greatly in the development of innovative and reliable new products.
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John Johnson – John has 22 years experience as a Procurement/Contract Manager with BAE Systems in Austin. He will be responsible for updating our purchasing and inventory-control systems, among other tasks. CBG has seen significant growth in manufacturing of new products and sustaining work for existing products. We expect that John will help CBG to provide the high quality of service that our customers expect.
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Henri Priest – Henri has 5 years experience as an Electronics and Mechanical Technician with Welbor Technology. With experience in innovative oilfield tools, he will bring to CBG skills that will help us develop our MWD resistivity tools and other new products.
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Richard Rodriguez – Richard has worked as an Electronics Technician with Westinghouse, IBM, Solectron, and Cisco Sytems. His 25 years of experience will be very helpful in manufacturing our MWD resistivity tools.
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Derek Crocker – Derek has worked as a Well Planner and Electronics Technician with Pathfinder Energy Services, and as a Quality Manager for Red River Compression. His oilfield experience and skills in the technical area are valuable in the development of new products for CBG.
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Henry (Rob) Robertson – Rob learned electronic technician skills in the Navy and has worked as a technician with Baker Hughes Inteq. He is working on Gamma tool production and repair.
Associates:
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Bob Maute – With a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics, Dr. Maute has 19 years experience with Mobil in R&D and Log Interpretation, specializing in Production Logging. He is currently providing consulting services and teaches courses in Open-Hole and Cased-Hole Log Interpretation.