Staff

James Heywood is the CEO of Intrepid Geophysics and has a wealth of experience and knowledge in technology development and project management, including a vast pool of of industry experience.

Dr Jeff Keetley has 20+ years of petroleum, mining, geothermal, CCS sector experience in basin, and permit scale integrated geology and geophysics projects. Jeff’s core interest is in the commercialization of technology and has technical skills in structural interpretation of 2D/3D seismic data including more specialist software including Lithotect, MVE/Geosec3d,

Rainer Wackerle holds a Diploma (MSc. Equivalent) in Applied Geophysics from the Technical University of Berlin. He started his career at the “Büro für Geophysik” in 1990 performing environmental and engineering geophysical consulting in the area of Berlin and the former German Democratic Republic. This included waste disposal investigation, detection

Michael has a BSc(Hons) in Geophysics from the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Computer Studies from Murdoch University (WA), and an MSc(IT) from the University of New South Wales. He began his career with Geoterrex Pty Ltd, in 1984, working on airborne EM, magnetic and radiometric projects. Mike

Seda Celebier is a Geological Engineer and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Specialist. Seda has a BSc in Geological/Geophysical Engineering and has backgrounds in Environmental and Social Management Planning, Conservation, Management and Rehabilitation, Strategic Planning and Implementation, Data Management, Sample Scheduling, Analysis, and Interpretation and Reporting in Mining and Industrial settings.

Thong is a Principal Geophysicist experienced in undertaking significant resource exploration projects across both the minerals and petroleum industries. Thong has a BSc and MSc.

JJ Leong joined Intrepid Geophysics in 2025 and is a Senior Geophysicist and Project Manager. JJ is an accomplished geoscientist with extensive experience across technology, minerals, and petroleum exploration sectors. His career includes significant contributions to geophysical modelling and inversion, seismic imaging, and geophysical interpretation on projects spanning Australasia, Africa,

Rod has been with Intrepid since 2007. He is a multi-skilled geoscientist with 30 years’ experience in mining and exploring for tin, base metals, gold and heavy mineral sands. He holds a B.Sc in Geology and Geophysics and has proven analytical ability in the fields of geology, geochemistry, geophysics and

Simge is an experienced Geophysicist with a background in Geophysical Engineering and Project Management. She is responsible for managing, processing, and interpreting both ground and airborne geophysical surveys. In the past, she has actively focused on quantitative analysis, reservoir geophysics, and 2D/3D seismic data processing (including Fwd Modelling & Inversion

Matthew Roth is a Senior Developer at Intrepid Geophysics and has been with the company for 7 years.

Luat Tran is a Computational Engineer and Developer and has been invaluable for Intrepid Geophysics since he joined almost two years ago.

Manuel Wackerle is a Masters Student in Applied Mathematics with a deep interest in the intersection of mathematics, computer science and artificial intelligence and in 2024 joined Intrepid Geophysics as our resident Mathematician working along side our senior developers.

Ray Seikel is a full stack developer and has returned to Intrepid Geophysics as a consultant software developer. Ray has a BSc in Physics (Honours).

Ken Ng joined Intrepid Geophysics in 2024 and is a graduate developer working in both the development and sales departments bringing new ideas to data management and dissemination.

Lorenzo D’Auria is an IT Manager with over 20 years of industry experience that, along with his IT skills, also has training in Structural Geology, Geological Mapping, Geophysics, Marketing and Web Development. Lorenzo D’Auria also has a BBus in International Business.