Peter M. Duncan was founding President of MicroSeismic, Inc. a Houston based geophysical service company where he now serves as CEO. He holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Toronto. He began his career as an exploration geophysicist with Shell Canada before joining Digicon Geophysical, first in Calgary then in Houston. In 1987 he helped Digicon found ExploiTech Inc, an exploration and production consultancy. He was named President of ExploiTech when it became a subsidiary of Landmark Graphics in 1989. In 1992 he was one of 3 founders of 3DX Technologies Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration company where he served as Vice President and Chief Geophysicist. Duncan was 2003-04 President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). Duncan was the Fall 2008 SEG/AAPG Distinguished Lecturer speaking on the subject of passive seismic at 45 venues around the world. He is an Honorary Member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG), the Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH) and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). He received the Enterprise Champion Award from the Houston Business Journal in 2010 and the World Oil Innovative Thinker Award in 2011. In 2013 he was named Technology Entrepreneur of the Year for the Gulf Coast Region and National Energy, CleanTech and Natural Resources Entrepreneur of the Year in the Ernst and Young (EY) Entrepreneur of the Year Program. In 2014 he was awarded the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal by the SEG. Duncan is currently the 2020-2021 President of the Geophysical Society of Houston (GSH)