Chris joined Güralp Systems in late 2014, and has been responsible for leading the business since then, as Chairman and Chief Executive. His seismology and geophysics background includes several years in field exploration and applied research with Schlumberger, and a PhD in Geophysics at the Bullard Laboratories and Churchill College, Cambridge.

Chris has been Chief Executive of successful international technology and consulting companies, for nearly 20 years. This includes experience of managing privately owned firms, private equity backed businesses and divisions of listed public companies, and he has led several large international merger and acquisition transactions. He has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, and has been a reserve army officer, an elected councillor in Westminster City Council, and a Trustee of the Royal Institution.

Chris started working with Güralp Systems in November 2015 as Chief Financial Officer. He is a chartered accountant with 25 years’ experience following qualification in 1994.

Having held group accountant and corporate finance roles in Amersham plc, a FTSE 100 plc. Chris went on to become the CFO in several venture and private equity backed businesses in life sciences.

Following the trade sale of the last company in 2009, where Chris was the CEO, he started his own corporate finance consultancy specialising in technology businesses. Here he advised on numerous deals from trade sales, mergers, acquisitions and distribution agreements including negotiating a trade sale that won the British Venture Capital Association deal of the year award.

As well as working in finance within the high tech sector for all of his career, Chris also holds a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College.

Neil joined the Güralp sales team in 2010 with a MSc in Geological Hazard Assessment from the University of Portsmouth, and a BSc in Physical Geography from the University of Leeds.

Neil became Head of Aftermarket Services in 2015 and was instrumental in transforming Güralp's service, repairs and technical support services, introducing a more coherent customer service focus within the business. Since early 2016 Neil has been the Commercial Director for the business, responsible for global sales activities in addition to his aftermarket responsibilities.

Neil has extensive field experience from his time with Güralp, undertaking a number of field installations, most recently supporting a service visit to Iceland. He firmly believes in the importance of building strong relationships and is very active in meeting with our clients and distributors from across the world. Neil can frequently be found representing Güralp at international geophysics conferences and has a particular interest in projects in technically challenging environments.

Neil is a father of two and keen sportsmen and frequently engages in a wide range of activities, having recently completed his first Marathon.

Phil has a long standing background in running engineering development within niche manufacturing businesses. He has held the position of Technical and Engineering Director in several companies in varying markets making products for use in Professional Audio production, Electronic Video and Film production, Covert Surveillance and Flight Simulator systems.

Phil joined Güralp in 2014 with the remit of accelerating the process of bringing new, innovative products to market in a sustained manner. He strongly believes in providing a working environment that encourages individual freedom to innovate whilst maintaining a strong commercial connection with the engineering process.

An engineer by background, Phil has always maintained a 'hands on' approach. His commercial engineering experience is split between Electronic design and Software development. He also has a number of years’ experience in the use of CAM techniques and passionately believes in exploiting the synergy between computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing techniques.

Will joined Güralp in August 2017, shortly after graduating with a BA in Natural Sciences and an MSci in Earth Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

Will has spent time working at the British Antarctic Survey and GFZ Potsdam analysing geophysical, geochemical and landslide data collected on rapid response field campaigns conducted during his MSci research after the 2015 Gorkha earthquakes.

Will began his work at Güralp focussing on China and Central Asia, taking a particular interest in rapid response deployments. This geographical region has since expanded to include India and the USA. Will makes regular visits to these areas and is always willing to arrange meetings at conferences or specific visits to discuss future projects.

Will’s key concentrations now are focussed on delivering simple-to-deploy systems in response to major events as well as introducing innovative hardware such as posthole and borehole equipment to improve accuracy in existing broadband networks.

Sally Mohr joined Güralp in 2015. Prior to this she spent 25 years in the USA in a number of general management roles on the East and West Coasts, her responsibilities covered all aspects of business management with a common emphasis on driving sales revenue. Sally also has a degree in computer programming.

Sally is part of the EMEA client relationship team, with responsibility for South Eastern Europe and the continent of Africa.

Cassandra started working at Güralp in January 2019, she has a BSc in Geology from the University of Durham. Whilst studying for her degree, she spent time working for InfratechGEO, locating aquifers in Malaysia.

Cassandra is focused on supporting our distributors with the supply of seismic systems to the Asian market and is particularly interested in seismic research, structural health monitoring, and learning all she can about Güralp’s product range.

James joined Güralp in July 2019 after completing his Masters degree in Geophysics at the University of Southampton. He has now joined the Americas team within Güralp’s sales team as a sales manager.

James’ masters project focused on the correction of bathymetry datasets through analysis of sound velocity profiles and also has experience of working with OBS data from the NERC funded CHIMNEY project investigating the risks of leaks from storing CO2 under the seabed.

Sadie has been working at Guralp since January 2019. She earned a BSc in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Southampton, focusing on geomagnetic reversals and has a keen interest in applied and marine geophysics.

Whilst undertaking her Bachelors, Sadie spent time collecting and analysing seismic data in various field locations as part of her study into seismology and natural hazards. During this time she developed a keen interest in plate tectonics and the dynamics of the lithosphere.

Sadie is part of the sales team responsible for the European market.