Richard M. Cieslewicz is a transformative global business executive successful in leading diverse organizations in multiple industries, ranging from startup, small and mid-level organizations to Fortune 500 business segments seeking new levels of growth and operational excellence. He’s been recognized for developing operations and supply chain strategies that optimize organizational performance and maximize opportunities for expansion. Cieslewicz’s early career is highlighted by completion of a B.Sc. in geophysical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, immediately followed by a long career in applied geophysics with Western Geophysical and Schlumberger WesternGeco. Career progression included field management positions in onshore, offshore, and transition zone operations, as well as in data processing while leading one of the earliest processing groups focused exclusively on resolving refraction statics issues utilizing the extended generalized reciprocal method. His career progression at Western Geophysical and Schlumberger WesternGeco included full geographic business responsibilities for the Southeast United States; Far East, Australia, China; and India. Operational leadership acumen was supplemented by senior leadership roles in business functions including marketing communications; supply chain and category management; and quality systems. Cieslewicz’s later career highlights include global executive management leadership positions particularly focused on seismic acquisition operations and systems — ultimately responsible for global field operations, business development, technology deployment, and supply chain at Geokinetics. At Wireless Seismic, Inc., he assumed full operational responsibility for design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales of one of the seismic industry’s earliest fully wireless acquisition systems. In 2020, he changed industries to apply the operational mindset and experience developed over a long seismic industry career to the mission-critical, high-performance computing data center industry with data center owner-operator T5 Data Centers. The earliest role here included managing facility maintenance, planning, and operational activities to ensure the highest levels of operational uptime (greater than 99.99%). Most recently, he was promoted to assume ever-increasing executive management responsibilities in support of the facilities management and construction services product lines.