Leadership Team

Tim Riepe joined SCA in 2008 where he currently serves as Business Development Director. In this capacity he manages the recruiting and sales efforts around SCA’s core competencies. He maintains professional relationships with a large network of geological and engineering Independent Consultants, and promotes SCA’s Consulting services, internal Projects & Studies team, Direct Hire services and training courses SCA offers. Tim earned his Business degree from Texas Lutheran University.

Matt joined SCA in 2012 and has since held the positions of Upstream Recruiter, Accouning Manager, and currently Director of Finance. He is responsible for managing SCA’s accounting and finance duties including but not limited to revenue forecasting and expense budgeting, management of accounts receivable and accounts payable, facilitating employee payroll and independent contractor wages, and preparing various state and federal documents. Matt is also involved in SCA's marketing efforts including the creation of various marketing materials using Adobe InDesign. Matt received a BBA in Finance from Baylor University in 2011 where he became a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, Beta Gamma Sigma honor society, and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

Hal Miller is the Chairman of Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC’s Board of Directors after serving as President for 10 years. During that time, he was responsible for managing SCA’s global operations and guiding the company’s strategic direction. Prior to joining SCA in 2004 as Vice President of Operations, Hal spent a total of 26 years working at Conoco and ConocoPhillips. He held a variety of positions including operations, exploration, and human resource management at the business unit level, and corporate level skills management for the geoscience and reservoir engineering disciplines. Hal received his undergraduate degree in 1974 from Williams College in Massachusetts and his M.S. in Geology in 1977 from the University of Colorado.

In Memoriam (1948-2014): Founder

Daniel John Tearpock was the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Subsurface Consultants & Associates, LLC (SCA). As a working geoscientist, Mr. Tearpock generated numerous exploration and exploitation prospects, either as the sole generator or as part of an organized multidisciplinary team. He co-authored three textbooks, Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping (1991) ©, Quick Look Techniques for Prospect Evaluations (1994) © and Applied Subsurface Geological Mapping with Structural Methods (2003) ©. In addition to his three books, Dan authored or coauthored numerous technical articles. He was a recipient of the AAPG Division of Professional Affairs 2012 Heritage Award and the AAPG 2013 Honorary Member Award. Mr. Tearpock was a finalist in 1996 and 1998 for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program and in 1998 received the Distinguished Service Award from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA from which he received his Bachelors degree in Geology.

Mr. Tearpock was a member of numerous associations including the AAPG, SPE, SIPES, SEG, GSA, HGS, EAGE, NOGS, LGS, IPA, SEAPEX, and PESGB. He was the President of the AAPG’s Division of Professional Affairs (10-11). He was a founding member and Vice-Chairman (09-11) of the intersociety “Joint Committee on Reserves Evaluator Training” (JCORET).

Please click here to visit Mr. Tearpock’s memorial website.