Steve Bate - ION Geophysical President

IODelisted Stock  USD 0.07  0.01  10.13%   

President

Mr. Steve Bate is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Company. Mr. Bate rejoined ION in May 2013 as Senior Vice President, Systems Division, became the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Systems Division in February 2015 and became the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in November 2014. Mr. Bate originally joined ION in 2005 as Chief Financial Officer of our GX Technology business unit. In 2007, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Sensor business unit and in 2009 his area of responsibility broadened to our Land Imaging Systems Division. Following our formation in March 2010 of INOVA Geophysical, a land seismic equipment joint venture with BGP, Mr. Bate was appointed as INOVA Geophysical first President and Chief Executive Officer, and served in that role until October 2012. Prior to joining ION in 2005, Mr. Bate founded a consulting business and served as President of a residential construction company since 2022.
Age 58
Tenure 2 years
Phone281 879-3626
Webwww.iongeo.com
Bate holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston.

ION Geophysical Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset (ROA) of (3.86) % which means that for every 100 dollars spent on asset, it generated a loss of $3.86. This is way below average. Likewise, it shows a return on total equity (ROE) of 0.021 %, which means that it produced $0.021 on every 100 dollars invested by current stockholders. ION Geophysical's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well ION Geophysical manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities.
The company reports 174.6 M of total liabilities with total debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 2.93, which may imply that the company relies heavily on debt financing. ION Geophysical has a current ratio of 0.63, implying that it has not enough working capital to pay out debt commitments in time. Debt can assist ION Geophysical until it has trouble settling it off, either with new capital or with free cash flow. So, ION Geophysical's shareholders could walk away with nothing if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt. However, a more frequent occurrence is when companies like ION Geophysical sell additional shares at bargain prices, diluting existing shareholders. Debt, in this case, can be an excellent and much better tool for ION to invest in growth at high rates of return. When we think about ION Geophysical's use of debt, we should always consider it together with cash and equity.

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ION Geophysical Corporation provides data-driven decision-making to offshore energy, and ports, and defense industries worldwide. On April 12, 2022, ION Geophysical Corporation along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Ion Geophysical operates under Oil Gas Equipment Services classification in the United States and is traded on NYQ Exchange. It employs 360 people. ION Geophysical (IO) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 360 people.

Management Performance

ION Geophysical Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the ION Geophysical's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: ION Geophysical inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of ION. The board's role is to monitor ION Geophysical's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. ION Geophysical's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, ION Geophysical's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
James Lapeyre, Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director
John Seitz, Independent Director
Franklin Myers, Independent Director
Michael Morrison, Interim Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Kenneth Williamson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Commercialization Division
James Nelson, Independent Director
Tina Wininger, Independent Director
S Nelson, Independent Director
Michael McGovern, Independent Director
Mark Doran, Director
Matthew Powers, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
HuaSheng Zheng, Independent Director
Scott Schwausch, Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Dale Lambert, Executive Vice President of Operations Optimization
Gary Pittman, Director
Brian Hanson, CEO and President and Director
Michael Jennings, Independent Director
Huimin Hao, Independent Director
Zhang ShaoHua, Director
David Barr, Independent Director
Christopher Usher, COO of EandP Operations Optimization and Executive VP
Jamey Seely, Executive Vice President General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Steve Bate, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Colin Hulme, Executive VP of Ocean Bottom Services

ION Stock Performance Indicators

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