• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Steve Sliwa

Seeq Corporation

CEO & Founder


Dr. Steve Sliwa is the Chief Executive Officer and a Founder of Seeq Corporation, a venture-backed developer of advanced analytics software for process industries that leverages the latest developments in big data, machine learning, and open-source software. Seeq was founded in 2013 and has grown to serve most of the top oil, gas, and energy companies in the world. Previously, Dr. Sliwa was the Chief Executive Officer of Insitu Inc., a developer of drones that was ultimately acquired by Boeing. Insitu drones have flown the third most hours in the US military fleet. Dr. Sliwa previously held executive roles at Integrated Systems, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, SEI Educational Software, and NASA. Dr. Sliwa holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Princeton University, a master’s degree from George Washington University, a master’s degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a doctorate from Stanford University.


Sessions With Steve Sliwa

Monday, 9 March

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 09:30am - 10:20am (CST) / -

    Democratizing Data

    Upstream Oil & Gas Digitalization

    With advanced computing power and the increased use of digital technologies, the energy industry’s technical and commercial disciplines are de-siloing and democratizing their data, shaping the energy company of the future. Rallying to the “future is open” call, all levels of an organization—not just IT or data science teams—are enabled to solve problems using open access to data and analytical tools. In the process, traditional corporate structures evolve, and new models of change management are created. How can data-literate individuals add value to corporate decision making? What does data governance and integrity look like in this new reality of “data openness”? What are the benefits of global, industry-wide open data access, including lidar, GHGSat (methane emissions monitoring), and Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU)?

Thursday, 12 March