Dr. Pacht began his career at ARCO in the exploration research department in 1980, and ARCO recognized his contribution in its 1987 Annual Report where his team was credited with adding $350 million of reserves. His work continued at TGS Geophysical Company as a Senior Scientist working in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Africa. In 1992, he founded Seis-Strat Services, Inc., a geological and geophysical service company employing up to 35 geoscientists in seven countries. He sold Seis-Strat in 2007. From 2004 to 2016, Dr. Pacht formed and sold three PE-funded oil and gas production companies with partners. One of the companies had production of over 5600 BOEPD at sale. Another owned and operated over 800 CBM wells. He is currently the President of Altair Resources. Dr. Pacht has won five best paper awards and has published over 100 papers and abstracts. He serves on the Alumni Advisory Board of the School of Earth Sciences at Ohio State, where he received his Ph.D. and gives talks worldwide on energy.