Aria has worked in the industry for about 25 years. He is currently the Global Head of Geophysics Digital Technology for SLB. He currently manages and oversees research and engineering activities in Geophysics Technology Centers in Houston, USA, Crawley, UK, Milan, Italy, and Mumbai, India. He received M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computational sciences, from Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands. He was the 2020 SEG-AAPG Distinguish Lecturer and the 2014 SEG North America Honorary Lecturer. Aria is the recipient of 2022 Conrad Schlumberger Award of EAGE and 2022 Honorary Membership Award of SEG. He holds over 55 patents/patent applications, and has published 8 book & book chapters, over 125 peer-reviewed scientific articles, over 250 peer-reviewed conference papers, and over 60 conference abstracts.