David Castiñeira Areas

Overview

David Castiñeira Areas serves as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Engineer at OriGen.AI as of October 2025[1][3]. Castiñeira Areas approaches value creation through innovation, technology development, execution, and automation[2]. Prior to this role, Castiñeira Areas worked at Hess Corporation from April 2021 to October 2025 as Principal Advisor for Emerging Technologies in the Subsurface division[4]. Earlier career experience includes positions at QRI spanning from 2011 to 2021, progressing from Senior Analyst to CTO and Vice President of Technology & Automation[5][9]. Castiñeira Areas also served as a Research Associate at MIT School of Engineering from August 2015 to July 2017[10]. Educational credentials include a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (2002–2006)[13], a Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering from Harvard University (2015–2017)[12], and an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT (2016)[11].

Career history

1. Chief Operating Officer (COO) & Chief EngineerOct 2025 to presentOriGen.AI
2. HCPrincipal Advisor for Emerging Technologies, Subsurface (CTO)Apr 2021 to Oct 2025Hess Corporation
3. QCTO and Vice President of Technology & AutomationAug 2017 to Feb 2021QRI
4. QUniversity liaison at Harvard and MITJul 2015 to Aug 2017QRI
5. QLeader, Quantum Analytics GroupJan 2014 to Jun 2015QRI
6. QAssociate Leader, Innovation TeamJan 2013 to Jan 2014QRI
7. QSenior AnalystJan 2011 to Jan 2013QRI
8. MSResearch AssociateAug 2015 to Jul 2017MIT School of Engineering

Education

1. Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership2016 - 2016Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Master of Science - MS, Computational Science and Engineering2015 - 2017Harvard University
3. TUDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Chemical Engineering2002 - 2006The University of Texas·at Austin