
Sebastien Mannai
CEO
Sebastien serves as CEO and co-founder of Acoustic Wells, Inc. He is a PhD graduate in Aerospace from the MIT Gas Turbine Laboratory and holds Master’s level degrees in Engineering and Quantum Physics from Centrale Paris and Univeristé Paris XI, respectively. Prior to co-founding the company, Sébastien worked as a post-doctoral research associate at MIT and has conducted research with major industrial companies such as Schlumberger and Siemens.

Charles-Henri Clerget
COO
Charles serves as COO and co-founder of Acoustic Wells, Inc. He holds an MS and a PhD in Mathematics and Control from Mines Paris. He has wide experience developing automation, optimization and machine learning algorithms for oil & gas applications, and received the Young Author Award of the International Federation of Automatic Control in 2018. Prior to co-founding the company, he conducted research as a postdoctoral associate in Mathematics at MIT and has previously worked for major oil & gas companies including Schlumberger, Total and Equinor.

Louis Creteur
CTO
Louis serves as CTO and co-founder of Acoustic Wells, Inc. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from École privée des sciences informatiques (EPSI). He is a seasoned full-stack software engineer with a strong expertise in building IoT systems. He has worked with three successful start-ups in the IoT space.

Eric Zhang
CFO
Eric serves as CFO and co-founder of Acoustic Wells, Inc. He holds MPA and BBA degrees from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. He most recently worked as a senior associate focused on real assets investments at HarbourVest Partners. Prior to HarbourVest, he worked as an investment banking analystat Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Houston, TX focusing on energy & power sector coverage.