Christophe SIMON, SPE, founded DrillScan in 2001 after a PhD in drilling engineering from Mines ParisTech. He has 15 years of experience in drilling mechanics as an R&D Manager, software architect & managing director and has authored several SPE papers in directional drilling.

christophe.simon@drillscan.com - +33 (4) 76 95 62 55

Ludovic Macresy, SPE member, joined DrillScan in 2004. He has 7 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and has successfully led multiple projects in the fields of directional drilling and relief wells. Since 2006, he has been in charge of the development of DrillScan. Ludovic earned a Master's of science from the «Ecole Polytechnique» & a Master's of Civil engineering from «Mines ParisTech».

ludovic.macresy@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 05 55

Agathe SIMON DIDIER Executive Assistant.

agathe.didier@drillscan.com Executive Assistant. +33 (4) 76 95 62 56

Anas SIKAL, SPE, is a Project Manager at DrillScan. He has two years of experience as a project manager in drilling engineering: specifically in directional drilling, well placement uncertainties & relief wells. SIKAL is a member of the ISCWSA (Industry Steering Committee on Wellbore Survey Accuracy) has authored SPE technical papers, and earned a Master's of science from the «Ecole Polytechnique» & a Master's of Civil Engineering from «Mines ParisTech»

anas.sikal@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 67 26

Ahmed BOUGACHA is a junior engineer qualified in 2008 from «Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie» and endowed with a versatile and multidisciplinary training with a specialization in mechanics and structure. He furthered his specialization in the petroleum field by internships in many well-known petroleum companies and in the «Geosciences Centre of Mines ParisTech».
BOUGACHA is a project engineer in drilling engineering, specifically directional drilling and drillstring mechanics (torque, drag and buckling) and has authored his first SPE paper on the topic.

ahmed.bougacha@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 63 28

Maxime Moisan, SPE, is a project engineer at DrillScan. He joined the team in January 2009. Moisan has earned a Master's degree in physics, modeling and simulation from the University of Rennes 1.

maxime.moisan@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 63 29

Jérôme GAOMBALET Head of R&D.

jerome.gaombalet@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 63 27

Stéphane Menand, SPE, is a research engineer at Mines ParisTech in the Geosciences Centre and a permanent consultant with DrillScan. He has 11 years of experience as an R&D project manager in drilling engineering, more specifically in directional drilling, drillstring mechanics (torque, drag, and buckling), and drill-bit performance. Menand has authored several SPE and other technical papers, and earned a PhD in drilling engineering from Mines ParisTech. Menand serves on the JPT Editorial Committee.

stephane.menand@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 05 55

Laurent GERBAUD is a research engineer and the drilling laboratory manager at Mines ParisTech in the Geosciences Centre and a permanent consultant with DrillScan. He has 13 years of experience as an R&D project manager in drilling engineering more specifically in drill bit design and drilling performance analysis. He also has long experience in developing custom testing setup for the drilling industry. Gerbaud has authored several SPE and other technical papers, and earned a PhD in drilling engineering from Mines ParisTech.

laurent.gerbaud@drillscan.com - +33 (1) 43 63 05 55

Boris Herbinière-Sève is a software developer, system administrator, and all-around geek with 9 years of experience tweaking and developing on Windows, GNU/Linux and other exotic platforms with a strong emphasis on openness, security and stability. He has also been involved in numerous open source projects.

boris.seve@drillscan.com - +33 (4) 72 13 01 45

Jérémy Berge is part of DrillScan's development team. He has several years of experience developing software for various companies in various exotic languages. He's the windbg go-to-guy when things get out of control. Since joining the team in 2006, he's spent a considerable amount of time merging and linking together some of the most unconventional software components in our platform.

jeremy.berge@drillscan.com - +33 (9) 62 58 06 47

Carine Chambon, IT Coordinator, is part of DrillScan's information system team and leads projects analysis and documentation templating efforts. She's also in charge of developing several internal tools. After 4 years of computer science study and more than 2 additional years in several developer/analyst positions, she joined DrillScan in January 2009.

carine.chambon@drillscan.com - +33 (4) 72 13 01 45