Who we are.

Maillance was founded in 2017 to leverage the possibilities of artificial intelligence to further digitize the oil and gas industry. Our team is made of industry veterans from Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Microsoft, and General Electric.

Leadership.

Jean-Paul Dessap

Founder & CEO
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Jean-Paul is a proven industry leader in oil and gas software technology. He is interested in creating differentiating value through software. A reservoir engineer by training, his 21-year track record at Schlumberger boasts consistency in results at the helm of some of the most ambitious software technology transformation programs in E&P, including INTERSECT, Ocean and Kinetix†.

Jean-Paul is a pioneer in the application of data science to understand ranges of drilling and completion parameters that optimize production. He is the first inventor of three patents (one granted, two pending) and second inventor on three patents (pending), all in petrotechnical software, cloud, mobility and data science applications. Jean-Paul holds an MSc in reservoir & geosystems engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA in Management from the Rotterdam School of Management.

† Products of Schlumberger

Charles-Edouard Cohen, PhD

Scientific Advisor
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Charles specializes in the creation of mathematical models and simulation tools to solve and optimize industrial challenges. In his 14 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, much of it spent at Schlumberger, he has developed the state-of-the-art of technologies in matrix acidizing and reservoir stimulation, including his most recent role as a key developer of Kinetix†.

His competencies spread over a large range of disciplines and domains, from software development through high performance computing to machine learning, and from fluid mechanics through geomechanics, to acid stimulation and hydraulic fracturing. This versatility is illustrated by his invention of 6 patents (3 granted, 3 pending), as well as his authoring of 22 technical publications.

He boasts 1,291 citations on Google Scholar and has earned professional awards and accolades. Charles holds an MSc in Fluid Mechanics and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP).

† Products of Schlumberger

Technology.

Dmitriy Tikhomirov

Lead, Hybridization

Thi Thu Ha Pham, PhD

Advisor, ML

Moustapha Diop

Lead, Backend

Spiridon Robakidze

Lead, Frontend

Strategy.

Thierry Pilenko

Former Executive Chairman of TechnipFMC
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Mr. Pilenko stepped down from TechnipFMC in May 2019, having served as its Executive Chairman since 2017. He has extensive experience in the energy sector, including several leadership positions. He served as Chairman & CEO of Technip S.A. from 2007 to 2017; Chairman & CEO of Veritas DGC Inc., from 2004 to 2007; Managing Director of SchlumbergerSema, a Schlumberger Ltd. Company, from 2001 to 2004; and President of GeoQuest, another Schlumberger Ltd. Company, from 1998 to 2001. He joined Schlumberger in 1984 where he held various international management positions.

In addition, Mr. Pilenko has served and continues to serve on several boards of companies active in the energy industry and beyond.

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