FOUNDERS
Sam Schroit
CEO
Sam Schroit has 20 years of design engineering and management experience in the energy industry. His expertise includes research, technology innovation, product development, project management, intellectual property, hiring and supervising multidisciplinary teams of engineers.
He has worked on machinery for nuclear fuel recycling at the U.S. Department of Energy, robotic systems for downhole well intervention at Schlumberger, subsea products for survey and permanent installations at Sercel, and innovative technology application development of high power lasers for oil and gas at Foro Energy.
Sam started and managed the downhole tools department for C6 Technologies, an Archer Well Services subsidiary based in Stavanger, Norway. Upon relocating back to the U.S., Sam owned and operated an engineering management consultancy.
Sam holds a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Jeff Wensrich P.E.
CTO
Jeff Wensrich has 13 years of product development experience from international oilfield service providers. His expertise includes technology innovation, product development and project management.
He spent 7 years at Weatherford where he developed several coiled tubing and slickline tools. Most notably at Weatherford, he developed the award winning non-explosive cutting tool product line for which received the OTC's Spotlight on New Technology award, awards from World Oil magazine and Hart Energy Publications.
Most recent to Well Robotic, Jeff led the development of the mechanical services product line at C6 Technologies in Stavanger, Norway, an innovative electro-mechanical well intervention platform.
Jeff holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Minor in Business Administration from Texas A & M Univesity.
Jeff is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.