Keith Elder-Sensor Technology in Papau New Guinea

In 2021 Keith Elder retired from the company that he built from the ground up. The company had unrivaled real-time wireless seismic technology. The French company, Total, became an investor in Wireless Seismic Inc. (WSI) in 2014. WSI was approached by Total to be part of a team dedicated to the design of a revolutionary system to do oil exploration in an extreme environment. It was launched in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. Keith worked on this system for 5 years, innovating sensor technology for deployment from drones.His company developed specialized RF technology for use in a jungle environment.

Keith joined WSI as the VP of Engineering in 2007 with 30 years of seismic industry experience. WSI sold their first commercial system in 2012. Prior to joining WSI, Keith worked for a Houston based company, Input/Output, Inc. for 18 years where he held several management and engineering positions. He provided technical leadership in the development of several of Input/Output’s cable and wireless systems. Keith spent the remainder of his seismic career in field service and management for several geophysical contractors. Keith holds numerous patents related to the application of seismic instrumentation. Keith is a graduate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Electronic Engineering.