Meet the team

Julio Raldua Veuthey

Founder

Julio is an Environmental Engineer and Generative AI researcher passionate
about animals, technology and conservation. Curious about bioacoustics, he is researching how interspecies communication boosted by AI can advocate for animal rights and promote ethical wildlife conservation, with a focus on cetaceans. He holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering and M.Sc. in Project Management

Serge Masse

Co-Founder // Senior Software developer

Serge is a software engineer with hands-on experience working with dolphins.
His genuine love for dolphin communication has driven him to develop software for whistle exchange over the past 15 years, with the goal of supporting the journey to decode dolphin communication

Ken Ekstrom

Senior Bioacoustics advisor

Ken, a former researcher at MIT, is in an advisory role for hydrophones and underwater sound projectors and serves as a liaison to other organizations interested in communicating with dolphins

Amanda Woolsey

Lead Strategist for Dolphins and People

Amanda is a multidisciplinary conservationist, creative coder, naturalist,
and artist passionate about interactive media design, bioacoustics, big data visualization, and interspecies communication. She holds a B.S in Environmental Science from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and an
M.S in Data Analysis and Visualization from CUNY The Graduate Center