Olivier Houzé holds an engineering degree from École Polytechnique and an MSc in petroleum engineering from Stanford University. He started his career as a field well-test operator with Schlumberger (SLB). He is the co-founder and managing director of KAPPA Engineering, a reservoir and production engineering software company.

Olivier has been involved in many SPE summits, forums, and workshops. He coauthored an SPE and SPEE Monograph. He was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2013 and served on the SPE Board as Technical Director for Reservoir from 2012 to 2015. In 2019, he received the SPE Lester C. Uren Award for Technical Excellence, and an SPE Honorary Member Award in 2022.