Energy & Basic Resources

Valued experts focusing on the exploration, production, and management of energy sources and raw materials

Joshua Ndemenge

Joshua Ndemenge

Motivated community Tech leader with great passion in Hardware (Electronics) Engineering & AI with a drive to address the local issues with the skills and knowledge I have acquired over the years.

Motivated community Tech leader with great passion in Hardware (Electronics) Engineering & AI with a drive to address the local issues with the skills and knowledge I have acquired over the years. Show more

Buck Bard

Buck Bard

Buck Bard is the Chief Harbinger at Canary Works. He has been designing and delivering innovative learning solutions for over 25 years.

Buck has built global teams responsible for developing solutions for classroom, mobile, and virtual environments. He has earned certifications from the Association for Training and Development (ATD) and Stanford University.

Buck Bard is the Chief Harbinger at Canary Works. He has been designing and delivering innovative learning solutions for over 25 years. Buck has built global teams responsible for developing solutions for classroom, mobile, and virtual environme... Show more

Michael Elkins

Michael Elkins

Information management and compliance professional with extensive experience helping leading organizations around the world in the design and deployment of comprehensive information management strategies and solutions. Always striving to find better, more effective ways to leverage information as an asset and to provide value to the business.

Information management and compliance professional with extensive experience helping leading organizations around the world in the design and deployment of comprehensive information management strategies and solutions. Always striving to find better... Show more

Damien O'Connor

Damien O'Connor

Damien started his agile journey working alongside a big name agile consultancy as a software developer. From there he moved into project and programme management positions using various delivery methods, approaches, and techniques ultimately helping teams develop great software.

In his 15+ years of leadership experience he has seen the difference agile practices can make to individuals, teamwork, and organisations. He advises, coaches, and guides teams and organisations to adopt a new set of competencies so they can adjust to their changing situation, plans, and goals.

Damien started his agile journey working alongside a big name agile consultancy as a software developer. From there he moved into project and programme management positions using various delivery methods, approaches, and techniques ultimately helping... Show more

Benard Ngoda

Benard Ngoda

Android -IOT developer at Code Geeks Kenya

Android -IOT developer at Code Geeks Kenya Show more

Benktesh Sharma

Benktesh Sharma

Full stack software developer/architect with experience from the web, desktop, and mobile. I enjoy architecting/building scalable software solutions that interact with a human, simulation models of biophysical data, and visualization of insights with a strong focus on DevOps following test-driven approaches in an agile fashion.

Full stack software developer/architect with experience from the web, desktop, and mobile. I enjoy architecting/building scalable software solutions that interact with a human, simulation models of biophysical data, and visualization of insights with... Show more

Anuj Varma

Anuj Varma

Anuj’s IT career spans over 22 years, having served in senior online software engineering, database, and architect level positions. His past customer base includes Dell, Tokyo Electron, Pearson, British Petroleum and Schlumberger.

At Dell, Anuj served as a Web Services architect, involved in a performance-improving transformation of the second largest eCommerce site in the world – dell.com.

For British Petroleum, Anuj was the lead UI architect in designing a reusable application framework which was eventually used for a high frequency energy trading application.

Over the past 7 years, he has also served in the capacity of a cloud architect as well as a Container Architect. He holds professional certifications on AWS, Google and Azure.

Anuj holds a Master in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, a Master's in Physics from the University of Florida and a Bachelor’s in Physics from Angelo State University. He is an active blogger on topics such as Cloud Computing, Application Architectural Patterns, Blockchain and Security.

He resides in Austin with his wife, and enjoys travel as well as local Austin activities – including running and golf.

Anuj’s IT career spans over 22 years, having served in senior online software engineering, database, and architect level positions. His past customer base includes Dell, Tokyo Electron, Pearson, British Petroleum and Schlumberger. At Dell, Anuj se... Show more

Erica Swift

Erica Swift

Erica Swift is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she studied Computer Engineering.  She is currently a Software Engineer at the TVA, where she has
worked on systems ranging from configuration management to firmware for industrial IoT devices. Erica is equal parts hardware and software enthusiast and feels most at home in the lab surrounded by drill presses, oscilloscopes, and her MacBook. She does not actually program in Swift but it's only a matter of time before that's corrected. At home Erica can be found tinkering with Raspberry Pis, working on cars, watching documentaries, training for triathlons, volunteering in various capacities with the Society of Women Engineers and the Scenic City Summit, or teaching manners to her cat.

Erica Swift is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she studied Computer Engineering.  She is currently a Software Engineer at the TVA, where she has worked on systems ranging from configuration management to firmware for ... Show more

Lindsey Miller

Lindsey Miller

I used to help teams connect excavators and drills in the mining industry. Now I help teams connect laptops and phones across industries. I’m new to IT management—be gentle. Still learning… and still talking about mining.

I used to help teams connect excavators and drills in the mining industry. Now I help teams connect laptops and phones across industries. I’m new to IT management—be gentle. Still learning… and still talking about mining. Show more

Sanskriti Singh

Sanskriti Singh

Sanskriti Vinod Singh is a final-year Aerospace Engineering student, whose interests are deeply rooted in space exploration. She has been talented with the help of software like ANSYS and CAD, and she has been energizing her skills by working on propulsion, combustion, and design. Her goal is to be the one who leads the technological advancement of aerospace engineering in the future.

Sanskriti Vinod Singh is a final-year Aerospace Engineering student, whose interests are deeply rooted in space exploration. She has been talented with the help of software like ANSYS and CAD, and she has been energizing her skills by working on prop... Show more

Jianan Qu

Jianan Qu

Jianan Qu is a senior data scientist in EA Data Science Team and professional engineer with a PhD degree and a deep expertise in energy analytics. She joined the company in 2018, where she contributed to advanced modelling and data-driven insights across the energy sector. Since 2023, Jianan has been a key member of the Foundation Team, focusing on critical infrastructure for data accuracy and allocation.

Her current responsibilities include Texas and Louisiana production allocation modelling, Canadian liquids correction, North Dakota production correction, permit tagging, and elevation modelling —ensuring robust and reliable data pipelines for Enverus clients. Jianan’s analytical rigor and domain knowledge make her a trusted voice in energy data science.

Jianan Qu is a senior data scientist in EA Data Science Team and professional engineer with a PhD degree and a deep expertise in energy analytics. She joined the company in 2018, where she contributed to advanced modelling and data-driven insights ac... Show more

Eric Denton

Eric Denton

As the Global Black Belt for Business Applicaitons in the Energy Industry, Eric leads a team of technologists who help businesses analyze information with the intelligence to anticipate and respond to customer needs in real time. With over 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas sector, Eric brings a deep understanding of the industry challenges and opportunities, and how technology can be a force multiplier and a creativity catalyst.

Passionate about solving big problems where technology can have significant impact, and enabling digital transformation, cloud adoption, and merger and acquisition strategies.

As the Global Black Belt for Business Applicaitons in the Energy Industry, Eric leads a team of technologists who help businesses analyze information with the intelligence to anticipate and respond to customer needs in real time. With over 20 years o... Show more

Marcos Soto

Marcos Soto

Con más de 12 años de experiencia en Machine Learning e ingeniería de software, Marcos Soto lidera equipos que integran modelos de IA en sistemas de producción a gran escala. Actualmente es ML Engineering Manager y doctorando, especializado en infraestructura de IA, MLOps y soluciones de generative AI en diferentes nubes (AWS, Azure y GCP). Ha trabajado en la intersección entre investigación y práctica industrial, desarrollando sistemas de monitoreo inteligente, chatbots financieros y aplicaciones de IoT y SCADA. Su misión es llevar la IA de la teoría a la práctica, generando impacto en empresas y comunidades.

Con más de 12 años de experiencia en Machine Learning e ingeniería de software, Marcos Soto lidera equipos que integran modelos de IA en sistemas de producción a gran escala. Actualmente es ML Engineering Manager y doctorando, especializado en infrae... Show more

Jun Liu

Jun Liu

More than 10 years experience in the Microservice field. Interested in Cloud Native, RPC, Microservice, AI, etc.

More than 10 years experience in the Microservice field. Interested in Cloud Native, RPC, Microservice, AI, etc. Show more

Claudiu Chelaru

Claudiu Chelaru

I do ICS/OT security with a focus on attack detection capabilities and purple teaming. I have a pentester background, and have worked extensively across transportation, manufacturing and energy sectors. In my spare time I play around with product/hardware security.

I do ICS/OT security with a focus on attack detection capabilities and purple teaming. I have a pentester background, and have worked extensively across transportation, manufacturing and energy sectors. In my spare time I play around with product/har... Show more

Sheila Maria Handberg

Sheila Maria Handberg

Sheila is Chief product owner, IT Workplace Solutions working at Energinet.

Sheila is Chief product owner, IT Workplace Solutions working at Energinet. Show more

Kateryna Stryhunivska

Kateryna Stryhunivska

Kateryna Stryhunivska is an experienced Senior Business Analyst based in Scotland. Her mission is to design & optimize processes to enable business growth by utilizing BA innovation tools and techniques.

Kateryna Stryhunivska is an experienced Senior Business Analyst based in Scotland. Her mission is to design & optimize processes to enable business growth by utilizing BA innovation tools and techniques. Show more

Amrita Dasgupta

Amrita Dasgupta

Amrita Dasgupta works as Energy and Minerals Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. She has been working on various topics related to clean energy technologies and energy sector decarbonisation for six years on the World Energy Outlook (WEO) team at the IEA. Having co-authored around forty IEA flagship reports, Amrita was one of the lead authors of the IEA’s pioneering 2021 report on The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions. Since then, she is one of the core members of the team founded to work on the demand and supply outlooks for critical minerals at the IEA and led the recent report on Critical Minerals Recycling. Her areas of expertise include battery technologies, battery recycling, rare earth elements, transport energy demand, solar PV technologies and low-emissions hydrogen production.

Amrita Dasgupta works as Energy and Minerals Analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris. She has been working on various topics related to clean energy technologies and energy sector decarbonisation for six years on the World Energy Ou... Show more

Noshin Omar

Noshin Omar

Prof. Noshin Omar is the President of Avesta Holding. Avesta is active in the field of battery production and recycling for automotive and stationary applications.

Prof. Noshin Omar is the President of Avesta Holding. Avesta is active in the field of battery production and recycling for automotive and stationary applications. Show more

Kian Kashani

Kian Kashani

I am the Power Platform Lead at Teck Resources. Bringing low-code rapid development to Teck through a culture of Citizen Development and Pro Dev solutions. Using all aspects of Power Platform, such as Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Studio, Pages and building out additional features via Azure. Started from Dynamics CRM 2011 On-perm to where Power Platform is today.

I am the Power Platform Lead at Teck Resources. Bringing low-code rapid development to Teck through a culture of Citizen Development and Pro Dev solutions. Using all aspects of Power Platform, such as Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, Copilot Stu... Show more

Vikas Gupta

Vikas Gupta

Vikas is currently working as Director of Engineering at Intel designing AI PCs.
He is leveraging his previous experience designing various consumer devices like Phones, Tablets, Set-top boxes, WiFi routers, IoT devices for 25 years.

Vikas is currently working as Director of Engineering at Intel designing AI PCs. He is leveraging his previous experience designing various consumer devices like Phones, Tablets, Set-top boxes, WiFi routers, IoT devices for 25 years. Show more

Alyze Sam

Alyze Sam

Alyze Sam is a refreshing blockchain strategist, a novel educator, award-winning author, serial co-founder, and a vehemently driven advocate. Sam’s book ‘Stablecoin Economy’ was published by DonTapscott at The Blockchain Research Institute in January 2021. The Bad Crypto Podcast developed a Blockchain Hero NFT inspired by her work: Mz. Stability.

Alyze Sam is a refreshing blockchain strategist, a novel educator, award-winning author, serial co-founder, and a vehemently driven advocate. Sam’s book ‘Stablecoin Economy’ was published by DonTapscott at The Blockchain Research Institute in January... Show more

Min-Ha Lee

Min-Ha Lee

Dr. Min-Ha Lee, currently serves the esteemed position of Fellow at the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology (RQT) in Stanford Law School and he has been Senior Advisor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) within the Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) at Stanford University, USA. Additionally, he works as the Principal Researcher at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) and a Professor at the University of Science and Technology (UST) in South Korea.
Dr. Lee earned his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering and has developed a comprehensive expertise that bridges the disciplines of engineering and policy development, underpinned by rigorous analytic assessment.
In the realm of policy development, Dr. Lee has been instrumental as a Senior Advisor for the Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance program at CISAC, Stanford University. His responsibilities include conducting strategic analyses of vulnerabilities in quantum computing materials supply chains. Between 2020 and 2022, he served as the Executive Director of KITECH’s US branch office, where he was pivotal in fostering economic and technological collaboration between Korean small-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and US entities, focusing on Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) within the supply chain. A pioneer in his field, Dr. Lee has been at the forefront of advocating for comprehensive studies and policies regarding the sustainability and accessibility of CRMs and Rare Metals.

Dr. Min-Ha Lee, currently serves the esteemed position of Fellow at the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology (RQT) in Stanford Law School and he has been Senior Advisor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) wi... Show more

Laura Hickernell

Laura Hickernell

Executive Director of Colorado Cleantech

Executive Director of Colorado Cleantech Show more

Dr. Thibaud Freyd

Dr. Thibaud Freyd

Thibaud, a Senior Data Science Consultant at Cegal, has a PhD in Health Science with a focus on applied molecular modelling. He is an innovator at heart, merging his experimental acumen as a trained structural biologist with nearly a decade of experience in diverse data modelling, and machine learning, spanning biological, chemical, housing, energy and wellbore data.

Thibaud, a Senior Data Science Consultant at Cegal, has a PhD in Health Science with a focus on applied molecular modelling. He is an innovator at heart, merging his experimental acumen as a trained structural biologist with nearly a decade of exper... Show more

Ash Smith

Ash Smith

Currently the Data Platform Manager at South32 building data teams and platforms to support operations and functions globally.

Currently the Data Platform Manager at South32 building data teams and platforms to support operations and functions globally. Show more

Andrew Stets

Andrew Stets

~ 4+ years architecting & developing scalable, fault-tolerant software solutions. Passionate about science communication, published author of technical articles.

~ Full-stack expertise crafting robust systems across backend & frontend. Science enthusiast, dedicated to bridging the gap between technical knowledge & public understanding.

~ Leveraging a unique blend of software architecture & science communication skills to build reliable solutions and share technical insights for broader impact.

~ 4+ years architecting & developing scalable, fault-tolerant software solutions. Passionate about science communication, published author of technical articles. ~ Full-stack expertise crafting robust systems across backend & frontend. Science ent... Show more

Kanchana Devi Hariyappa

Kanchana Devi Hariyappa

Kanchana is an accomplished IT professional with over 20 years of experience, specializing in cybersecurity architecture, delivery, and consulting. She excels in client and stakeholder engagements, delivery operations, and governance. With a proven track record of reducing costs, strengthening customer relationships, improving business practices, and driving profitable growth. She has successfully delivered security solutions that align with business strategies and roadmaps, accommodating various client requirements under a zero-trust approach. Known for winning numerous successful deals, Kanchana is adept at creating secure and sustainable cybersecurity frameworks ensuring robust protection and compliance. Currently focusing on data security and tackling critical data security challenges. Kanchana has technical hands-on experience in implementing end-to-end security controls for client accounts.

Kanchana is an accomplished IT professional with over 20 years of experience, specializing in cybersecurity architecture, delivery, and consulting. She excels in client and stakeholder engagements, delivery operations, and governance. With a proven t... Show more

Anish Koyamparambath

Anish Koyamparambath

Anish Koyamparambath is a Ph.D. student at the University of Bordeaux. He is working on implementing and broadening the life cycle criticality assessment.

Anish Koyamparambath is a Ph.D. student at the University of Bordeaux. He is working on implementing and broadening the life cycle criticality assessment. Show more

Elvis Moreland

Elvis Moreland

A driven and strategic security leader with proven experience in delivering assurance for business systems and operations. Insightful and innovative in reducing enterprise risk, operational risk, and cyber risk using proven people, process, and technical methods. Expertise in implementing security and privacy policy, plans, processes, tools, procedures, and governance for both on-premise and the cloud. Expert in solid statutory and regulatory policy and governance programs to meet or exceed mandates such as CISA, FISMA, FFIEC, HIPAA, CMS, DFARS, DHS TSA, GDPR, and CCPA. Currently retooling and pursuing an MBA in Cyber Security Management.

A driven and strategic security leader with proven experience in delivering assurance for business systems and operations. Insightful and innovative in reducing enterprise risk, operational risk, and cyber risk using proven people, process, and techn... Show more

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