Energy & Basic Resources

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

Sunita Sebastian

Sunita Sebastian

Sunita Sebastian is a seasoned design practitioner and leader with over 8 years of experience in driving meaningful impact. By aligning teams and clients, she empowers individuals to deliver their best in complex projects.

Sunita combines her expertise in product, customer experience, user experience, and service design with strong business acumen, translating design impact into measurable outcomes for transformational change in organizations of all sizes.

Outside of work, Sunita is a keen ocean outrigger canoer and kayaker, competing nationally and internationally. She finds solace and inspiration in the vastness of the ocean, further fueling her drive for exploration and pushing boundaries.

She excels in design leadership, coaching, and uplifting design capability, and looks to make design accessible to all to drive meaningful change for customers, employees, organisations, and the community. Sunita's multifaceted passions and dedication reflect her commitment to both professional excellence and personal fulfilment.

Sunita Sebastian is a seasoned design practitioner and leader with over 8 years of experience in driving meaningful impact. By aligning teams and clients, she empowers individuals to deliver their best in complex projects. Sunita combines her expe... Show more

Paul Twigg

Paul Twigg

Geek and Technology Leader! A dynamic, experienced, and award-winning CTO who specializes in building and leading strong innovative technology teams. Possesses a successful track record in the planning and delivery of IT projects as well as the strategic outlook for IT businesses. Experienced and efficient in managing both small and large budgets. Quick to assimilate innovative ideas and the application of cutting-edge technologies, like Blockchain, Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics, with a logical and analytical approach to solving complex problems and issues. A motivational and enthusiastic leader who enjoys being part of and building a successful and productive IT team and thrives in highly pressurized and challenging working environments. Most recent experience is leading IT in Fintech.

Geek and Technology Leader! A dynamic, experienced, and award-winning CTO who specializes in building and leading strong innovative technology teams. Possesses a successful track record in the planning and delivery of IT projects as well as the strat... Show more

Yevgeny Leontyev

Yevgeny Leontyev

The "data guy" hailing from Latvia (where is that?) with a high-level of passion for analytics, data modelling and building robust tools to solve business questions.

The "data guy" hailing from Latvia (where is that?) with a high-level of passion for analytics, data modelling and building robust tools to solve business questions. Show more

Ivan Dario Suarez

Ivan Dario Suarez

Mechatronics Engineer and Master in Project Management. With knowledge in the development of programming solutions for process optimization, management of modeling and design software tools such as CAD and CAM, as well as data analysis through platforms such as Excel, Power BI and JavaScript. With experience in the design, execution and measurement of projects in the hydrocarbon, power generation and cement sectors, aimed at increasing the rates of profitability, productivity and business sustainability, for national and international companies. Additionally, experience in budget administration, preparation of reports and dashboard for monitoring and execution of projects, compliance with KPI's and coordination of interdisciplinary teams.

Mechatronics Engineer and Master in Project Management. With knowledge in the development of programming solutions for process optimization, management of modeling and design software tools such as CAD and CAM, as well as data analysis through platfo... Show more

Joanna McKenzie

Joanna McKenzie

Joanna has twenty years of experience working with data in fields from particle physics to manufacturing. She's developed machine learning algorithms, java applications and everything in between to help organisations across Scotland get the value and insight from their data. Running the data science service for The Data Lab, she scopes and delivers projects, supports events and podcasts, leads a team of data scientists, and gets involved in everything data.

Joanna has twenty years of experience working with data in fields from particle physics to manufacturing. She's developed machine learning algorithms, java applications and everything in between to help organisations across Scotland get the value and... Show more

Cyrus Ndirangu

Cyrus Ndirangu

Cyrus is an enthusiastic young man that loves coding. Over the years he developed an interest in computers and quickly discovered that this could be a niche he can explore. As a student he has grown the Web Development Community in Kenya focusing on different technologies while explaining different concepts needed in the current market. In a bid to create apps that run everywhere I met Flutter and my life has changed. I use Flutter for all my Front end needs and it covers me everywhere.
As a Microsoft Advocate and Ambassador, he has been able to utilize lots of Microsoft products and worked with teams to create MVP's in hackathons and professional projects.

Cyrus is an enthusiastic young man that loves coding. Over the years he developed an interest in computers and quickly discovered that this could be a niche he can explore. As a student he has grown the Web Development Community in Kenya focusing on ... Show more

Sujaa R. M. Deepak

Sujaa R. M. Deepak

I lead the global software practices and Digital Competency program for Schlumberger, a technology Leader in the Energy sector. Here, I am responsible for the practices we adopt (ex. Agile, DevOps, Product Management, UX etc.), software product governance, the technology tooling ecosystem and driving the competencies and skills needed for enabling globally distributed software product teams to safely and securely build, deliver and operate both Cloud hosted and on-premise software solutions. I believe that the “organizational culture and mindset” is the foundation of successfully engaged teams and continuously strive to break down siloes and enable clarity via shared understanding and a strong vision and strategy at all levels. I therefore work closely with Business, Dev and Operations to enable this. I am also involved in driving Innovation and innovation initiatives in the organization.
Prior to this role, I have held various Software Engineering roles (both technical and management) for over 15 years. I am a yoga “enthusiast” and mother to two lovely children. I have an inherent passion on bringing “authentic” diversity in teams, to empowering more Girls in STEAM and Women in Technology and am always keen to find opportunities to pave it forward where I can.... #LeanIn

I lead the global software practices and Digital Competency program for Schlumberger, a technology Leader in the Energy sector. Here, I am responsible for the practices we adopt (ex. Agile, DevOps, Product Management, UX etc.), software product gove... Show more

Mattias Bergstrom

Mattias Bergstrom

Mattias Bergstrom is a successful innovator, serial entrepreneur, and futurist with a main focus on business and technical strategies of distributed network, AI and computing based solutions. Has developed multiple Internet protocols and designed high-speed network solutions in the last 25 years, as well as, holds more than 60 patent claims in the field of networking, wind turbine and agricultural technologies. Worked with and Co-founded multipel startups as CEO or CTO; OpenTV, Voddler and System73 among others. Has successfully deployed global infrastructure solutions for the Internet and Digital-TV for more than 30 years. Mattias is a huge believer in the Internet, and technology overall, for good. He currently supports Governments and Fortune 500 with groundbreaking technology and strategic advice.

Mattias Bergstrom is a successful innovator, serial entrepreneur, and futurist with a main focus on business and technical strategies of distributed network, AI and computing based solutions. Has developed multiple Internet protocols and designed hig... Show more

Rowland Gosling

Rowland Gosling

I’m a former Microsoft CSA and MTC Technical Architect for Data & AI and have been designing and building data systems since 1990. I've worked in a variety of platforms such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 and xBase languages like FoxPro/FoxBase and Clipper. My work has also led me to technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and more lately, Azure Databricks, Azure ML and Cognitive Services.

These days, my wife and I live in her hometown of Wichita, Kansas - home to general aviation manufacturers Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft and Boeing; Actors Hattie McDaniel (Gone with the Wind),and Don Johnson (Miami Vice), Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh and Ann Dunham - President Obama's mother - all Wichitans.

I’m a former Microsoft CSA and MTC Technical Architect for Data & AI and have been designing and building data systems since 1990. I've worked in a variety of platforms such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 and xBase languages like FoxPro/FoxBase an... Show more

Vannessa MVOLO

Vannessa MVOLO

Data consultant

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Sayantani Mitra

Sayantani Mitra

#AnalyticsChampion and Certified Einstein Analytics and Discovery Consultant

#AnalyticsChampion and Certified Einstein Analytics and Discovery Consultant Show more

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

Tom Kokkeler

Tom Kokkeler

Java developer with experience in leading teams and delivering reliable solutions. At TenneT, I contribute to the electricity network and enjoy playing a part in the energy transition in the Netherlands. With a background in sales engineering, I connect technical work with business needs and like working closely with my teammates towards the shared goal of advancing the energy transition.

Outside of work, I enjoy staying active through running, scuba diving, and hiking.

Java developer with experience in leading teams and delivering reliable solutions. At TenneT, I contribute to the electricity network and enjoy playing a part in the energy transition in the Netherlands. With a background in sales engineering, I conn... Show more

Chelsea Kehne

Chelsea Kehne

Chelsea is an energy & emissions analyst at Harvard University, where she manages the University’s environmental data inventory and serves as product owner for its carbon accounting platform. In this role, she leads the strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of emissions data across a large and complex portfolio, ensuring alignment and compliance with evolving local and state climate regulations while supporting Harvard’s institution-wide decarbonization efforts.

Chelsea’s work sits at the intersection of sustainability, environmental policy and compliance, and data systems. She brings a multidisciplinary approach that integrates technical analysis, policy interpretation, and stakeholder collaboration, partnering with operational leaders, sustainability teams, and decision-makers to translate complex data into actionable insights. She is particularly passionate about building and stewarding scalable sustainability data systems that enable informed decision-making, transparent reporting, and regulatory compliance.

Chelsea’s academic background is anchored in philosophy and environmental studies, which informs her interest in the ethical dimensions of climate action and institutional responsibility. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences, Policy, and Management.

Chelsea is an energy & emissions analyst at Harvard University, where she manages the University’s environmental data inventory and serves as product owner for its carbon accounting platform. In this role, she leads the strategy, governance, and cont... Show more

Boris Bouju

Boris Bouju

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Shinhu Cho

Shinhu Cho

As the CEO of MADDE, I lead a team of innovators in developing and implementing cutting-edge 3D printing systems for various industries, including semiconductor, space, and SMR. With over 15 years of experience in research and development, I have a proven track record of advancing 3D printing technology and materials to address productivity and material property challenges.

My journey began as a Senior Research Engineer at Hyundai Motor Company, where I focused on developing innovative materials and 3D printing systems. I also hold a Ph.D. in Ceramic Composites, 3D printing, Geopolymer, and its applications in stress wave mitigation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My passion is to leverage my expertise in 3D printing and materials science to create sustainable and efficient solutions for the future.

As the CEO of MADDE, I lead a team of innovators in developing and implementing cutting-edge 3D printing systems for various industries, including semiconductor, space, and SMR. With over 15 years of experience in research and development, I have a p... Show more

Mauro Pungo

Mauro Pungo

Chidinma Gabriel-Ugwu

Chidinma Gabriel-Ugwu

Chidinma is a results-driven geoscientist with a master’s degree in integrated petroleum Exploration from the Centre of Excellence, University of Benin. With a solid foundation in geological principles and extensive experience in environmental management and safety, Chidinma has consistently demonstrated her ability to drive success while upholding the highest standards of quality and safety.
She is an active member of Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists and the American Association of Petroleum Geoscientists which underscores her commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
Beyond her professional endeavours, Chidinma is passionate about volunteering and engaging in continuous personal development.

Chidinma is a results-driven geoscientist with a master’s degree in integrated petroleum Exploration from the Centre of Excellence, University of Benin. With a solid foundation in geological principles and extensive experience in environmental manag... Show more

Chigozie Abraham Okafor

Chigozie Abraham Okafor

Geoscientist

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Craig Haseler

Craig Haseler

Craig Haseler leads the technical team behind PARS, the Department of Energy's System of Record for Capital Asset Project Performance Information. With a background in software development and cybersecurity, Craig has led the expansion of PARS capabilities over the past several years as a new JSON upload format has been developed and the scope of the system has expanded. More recently, Craig and his team have spearheaded the Department of Energy's efforts to embrace safe, secure Artificial Intelligence tools to improve productivity and further the Department's mission.

Craig Haseler leads the technical team behind PARS, the Department of Energy's System of Record for Capital Asset Project Performance Information. With a background in software development and cybersecurity, Craig has led the expansion of PARS capabi... Show more

Prince Momta

Prince Momta

Dr. Prince Suka Momta is a Petroleum Geologist with over fifteen years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and over nine years teaching experience as a lecturer. He started his career with Lonestar Drilling followed by Oando Energy Services. He has participated in various drilling and formation evaluation projects both in onshore and deep offshore locations for both indigenous and multinational E&P companies. He is an astute industry expert knowledgeable in the petroleum exploration and production, Petroleum processing, and Petroleum marketing. He is a Volunteer Industry Mentor to the Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) since 2017 till date providing mentorship and training to university students and Lecturers. He has over 27 publications including book chapters, journal articles, conference papers and books. He is a member of the Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).

Dr. Prince Suka Momta is a Petroleum Geologist with over fifteen years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and over nine years teaching experience as a lecturer. He started his career with Lonestar Drilling followed by Oando Energy Services. He h... Show more

Nnenna   Justina Ekiliwo

Nnenna Justina Ekiliwo

Ekiliwo Nnenna is an emerging geoscientist currently pursuing her Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Sedimentary/ Petroleum Geology at Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria. Her academic journey is rooted in a strong passion for environmental sustainability and subsurface resource evaluation, with a focus on integrating geological knowledge with environmental best practices.

She is currently undertaking a postgraduate research internship with Renaissance African Energy Company, where she works with the environment team. In this role, she supports environmental monitoring, regulatory compliance, and sustainability initiatives across upstream oil and gas operations. Her involvement includes analysing environmental impact data, participating in field assessments, and contributing to environmental reporting and mitigation planning experiences that are enhancing her understanding of responsible resource development.

Nnenna is particularly passionate about the intersection of geoscience and environmental stewardship, advocating for sustainable practices in resource extraction. She brings a balanced approach that bridges technical reservoir understanding with environmental risk awareness.

Ekiliwo Nnenna is an emerging geoscientist currently pursuing her Master of Science (M.Sc.) degree in Sedimentary/ Petroleum Geology at Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria. Her academic journey is rooted in a strong passion for environmental sustaina... Show more

Dhruv Shah

Dhruv Shah

Dhruv Shah is a distinguished energy efficiency and automation specialist with over nine years of experience driving innovation in sustainable building technologies. As a lead engineer, Dhruv has spearheaded transformative projects, including advanced lighting controls for Disney’s headquarters, multimillion-dollar geothermal initiatives for LCOR residential & BAS system for Newark International Airport. His thought leadership is evident in his peer review contributions for IEEE IoT and Elsevier journals, as well as his acclaimed presentation at Think with Earth on sustainable building solutions. Dhruv’s research advances net-zero strategies and AI-driven energy systems, earning recognition for its impact on urban decarbonization. A passionate advocate for green infrastructure, he combines technical expertise with a vision for a sustainable future. When not optimizing energy systems, Dhruv enjoys exploring smart city innovations and mentoring the next generation of engineers.

Dhruv Shah is a distinguished energy efficiency and automation specialist with over nine years of experience driving innovation in sustainable building technologies. As a lead engineer, Dhruv has spearheaded transformative projects, including advance... Show more

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