Energy & Basic Resources

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

Camilo Leon

Camilo Leon

Camilo Leon is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS specialized on RDS SQL Server and based off San Francisco, California. Systems Engineer and Microsoft Consulting Services veteran with over thirty years of Software Development and IT Consulting experience working on challenging SQL Server engagements with Fortune 500 companies across the globe.

He works with AWS customers to provide architectural guidance and technical support for the design, deployment and management of their AWS relational database workloads and business applications. In his spare time, he enjoys mountain biking, photography, and movies.

Camilo Leon is a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS specialized on RDS SQL Server and based off San Francisco, California. Systems Engineer and Microsoft Consulting Services veteran with over thirty years of Software Development and IT Consulting e... Show more

Abelaïd Soilihi

Abelaïd Soilihi

Après une expérience en tant que Responsable Environnement chez Vinci, Abelaïd s’est spécialisé dans l’accompagnement des entreprises vers une responsabilité sociétale plus engagée et durable. Consultant en RSE avec une forte expertise dans les enjeux énergétiques, il aide les PME à structurer et mettre en œuvre des stratégies alignées avec les attentes réglementaires et les exigences du marché.

Son approche couvre les piliers de la RSE – environnement, social et gouvernance –, avec un focus particulier sur l’optimisation de la performance énergétique et la transition vers des modèles plus durables. Il intervient auprès des départements RH, QSE et marketing pour intégrer des pratiques responsables et optimiser leur impact. Il propose des missions stratégiques et opérationnelles, allant de la sensibilisation à la mise en conformité, en passant par l’élaboration de plans d’actions concrets.

En parallèle, Abelaïd partage son savoir en tant que formateur en RSE dans plusieurs écoles de commerce. Il enseigne aussi bien à des étudiants en Bachelor qu’en Master, en mettant un accent particulier sur les enjeux énergétiques et la transition écologique dans le cadre de la RSE.

Engagé dans des projets à impact, il est le fondateur de Tajiri Farm, une initiative qui promeut une agriculture durable grâce à l’intelligence artificielle. Ce projet vise à optimiser les ressources, améliorer les rendements et favoriser des pratiques agricoles responsables en s’appuyant sur les nouvelles technologies.

Après une expérience en tant que Responsable Environnement chez Vinci, Abelaïd s’est spécialisé dans l’accompagnement des entreprises vers une responsabilité sociétale plus engagée et durable. Consultant en RSE avec une forte expertise dans les enjeu... Show more

Lin Siem

Lin Siem

Lin Siem. Ing Industrial. Magister en Finanzas de los negocios, auditora certificada ISO 9001, Certificada Scrum Essentials por U. de Chile y Business Agility por ITBA Argentina
Actualmente me desempeño en Telecomunicaciones Satelitales, Lideró proyectos de I+D y soy miembro del Comité Directivo de AMES Argentina. Mi desempeño profesional en países como Venezuela, Colombia, Austria, Chile y Argentina
Participante en jornadas STEM, RID, BootCamp CDI

Lin Siem. Ing Industrial. Magister en Finanzas de los negocios, auditora certificada ISO 9001, Certificada Scrum Essentials por U. de Chile y Business Agility por ITBA Argentina Actualmente me desempeño en Telecomunicaciones Satelitales, Lideró pro... Show more

Patrick Fontana

Patrick Fontana

25 years of system engineering and consulting in the Microsoft Partner area. Specialized in hybrid IT Infrastructure, hybrid management, AzureAD and Azure solution design for app modernization, assessment and developer support.
AI integration for critical workloads and highly customized and hybrid solutions which covers also highly regulated environment.

25 years of system engineering and consulting in the Microsoft Partner area. Specialized in hybrid IT Infrastructure, hybrid management, AzureAD and Azure solution design for app modernization, assessment and developer support. AI integration for cr... Show more

Gerry Van Aken

Gerry Van Aken

Gerry Van Aken is an experienced sales and marketing professional with an impressive track record in the mobility and energy market. As Head of Sales & Partnerships at Eneco eMobility Belgium, he played a crucial role in the exponential growth of the Mechelen-based company, which grew from a team of three to 50 employees under his leadership.

With a sharp focus on the B2B and Home market, Gerry shaped and optimised Eneco eMobility's commercial strategy. His extensive experience in sales and marketing, gained at leading leasing companies such as LeasePlan and Alphabet, enabled him to build strong relationships with leasing partners and business customers. As a result, he managed to significantly strengthen the B2B and B2B2C segments within Eneco eMobility.

Thanks to his customer-centric approach and strategic insight, he not only achieved a stable customer satisfaction rating of 8/10, but also a consistent Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 20-30. This is testament to the successful organisation he helped build and the strong growth the company achieves every year.

Gerry Van Aken is known for his drive, entrepreneurship and strategic vision. With his leadership and expertise, he will continue to position Eneco eMobility as a forerunner in the market of sustainable mobility solutions.

Gerry Van Aken is an experienced sales and marketing professional with an impressive track record in the mobility and energy market. As Head of Sales & Partnerships at Eneco eMobility Belgium, he played a crucial role in the exponential growth of the... Show more

Cyril Gagnaire

Cyril Gagnaire

Cyril has been working with data since finishing university. First as a data producer while working on offshore oil rigs. Then as a subsurface data manager, which brought him to Perth 12 years ago. Cyril pivoted career into Business Intelligence and Data Engineering 5 years ago and is now a lead data consultant for Arkhana.

Cyril has been working with data since finishing university. First as a data producer while working on offshore oil rigs. Then as a subsurface data manager, which brought him to Perth 12 years ago. Cyril pivoted career into Business Intelligence and ... Show more

Stephanie Selander

Stephanie Selander

Stephanie is a B2B marketer who has worked in technical industries such as thermoplastics, transportation, and power and energy. In her current role as a Marketing Generalist, she drives marketing and outreach initiatives for Neuvik, a cybersecurity services company. Her background as an agency copywriter and a media specialist for a PR firm position her as a strong communicator, connecting the right information to the right audience.

Stephanie is a B2B marketer who has worked in technical industries such as thermoplastics, transportation, and power and energy. In her current role as a Marketing Generalist, she drives marketing and outreach initiatives for Neuvik, a cybersecurity ... Show more

Ahmad Iqtidar

Ahmad Iqtidar

Enthusiastic and goal-oriented Process & Analytics Engineer with hands on experience on selection, designing and implementation of Digital Industrial applications to improve the predictivity, performance & reliability of industrial operations & assets. Working on Engro`s Digital transformation journey with the prime focus on Industrial Digital and Automation solutions.

Enthusiastic and goal-oriented Process & Analytics Engineer with hands on experience on selection, designing and implementation of Digital Industrial applications to improve the predictivity, performance & reliability of industrial operations & asset... Show more

Megan Gerres

Megan Gerres

Megan’s professional philosophy is simple and to the point: “Be comfortable being uncomfortable.” She believes growth in all facets of our lives requires hard work which can be challenging on our bodies, minds, and/or time, but hitting that goal is worth the discomfort we experience during that time of growth. Megan Gerres is the Director of Customer Systems at CPower Energy Management, working closely with internal teams and customers to ensure their customer experience is seamless and effective. Prior to joining the CPower team she's has worked in various industries such as utilities, FinTech, tokenization and digital security. What she loves most about CPower is the team, CPower leaders motivate their teams to find opportunities that cultivate a phenomenal customer experience which ultimately creates a collaborative team culture, constantly evolving to the next level. In her words “It’s super fun, fast-paced, and challenging all at the same time and everyone has a positive attitude!”

Megan’s professional philosophy is simple and to the point: “Be comfortable being uncomfortable.” She believes growth in all facets of our lives requires hard work which can be challenging on our bodies, minds, and/or time, but hitting that goal is w... Show more

John Darrington

John Darrington

John Darrington has been working for the Idaho National Laboratory for the last five years. As the lead architect in the digital engineering department, he works very closely with those seeking to change the world through clean energy. John is a software engineer by trade, and has worked in that field for almost ten years. He has experience in delivering large scale products and leading various sized teams.

John Darrington has been working for the Idaho National Laboratory for the last five years. As the lead architect in the digital engineering department, he works very closely with those seeking to change the world through clean energy. John is a soft... Show more

Andre Grassi

Andre Grassi

Andre Grassi major in Computer Science. Experienced Information Technology Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. With vast international experience, have managed global teams and lived abroad as an expat. Strong leader professional with certified skills in multiple technologies and management. Worked as agile coach, RTE and Product Manager. Now working as Solution Train Engineer for Energy Products & Trading IT.

Andre Grassi major in Computer Science. Experienced Information Technology Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the oil & energy industry. With vast international experience, have managed global teams and lived abroad as an expat. Strong... Show more

Duncan Drury

Duncan Drury

At NetHope I lead on Connectivity and Infrastructure, with a strong focus on the fundamentals that enable staff and other stakeholders to access the internet, and how these enable the transformation of how services are delivered in the field.

I've worked in the international development sector since 2003, working with Technoserve in East Africa, and leading Christian Aid's international IT team. I chaired NetHope's Connectivity & Infrastructure working group between 2015 and 2017, and have consulted with NetHope and others since 2017.

I'm based in the Lake District of England and enjoy walking in the hills, wild swimming and snowboarding.

At NetHope I lead on Connectivity and Infrastructure, with a strong focus on the fundamentals that enable staff and other stakeholders to access the internet, and how these enable the transformation of how services are delivered in the field. I've... Show more

Lorenzo Neumann

Lorenzo Neumann

Lorenzo Neumann is a research assistant at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. The research project SteigtUM! aims to develop a rental system for electric cargo bikes and electric cargo scooters in Freiberg. Lorenzo is responsible for developing the rental app as well as the software running on the vehicles and rental stations.

Lorenzo Neumann is a research assistant at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology. The research project SteigtUM! aims to develop a rental system for electric cargo bikes and electric cargo scooters in Freiberg. Lorenzo is responsible for devel... Show more

Alex Chao

Alex Chao

Alex Chao is a Principal Product Manager at SambaNova Systems tasked with supercharging SambaNova’s flagship Dataflow-as-a-Service, which delivers machine learning applications and solutions to the enterprise building on top of SambaNova’s groundbreaking new hardware -- the Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU).

Over the last decade, he has successfully launched applied ML products across industries in health, gaming, finance, defense, energy, and autonomous vehicles.

Previously, Alex has held product management roles at C3.ai building out their ML Platform and deep learning offering to enterprise customers. He was also a ML practitioner as the first data science hire at Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group working on building large scale computer vision and sensor fusion algorithms for self-driving cars. Alex is motivated to help raise the next generation of data scientists and product leaders and has taught and mentored at places like General Assembly, Springboard, and Product School to equip students for their future success.

Alex Chao is a Principal Product Manager at SambaNova Systems tasked with supercharging SambaNova’s flagship Dataflow-as-a-Service, which delivers machine learning applications and solutions to the enterprise building on top of SambaNova’s groundbrea... Show more

Lucas Feiock

Lucas Feiock

Lucas is experienced with data warehousing, data integration visualization, and advanced analytics. He has experience providing solutions in multiple industries including manufacturing, sales, gas and electric utilities, and health care.

Lucas is experienced with data warehousing, data integration visualization, and advanced analytics. He has experience providing solutions in multiple industries including manufacturing, sales, gas and electric utilities, and health care. Show more

Robin Neven

Robin Neven

Data guy with a business view, loving sustainable innovative energy solutions achieved through tech.

Data guy with a business view, loving sustainable innovative energy solutions achieved through tech. Show more

Rakesh Sookay

Rakesh Sookay

I run BI Dashboards (Pty) Ltd out of Durban, helping finance teams replace spreadsheets with Power BI dashboards. Seventeen years in corporate SA before going solo. PL-300 certified. I've built solutions across solar, telecoms, government, and construction. Previously presented at Power BI Pro Conference. Currently connecting AI agents to live Power BI models using MCP.

I run BI Dashboards (Pty) Ltd out of Durban, helping finance teams replace spreadsheets with Power BI dashboards. Seventeen years in corporate SA before going solo. PL-300 certified. I've built solutions across solar, telecoms, government, and constr... Show more

Xavier Le Lay

Xavier Le Lay

Working in an agile context for over 10 years, I operate at the crossroads between Business and Manufacturing teams; Transformation of Information Systems, Methodology, Tools, Needs Analysis and Change Support are my daily leitmotifs.
Considering capitalization as a fundamental element of my profession, I also work as a trainer and specialize in agility at scale (SAFe SPC).
A convinced agilist and aficionado of empirical methods, I define myself as an "Agilitator", and thrive in this constantly evolving work context. My credo: “Effectiveness, Efficiency, Spirit of initiative”

Working in an agile context for over 10 years, I operate at the crossroads between Business and Manufacturing teams; Transformation of Information Systems, Methodology, Tools, Needs Analysis and Change Support are my daily leitmotifs. Considering ca... Show more

Kalu Ofuche

Kalu Ofuche

Kalu Ofuche is a reservoir engineering intern at Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (Renaissance), where he works alongside a multidisciplinary team of geoscientists and production technologists on asset evaluation and field development. He holds a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Petroleum Engineering, with growing interest in optimized well delivery, reservoir performance, and emerging drilling technologies. His current project focuses on re-evaluating in-place volumes and development strategies in a complex Niger Delta reservoir. Kalu is passionate about integrating engineering insight with field realities to support safer, more efficient operations across Nigeria’s upstream sector.

Kalu Ofuche is a reservoir engineering intern at Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited (Renaissance), where he works alongside a multidisciplinary team of geoscientists and production technologists on asset evaluation and field development. He ho... Show more

Isaac Trefz

Isaac Trefz

I am a product manager with over 25 years of experience in testing and managing the development of software in the automotive industry in Germany and the United States with almost 10 years of experience in the area of hypervisors and operating systems for automotive embedded applications. I have been a product manager at Elektrobit for the past two years focusing on adoption of Linux as the backbone for the software defined vehicle.

I am a product manager with over 25 years of experience in testing and managing the development of software in the automotive industry in Germany and the United States with almost 10 years of experience in the area of hypervisors and operating system... Show more

Sandhya Menon

Sandhya Menon

Sandhya Menon is a passionate Data Engineer with over a decade of experience wrking with data. Her journey spans Data warehousing, Statistical data modelling, Analytics with a strong focus on SQL, dbt, data modeling and scalable architectures. She enjoys turning complex, messy data problems into reliable solutions that teams can trust and that scale with both data and people

Sandhya Menon is a passionate Data Engineer with over a decade of experience wrking with data. Her journey spans Data warehousing, Statistical data modelling, Analytics with a strong focus on SQL, dbt, data modeling and scalable architectures. She en... Show more

Sravani Gandu

Sravani Gandu

Founder and Product development Engineer

Founder and Product development Engineer Show more

Ricardo Sandoval-Palos

Ricardo Sandoval-Palos

Ricardo Sandoval-Palos is the Public Editor of the Public Broadcasting Service -- the audience representative before PBS and its community of producers and journalists. He is an award-winning investigative reporter and multimedia editor who helped shape reporting teams of nonprofit newsrooms and recently co-founded palabra, the digital magazine of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Ricardo is a former supervising editor of NPR’s Morning Edition broadcast, an editor with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and The Sacramento Bee, and a Latin America correspondent for the Dallas Morning News and the San Jose Mercury News. Before that, he was an investigative business reporter in California and co-author of the award-winning biography, "The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement."

Ricardo Sandoval-Palos is the Public Editor of the Public Broadcasting Service -- the audience representative before PBS and its community of producers and journalists. He is an award-winning investigative reporter and multimedia editor who helped sh... Show more

Jawen Zhang

Jawen Zhang

Jawen Zhang is the Head of AI Platform Department at EcoFlow, leading the development of AI infrastructure and engineering platforms for smart energy applications. His work focuses on scalable AI systems, MLOps, workflow orchestration, and platform engineering supporting power forecasting and intelligent energy scheduling services.

Jawen Zhang is the Head of AI Platform Department at EcoFlow, leading the development of AI infrastructure and engineering platforms for smart energy applications. His work focuses on scalable AI systems, MLOps, workflow orchestration, and platform e... Show more

Jon Rav Shende

Jon Rav Shende

Jon Rav Shende is a technology executive with over 20 years of IT experience commencing in SCADA within the Oil and Gas business, before moving to Telco and Media, leading network, application, cloud, security and more recently digital transformation leadership experience over the last 8 years with leadership within BFSI and Healthcare as well, over the last 10 years.

Jon served in his career as
A former leader of CenturyLink's Security, Risk and Compliance Solutions coming from a Savvis Cloud acquisation, here he represented Savvis in several areas within industry, and spoke at the Colorado Senate on Healthcare IT and IT Security

A Global Managing Director at Ericsson for Security, SI Cloud Security

An Advisory Board Member of RiskSense a SaaS Cyberstartup before it's acquisition by Ivanti and current member of MyVayda as well as Ithaca College Cyber Program

And a former CISO before joining Ernst and Young in a cloud leadership and security role 12 years ago.

Jon has managed global teams and multimillion dollar technology budgets from security to IAM install and management to SOC build and operations and digital transformation with Pivotal, AWS and Azure recently. He has also worked on breach responses, building IR teams, Ransomware responses and was the author of Cloud Forensics as a Services published in 2012, which has been cited by several educational organizations globally.

An invited speaker, Jon has spoken in London, Dubai, NYC cyber conferences, RSA breakout sessions and for SANs on Cloud Forensics earlier in his Digital Forensics career.

Jon is a graduate of the University of Oxford's Advanced Computing program

Hold a Masters Degree in IT Security, with specializations in Computer Crime Law and Digital Forensics from Royal Holloway the University of London

and has a post graduate certificate in Business Administration.

Jon Rav Shende is a technology executive with over 20 years of IT experience commencing in SCADA within the Oil and Gas business, before moving to Telco and Media, leading network, application, cloud, security and more recently digital transformation... Show more

Rahmat Faisal

Rahmat Faisal

Rahmat Faisal is a Software Engineer at ESRI Indonesia, specializing in the intersection of Agentic AI, Big Data, and Geospatial technology. With a strong engineering background, he focuses on designing intelligent, autonomous spatial workflows that transform complex location data into actionable insights. Rahmat has extensive experience deploying geospatial solutions across critical sectors, including mining, plantation, and oil & gas—helping organizations automate large-scale data analysis and make smarter, geography-driven decisions.

Rahmat Faisal is a Software Engineer at ESRI Indonesia, specializing in the intersection of Agentic AI, Big Data, and Geospatial technology. With a strong engineering background, he focuses on designing intelligent, autonomous spatial workflows that ... Show more

Nicolas Byl

Nicolas Byl

Nicolas Byl entdeckte bereits während des Studiums der Medizinischen Informatik seine Leidenschaft für verteilte Systeme. Nach Jahren des Pendelns zwischen den Welten von Dev, Sec und Ops ist er auf die dunkle Seite der Macht ins Management gewechselt und leitet das Platform Engineering Chapter der E.ON Digital Technology.

Nicolas Byl entdeckte bereits während des Studiums der Medizinischen Informatik seine Leidenschaft für verteilte Systeme. Nach Jahren des Pendelns zwischen den Welten von Dev, Sec und Ops ist er auf die dunkle Seite der Macht ins Management gewechsel... Show more

Sander Jansen

Sander Jansen

Sander Jansen is Product Owner at Alliander, where he contributes to innovation in substation automation and digital grid technologies. With a background in engineering and a passion for open collaboration, Sander is an active contributor to LF Energy initiatives and a driving force behind Alliander’s transition to Software-Defined Substations.

Sander Jansen is Product Owner at Alliander, where he contributes to innovation in substation automation and digital grid technologies. With a background in engineering and a passion for open collaboration, Sander is an active contributor to LF Energ... Show more

Anastasia Strizh

Anastasia Strizh

Anastasia Strizh is the Head of the Business Analysis Department at Exadel, where she leads a global team of over 80 Business Analysts across multiple regions. With more than 10 years of international experience, she combines a strategic mindset with a deep understanding of cross-cultural team dynamics.

Her professional journey includes managing EU-funded energy projects in Italy and driving industrial product development in China. At Exadel, Anastasia has designed and implemented key operational processes — from end-to-end employee lifecycle management to performance frameworks, bench strategy, and professional development planning. She was the architect behind a global Resource Management Organization that optimized staffing across the company, and launched an internal recognition ecosystem that significantly boosted team engagement.

Anastasia is known for building scalable, human-centric management systems that balance business needs with personal growth — and for turning process thinking into a culture driver.

Anastasia Strizh is the Head of the Business Analysis Department at Exadel, where she leads a global team of over 80 Business Analysts across multiple regions. With more than 10 years of international experience, she combines a strategic mindset with... Show more

Christophe Villemer

Christophe Villemer

Christophe is an engineer entrepreneur passionate about creating value through collaboration. He has been involved in open source communities for 20 years also acting as an evangelist for numerous open source projects. At Savoir-faire Linux, he drives strategic and technological partnerships to develop new market, particularly those related to the Energy sector.
He is the main representative of the company to the Linux Foundation Energy where he plays a role of promotion and evangelist of the activities and projects. He actively participates in the development and success of the SEAPATH project, in which Savoir-faire Linux is very involved.

Christophe is an engineer entrepreneur passionate about creating value through collaboration. He has been involved in open source communities for 20 years also acting as an evangelist for numerous open source projects. At Savoir-faire Linux, he drive... Show more

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