Energy & Basic Resources

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

Heather Siemens

Heather Siemens

Heather Siemens is the CEO of iFORTRISS with over 30 years of experience in Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) in energy, defense, and the public sector. Heather has an undergraduate degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a Master’s degree in Regional & Community Planning. She has worked for government entities, consulting companies, municipal utilities, and commercial electric companies. Her broad experience covers a variety of areas, including IT, operations, finance, and regulatory compliance. She is a Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner and a CMMC Certified Professional (CCP). Heather’s expertise lies in empowering organizations to strategically transform business processes in order to position them to successfully implement new technology and meet regulatory compliance: People -> Processes -> Technology

Heather Siemens is the CEO of iFORTRISS with over 30 years of experience in Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC) in energy, defense, and the public sector. Heather has an undergraduate degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and a Master’s degre... Show more

Joe Bablo

Joe Bablo

Principal engineer — Automotive Equipment and Associated Technologies
Responsible for technical standards development for electric vehicle (EV) charging, including EV supply equipment, EV chargers and EV couplers
Technical representative for all charging-related UL Standards, as well as IEC committees for EV charging
Code Making Panel 12 Chairperson for the National Electrical Code
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, W. H. Merrill Society with 28 years at UL Solutions

Principal engineer — Automotive Equipment and Associated Technologies Responsible for technical standards development for electric vehicle (EV) charging, including EV supply equipment, EV chargers and EV couplers Technical representative for all ch... Show more

Corrina Mauss

Corrina Mauss

Corrina is a graduate of Purdue University, class of in 2018, with BS in Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Since graduation, Corrina has worked as a project engineer at Strand Associates, Inc.® in the Water Supply Group, where she has had the opportunity to work on many diverse and challenging potable water projects.

Corrina is an active member of both the American Water Works Association and the Mid-Central Water Works Association. She loves the water industry and is very happy to be here.

Corrina is a graduate of Purdue University, class of in 2018, with BS in Environmental and Ecological Engineering. Since graduation, Corrina has worked as a project engineer at Strand Associates, Inc.® in the Water Supply Group, where she has had the... Show more

Lauren Neal

Lauren Neal

Lauren Neal is an award-winning chartered engineer and chartered project professional in the energy industry. Having spent over 17 years working with men and women offshore, onshore and onsite on multimillion-dollar projects across the globe, she is a sought-after speaker and writer championing gender equity within STEM.

WeAreTheCity Rising Stars (Energy & Utilities) winner
WeAreTechWomen TechWomen100 winner
Diverse In’s ‘130 Women Who Break the Bias List’

Lauren Neal is an award-winning chartered engineer and chartered project professional in the energy industry. Having spent over 17 years working with men and women offshore, onshore and onsite on multimillion-dollar projects across the globe, she is ... Show more

Girija Prathap

Girija Prathap

PMP® & CSM® certified Electrical and Electronics Engineer with MS in manufacturing management, working in End-to-End projects management in reputed Energy & Manufacturing companies.

Having a total of 15+ years of professional experience in Project management, E2E CMMS projects implementation, Maintenance Planning, Scheduling, Production planning, and SAP Material management areas.

Knowledge/ Tool Expertise: Project management, Agile Scrum framework, Power BI, SAP PM, SAP MM, SAP PP, P6 -Primavera, MS Project, w-IMS (RCM) tool.

PMP® & CSM® certified Electrical and Electronics Engineer with MS in manufacturing management, working in End-to-End projects management in reputed Energy & Manufacturing companies. Having a total of 15+ years of professional experience in Projec... Show more

Ulrich Meyer

Ulrich Meyer

Ulrich Meyer hat entscheidend am Aufbau der LichtBlick SE, dem 5. größten Energieanbieter Deutschlands, mitgewirkt; er hat das Thema Ökostrom im Gewerbesegment marktfähig gemacht und einen der größten Gewerbevertriebe in Deutschland aufgebaut.

Er ist Experte für Energiewirtschaft und Energievertrieb sowie für New Work und agiles Arbeiten. Führung heißt für ihn, Räume für die Mitarbeitenden schaffen, um gemeinsame Visionen umzusetzen.

Seit Januar 2020 berät er als Geschäftsführer von Coffee First Consulting GmbH verschiedene Akteure in der Energiewirtschaft und arbeitet an einem social Business in der Energiewirtschaft.

Ulrich Meyer hat entscheidend am Aufbau der LichtBlick SE, dem 5. größten Energieanbieter Deutschlands, mitgewirkt; er hat das Thema Ökostrom im Gewerbesegment marktfähig gemacht und einen der größten Gewerbevertriebe in Deutschland aufgebaut. Er ... Show more

Larry Stanley

Larry Stanley

Larry R. Stanley, BSEET, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, WV:
Larry Stanley was raised and educated in the coal fields of rural West Virginia, earning a BSEET degree from Bluefield State College in West Virginia. He has more than 40 years of experience working with all aspects of design, application, and installation of AC drives and soft-starts. Stanley developed and maintained the drive support group for a major manufacturer from 1985 to 1997. He moved into a Senior Field Engineer's role in 1997, and since then, supports applications including commercial, municipal, hot ladle, distribution conveyance, food and beverage, and more.

Larry R. Stanley, BSEET, Bluefield State College, Bluefield, WV: Larry Stanley was raised and educated in the coal fields of rural West Virginia, earning a BSEET degree from Bluefield State College in West Virginia. He has more than 40 years of expe... Show more

Lilian Souza

Lilian Souza

Lilian Souza é mestre em Administração Estratégica de Negócios pela USP, graduada em Relações Públicas pela UFPR e certificada em PO/PM SaFe 4. Trabalha há 7 anos na ExxonMobil, atualmente com o role de Management of Change Lead em uma transformação ágil do setor de TI.

Lilian Souza é mestre em Administração Estratégica de Negócios pela USP, graduada em Relações Públicas pela UFPR e certificada em PO/PM SaFe 4. Trabalha há 7 anos na ExxonMobil, atualmente com o role de Management of Change Lead em uma transformação ... Show more

Thomas Lefevre

Thomas Lefevre

in charge of diverse civil engineering and mining operations for Eurovia in France and Germany. Since 2019, working on the new IoT Platform , connecting and monitoring the mobile equipment and industrial plants of the group worldwide...

in charge of diverse civil engineering and mining operations for Eurovia in France and Germany. Since 2019, working on the new IoT Platform , connecting and monitoring the mobile equipment and industrial plants of the group worldwide... Show more

Atul Mahajan

Atul Mahajan

In a career spanning more than two decades, Atul has used his entrepreneurial spirit and extensive operational experience to lead successfully in diverse industries in Canadian and International markets (Europe, Africa and Asia). He has managed strategic growth and change management initiatives in diverse corporate cultures, including of a start-up venture and a regulated utility.

Currently, Atul is leading Forum Vostro Energy Services Inc. (FVES) an on-site energy asset owner and manager, building a portfolio of Distributed Energy Resources at customers sites to provide them access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. FVES’s parent company Forum Equity Partners, an alternative asset manager with $ 1.3 Billion assets under management is backing FVES with multi-million dollar financial commitment.

Previously Atul led an Ontario based electric Utility (Oshawa Power) as their CEO and played a pivotal role in developing and implementing their strategic plan. For more than a decade, he was responsible for appropriate resource allocation to grow the Utility’s business in energy distribution/generation, district energy and wholesale telecom services. He has extensive experience in successfully identifying, negotiating and structuring strategic partnerships and alliances.

Atul has keen interest, knowledge and experience, in developing, building, financing, constructing and commissioning distributed energy infrastructure projects. He is a frequent speaker at local and international conferences on emerging energy delivery solutions, such as distributed generation, district energy, solar plus storage and microGrids.

Atul qualified as a CA in India and as a CPA-CMA in Canada. He completed Directors Education Program at Rotman School of Management and is a qualified member (ICD.D) of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Canada.

Atul is also very involved in the community. He has served on the Board of Toronto East General Hospital and is active in fundraising efforts for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

In a career spanning more than two decades, Atul has used his entrepreneurial spirit and extensive operational experience to lead successfully in diverse industries in Canadian and International markets (Europe, Africa and Asia). He has managed strat... Show more

Kihyeon Kim

Kihyeon Kim

Kihyeon works as an infrastructure engineer at SK Innovation. His primary role involves testing and implementing tools that efficiently facilitate the construction, operation, and management of Kubernetes in a Hybrid Cloud environment. Before joining SK Innovation, he worked as a Solutions Architect at AWS, where he played a role in assisting various companies in making effective use of the cloud.

Kihyeon works as an infrastructure engineer at SK Innovation. His primary role involves testing and implementing tools that efficiently facilitate the construction, operation, and management of Kubernetes in a Hybrid Cloud environment. Before joining... Show more

Caroline Aumeran

Caroline Aumeran

Caroline is a seasoned change-maker and innovation enthusiast, with a strong expertise on energy and circular economy. She initiated and led multiple intrapreneurial projects in large corporates, as well as built ventures at an impact venture builder. She has coached over 40 start-ups in the past years in the fields of Social Entrepreneurship, Climate Tech. and AI. Since 2022, she is certified Impact Business Modelling Coach.
She graduated from EDHEC Business School in 2014.

Caroline is a seasoned change-maker and innovation enthusiast, with a strong expertise on energy and circular economy. She initiated and led multiple intrapreneurial projects in large corporates, as well as built ventures at an impact venture builde... Show more

Melanie Larkins

Melanie Larkins

Melanie has more than 20 years of experience in Sustainability and ESG with a focus on building teams to deliver exceptional value through innovation, data insights, and scale. Melanie has advised numerous C-suite clients globally on Sustainable Procurement, supply chain, net zero strategy, energy efficiency, facility decarbonization, emissions management, and supply chain & capital allocation. She is frequently featured as a speaker and contributor for her thought leadership in Sustainability.

Melanie has more than 20 years of experience in Sustainability and ESG with a focus on building teams to deliver exceptional value through innovation, data insights, and scale. Melanie has advised numerous C-suite clients globally on Sustainable Proc... Show more

Reishin Toolsi

Reishin Toolsi


I consider myself a global citizen who was born in South Africa. While working in Software for 17 years, of which the last 12 were at Schlumberger, I been fortunate to work all over Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle east and North and South America. I work with and lead multi-disciplinary teams and having worked in many industries from Game development, Medical diagnostics and currently in Oil and Gas services. I have also led the several collaborative engagements with my company and NASA. My passion is around AI and IoT and its impact on our workforce and the future of education .

I consider myself a global citizen who was born in South Africa. While working in Software for 17 years, of which the last 12 were at Schlumberger, I been fortunate to work all over Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle east and North and South America. I... Show more

Lucas Oliveira

Lucas Oliveira

Petrobras, Transformação Digital
Engenheiro de Computação

Petrobras, Transformação Digital Engenheiro de Computação Show more

Michelle Mendez

Michelle Mendez

Product Manager

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Bellal Zouhir

Bellal Zouhir

Zouhir Bellal is a Ph.D. candidate at École de Technologie Supérieure in Montréal, where he focuses on sustainable cloud computing and energy-efficient serverless architectures. His research explores Green IT solutions that balance performance and sustainability in cloud-native systems. With expertise in cloud-native applications, AI-driven optimization, and mathematical modeling, Zouhir is passionate about advancing the CNCF community’s efforts toward building energy-aware infrastructures.

Zouhir Bellal is a Ph.D. candidate at École de Technologie Supérieure in Montréal, where he focuses on sustainable cloud computing and energy-efficient serverless architectures. His research explores Green IT solutions that balance performance and su... 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

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

Mohammed Ismaeel

Mohammed Ismaeel

Mohammed Ismaeel is a Solutions Architect at Polestar Automotive with a background in cloud architecture, serverless systems, and digital transformation. He has led large-scale initiatives across the automotive and financial services industries, helping organizations build secure, scalable, and cost-efficient solutions. Mohammed combines hands-on development expertise with architectural leadership and is passionate about sharing knowledge on serverless and cloud-native technologies through community events, mentoring, and thought leadership.

Mohammed Ismaeel is a Solutions Architect at Polestar Automotive with a background in cloud architecture, serverless systems, and digital transformation. He has led large-scale initiatives across the automotive and financial services industries, help... Show more

Mumini Busari

Mumini Busari

Mumini Olarewaju BUSARI has been with TotalEnergies EP Nigeria for 19 years. He obtained a second-class upper degree in geology from University of Ilorin. He earned a master’s degree in petroleum geosciences from the University of London and Diploma of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine and a Ph.D. in Geology from University of Ilorin.
He started his career as a synthesis geologist in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He subsequently worked as an exploration geologist for 14 years and reservoir geologist since 2020. He has been involved in different exploration, appraisal & developments subjects from the onshore and deep water domains.
Currently, he is the Manager Geosciences 2G & Ikike Development in TotalEnergies EP Nigeria.
His preferred hobbies are traveling, writing and volunteering. He’s married with children.

Mumini Olarewaju BUSARI has been with TotalEnergies EP Nigeria for 19 years. He obtained a second-class upper degree in geology from University of Ilorin. He earned a master’s degree in petroleum geosciences from the University of London and Diploma ... Show more

Adel Muhandes

Adel Muhandes

I'm a renewable energy engineer by training. A few years ago, I was part of the core team behind the successful design & test flight campaign of the HY4 fuel cell electric aircraft. That experience sparked my interest in software. I started experimenting with different software frameworks and I fell in love with Flutter as a tool to build digital products.

Over the past two years, I've been introducing Flutter to the mobile team at Liebherr Digital Center.

I'm a renewable energy engineer by training. A few years ago, I was part of the core team behind the successful design & test flight campaign of the HY4 fuel cell electric aircraft. That experience sparked my interest in software. I started experimen... Show more

George Akintola

George Akintola

Dr. George Oluwole Akintola is a geoscientist positioned as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences, in the Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Agriculture at the University of Venda. He has achieved the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Y2 Rating, a recognition granted to promising early-career researchers with a track record of high-quality, impactful scholarly outputs and international standing. Dr. Akintola’s research specialization lies in the evaluation and extraction of energy resources within the field of Energy Geology. His work focuses on unconventional oil and gas generation, critical minerals, rare earth elements, and geothermal energy.

Dr. George Oluwole Akintola is a geoscientist positioned as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences, in the Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Agriculture at the University of Venda. He has achieved the prestigious Natio... 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

Thiago Fagundes

Thiago Fagundes

Thiago Marques Fagundes é formado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, com mestrado em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana. Atualmente, atua como Engenheiro de Segurança do Trabalho na Petrobras, onde também exerce o papel de Product Owner do BROA, o quarto sistema mais acessado da companhia. Combinando sua expertise técnica nos processos de segurança do trabalho com princípios da metodologia ágil, lidera a evolução desse produto digital, priorizando entregas de valor e promovendo a transformação digital nos processos de segurança.

Thiago Marques Fagundes é formado em Engenharia Elétrica pela Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, com mestrado em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana. Atualmente, atua como Engenheiro de Segurança do Traba... Show more

John Dagostino

John Dagostino

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D%27Agostino_(financial_services)

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Alessa Hool

Alessa Hool

Alessandra Hool (MSc, MAS) is the Managing Director of ESM Foundation, a Swiss Foundation for rare metals. ESM supports private sector and political actors in their decision-making on risks in the raw materials supply chain, and participates in projects to train specialists in identifying and managing raw material risks for industrial processes. Alessa has been coordinating various national, European and international initiatives on critical raw materials, such as the EIT RawMaterials education projects SusCritMat and SusScritMOOC on the sustainable management of critical raw materials (2017-2022) and the International Round Table on Materials Criticality IRTC (from 2017).

Alessandra Hool (MSc, MAS) is the Managing Director of ESM Foundation, a Swiss Foundation for rare metals. ESM supports private sector and political actors in their decision-making on risks in the raw materials supply chain, and participates in proje... Show more

Bjørn D. Jensen

Bjørn D. Jensen

Worked with databases for more than 2 decades.
Greatly interested in the green energy sector and open data.

Senior BI & Data Analytics Architect at Energinet, since apr. 2021
Data Engineering Specialist, aug. 2019 - apr. 2021, Terma R&D Innovation Lab
Decision Intelligence Developer, dec. 2010 - july 2019, Vestas (Business Intelligence)
Software Engineer / Database Developer, nov. 2006 – nov. 2010, Vestas (Plant IT)
Advisory IT Specialist, sep. 2004 - oct. 2006, IBM Public Sector (Mærsk Data Public)
DBA / Software Engineer, mar. 2001- aug. 2004, Stibo Graphic (Stibo.net)
Data consultant, maj 2000 – feb. 2001, TDC Forlag A/S

M. Sc. physics (computer simulations, teaching competence) 1994-1999, Århus University
Six Sigma Green Belt
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert - Data Managment and Analytics
Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate

Worked with databases for more than 2 decades. Greatly interested in the green energy sector and open data. Senior BI & Data Analytics Architect at Energinet, since apr. 2021 Data Engineering Specialist, aug. 2019 - apr. 2021, Terma R&D Innova... Show more

Ozgur Karatas

Ozgur Karatas

CTO at Goosey Inc.

CTO at Goosey Inc. Show more

Santiago Peñate Vera

Santiago Peñate Vera

Power Systems engineer, MBA, ex-Redeia, power systems guru and maker of GridCal

Power Systems engineer, MBA, ex-Redeia, power systems guru and maker of GridCal Show more

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