Energy & Basic Resources

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

Heikki Laine

Heikki Laine

Heikki serves as Chief Marketing Officer of NNG, a global supplier of software, content, and connected services for the automotive industry, where he is responsible for global product management and marketing from strategy, to planning, to delivery.

Heikki serves as Chief Marketing Officer of NNG, a global supplier of software, content, and connected services for the automotive industry, where he is responsible for global product management and marketing from strategy, to planning, to delivery. Show more

Arunkumar Palanisamy

Arunkumar Palanisamy

Arunkumar is an enterprise Enterprise Solution Architect at Kasadara Technology Solutions, a Digital Transformation Solutions Provider specializing in aligning emerging technologies such as Azure, IoT, and Big Data powered computing models to enable business process optimization and growth.

Involved in co-creating value for all the stakeholders by architecting and implementing the ERP and CRM packaged business applications along with the custom apps using the No-Code/Low-Code Rapid Application Delivery Platforms using Power Apps to accelerate the innovation-led Digital Transformation journey. Prior to Kasadara, Arun held the Senior Principal Engineer at Itron. WA. Itron is an American technology company that offers products and services on energy and water resource management. Its headquarters is in Liberty Lake, Washington, United States. Its products are related to smart grid, smart gas, and smart water that measure and analyze electricity, gas, and water consumption.

Prior to Itron, Arun was working for HARMAN as a Senior Technical Architect, managing software product design, development, delivery initiatives, and managed the Azure Center of Excellence.

Arunkumar is an enterprise Enterprise Solution Architect at Kasadara Technology Solutions, a Digital Transformation Solutions Provider specializing in aligning emerging technologies such as Azure, IoT, and Big Data powered computing models to enable ... Show more

Markus Fanebust Dregi

Markus Fanebust Dregi

Markus Dregi is a developer working on ensemble based tools in Equinor. These tools are to aid engineers in making robust decisions for the future under uncertain conditions in various domains.

Markus Dregi is passionate about programming, algorithms, mathematics and computing at large. And he is often amused by their beauty and intrigued by their impact. He has presented at numerous international conferences and workshops and thought multiple courses at university level. He holds a PhD in Algorithms from the University of Bergen and a Bachelor in Mathematics from the University of Oslo.

Markus Dregi is a developer working on ensemble based tools in Equinor. These tools are to aid engineers in making robust decisions for the future under uncertain conditions in various domains. Markus Dregi is passionate about programming, algorit... Show more

Stefan van Lier

Stefan van Lier

Stefan van Lier ist Agilist, System Ingenieur und Trainer aus Leidenschaft. Mit über 20 Jahren Erfahrung in der System- und Softwareentwicklung als Entwickler, Systemarchitekt, Systems Engineer, Product Owner oder Führungskraft hat er einen guten Überblick und tiefe Kenntnisse in der Entwicklung von Softwarelösungen und Embedded Systems. Von komplexen Webseiten, CMS, Buchführungs- und Rechnungssoftware, Engineering-Software, hardwarenahen Treibern, Kommunikationsprotokollen und Echtzeitbetriebssystemen war alles dabei. Der Schwerpunkt in den letzten Jahren lag in der Entwicklung von Komponenten für die Automatisierungs- und Antriebstechnik. Regelmäßig führt er Trainings und Workshops zu Requirements Engineering, Systems Engineering und agilem Arbeiten durch, um so sein Wissen und seine Erfahrungen mit anderen zu teilen und Menschen dabei zu unterstützen, mit ihrer Arbeit noch erfolgreicher zu sein.

Stefan van Lier ist Agilist, System Ingenieur und Trainer aus Leidenschaft. Mit über 20 Jahren Erfahrung in der System- und Softwareentwicklung als Entwickler, Systemarchitekt, Systems Engineer, Product Owner oder Führungskraft hat er einen guten Übe... Show more

Jason Gregg

Jason Gregg

Jason Gregg has been in the wastewater industry for over 14 years. Starting as an operator in 2008, moving over into maintenance, and eventually working his way into a maintenance specialist role at a Jacobs contracted wastewater facility. Jason moved into a municipal sales role with Jack Tyler Engineering of Arkansas in early 2019 and joined Vapex Environmental in February of 2022. His hope is by using his experience in the wastewater field, he can better understand the needs and priorities of his customers.

Jason Gregg has been in the wastewater industry for over 14 years. Starting as an operator in 2008, moving over into maintenance, and eventually working his way into a maintenance specialist role at a Jacobs contracted wastewater facility. Jason move... Show more

Jose Barbosa

Jose Barbosa

Senior Executive. Served on Boards and executive teams, managing P&L’s, strategy, organizational growth and daily operations for private and publicly traded companies/subsidiaries in Europe and the United States. Expertise developing businesses and global markets for national and international companies in the EVSE sector, energy/smart grid automation and information technology industries. Demonstrated leadership at various lifecycle stages including start-up, turn around, acquisition and restructuring. Fluent in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

Senior Executive. Served on Boards and executive teams, managing P&L’s, strategy, organizational growth and daily operations for private and publicly traded companies/subsidiaries in Europe and the United States. Expertise developing businesses and g... Show more

Xantha Bruso

Xantha Bruso

Xantha Bruso is a Principal on the Strategic Electrification team at The Cadmus Group, where she leads technical and policy analysis for state and regional transportation planning efforts, and designs, implements, and evaluates utility electric vehicle charging infrastructure programs. She recently advised on the development of New York State’s Clean Transportation Roadmap, and is currently leading the evaluation of four California utilities’ fleet electrification programs. Prior to Cadmus, she led automated vehicle policy and program development at AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah, and held multiple positions at Pacific Gas & Electric Company over twelve years, covering clean transportation strategy, climate policy, energy procurement, corporate sustainability, and renewable energy programs. She has an MBA from the Presidio Graduate School, a Master in City Planning from MIT, and a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College.

Xantha Bruso is a Principal on the Strategic Electrification team at The Cadmus Group, where she leads technical and policy analysis for state and regional transportation planning efforts, and designs, implements, and evaluates utility electric vehic... Show more

Glory Adujah

Glory Adujah

*Bsc Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Interested in renewable energy, robotics,and data analytics and generally a tech enthusiast.

*Bsc Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Interested in renewable energy, robotics,and data analytics and generally a tech enthusiast. Show more

Mark Hawkins

Mark Hawkins

Mark started out his career in the Royal Navy Submarine Service. After 8 years of service, he left and worked as a commercial yacht skipper. From 1999 Mark started a new career in IT working for Medical Emergency Relief International (Merlin) where he was the head of IT. In 2014, Mark moved to Save the Children International where he is responsible for field technologies and Humanitarian Response. He is a specialist at making technology "Just work" in the most challenging field conditions. Specifically, he is expert in satellite and radio communications. You will also see Mark getting very much involved in power supplies as if there is no power, ICT is just a door stopper!

Mark started out his career in the Royal Navy Submarine Service. After 8 years of service, he left and worked as a commercial yacht skipper. From 1999 Mark started a new career in IT working for Medical Emergency Relief International (Merlin) where h... Show more

Ashen Parikh

Ashen Parikh

Cloud Solution Architect - Engineering @ Microsoft. I create, design, and implement DevOps Strategies across Enterprise customers across verticals, industries, and maturity curves. Mentor for several Early-Stage Startups recommending Go-to-Market Startups Strategies. My background is in research and development using data to understand real-world problems. I've worked as technologist with Tesla, Kaiser Permanente, JLL/T, and Microsoft across the cloud: Infra, Apps, Security, Networking, and Data & AI. I've optimized business as an advisor at Tesla, Kaiser Permanente, and Microsoft. I work with partner companies to address enterprise challenges. And I focus on generating business revenue, sales, and net new opportunities.

Cloud Solution Architect - Engineering @ Microsoft. I create, design, and implement DevOps Strategies across Enterprise customers across verticals, industries, and maturity curves. Mentor for several Early-Stage Startups recommending Go-to-Market Sta... Show more

Mason Acie

Mason Acie

Full Stack Software Engineer (5+ years)
Change Leader
Blockchain Enthusiast
Mentor at the Knighture Foundation

Full Stack Software Engineer (5+ years) Change Leader Blockchain Enthusiast Mentor at the Knighture Foundation Show more

John McElhone

John McElhone

John is the co-founder of CropSafe - building the operational and financial operating system for the millions of farms that feed the world’s population, powered by a global network of orbital satellites and weather monitoring stations. CropSafe has recently announced that they have raised $3M in seed funding and have opened U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles.

John is the co-founder of CropSafe - building the operational and financial operating system for the millions of farms that feed the world’s population, powered by a global network of orbital satellites and weather monitoring stations. CropSafe has r... Show more

Nick Costanzo

Nick Costanzo

Nick is a senior manager in the Microsoft Business Applications group at EY with over 21 years of experience as an IT leader. For the last 11 years he has focused on the CRM and low code/no code space, implementing client solutions on Power Platform and helping clients establish Centers of Enablement for citizen development. He works with clients across many industries including energy, manufacturing and distribution, professional services, technology, and software. Nick has a personal purpose to encourage agility so everyone can live dynamically every day.

Nick is a senior manager in the Microsoft Business Applications group at EY with over 21 years of experience as an IT leader. For the last 11 years he has focused on the CRM and low code/no code space, implementing client solutions on Power Platform ... Show more

Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma

Expert in Developing End to End Data Science Solutions

Expert in Developing End to End Data Science Solutions Show more

Björn Schorre

Björn Schorre

Dipl.-Ing. Björn Schorre ist von der GfSE zertifizierter Systemingenieur und Betreiber des Ingenieurbüro für Systems-Engineering. Mit 22 Berufsjahren in verschiedenen Industriebranchen hat er tiefgreifende Erfahrung im Bereich der Anforderungsspezifikation und Architekturerstellung. Projekte im regulierten Umfeld des BMWi entsprechend dem V-Modell und agile Arbeitsprozesse sind für ihn keine Widersprüche und so bedient er sich dem besten aus beiden Welten, um damit eine praxisnahe Umsetzung zu erreichen. Über sein Mentoring-Programm für Systems Engineering gibt es dieses Wissen an Unternehmen des Mittelstands weiter. Björn Schorre hilft auch bei konkreten Themen wie der kurzfristigen Erstellung von Lastenheften für ein neues Produkt.
Web: https://bjoernschorre.de/

Dipl.-Ing. Björn Schorre ist von der GfSE zertifizierter Systemingenieur und Betreiber des Ingenieurbüro für Systems-Engineering. Mit 22 Berufsjahren in verschiedenen Industriebranchen hat er tiefgreifende Erfahrung im Bereich der Anforderungsspezifi... Show more

Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Sensus, a Xylem brand. He has over 21 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry. Throughout his career he has been active in the training community – teaching and presenting through AWWA, WEF, Rural Water, and other organizations. Chris has a Master’s Degree of Science in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in North Carolina and Maryland.

Chris Thomson is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for Sensus, a Xylem brand. He has over 21 years of experience in the water and wastewater industry. Throughout his career he has been active in the training community – teaching and presenting t... Show more

Ankur Rathor

Ankur Rathor

Lead development of digital solutions that supports asset management (CIP and Maintenance) decision making and help water and wastewater utilities better plan and manage assets while delivering the levels of services at the lowest possible cost

Lead development of digital solutions that supports asset management (CIP and Maintenance) decision making and help water and wastewater utilities better plan and manage assets while delivering the levels of services at the lowest possible cost Show more

Jukka Kukkonen

Jukka Kukkonen

Jukka Kukkonen is Chief EV Educator and Strategist for Shift2Electric. An automotive engineer by training and a former Ford area manager, he has worked with the EV market for over 10 years. He has built impactful business strategies and solutions for utility company EV programs, apartment building and condominium charging, workplace charging, DC fast charging, regional charging infrastructure strategies, dealership outreach, smart grid integration, general outreach and education. He also teaches EV Market and Technologies at the University of St Thomas.

Jukka Kukkonen is Chief EV Educator and Strategist for Shift2Electric. An automotive engineer by training and a former Ford area manager, he has worked with the EV market for over 10 years. He has built impactful business strategies and solutions for... Show more

Katie Hudson

Katie Hudson

Over the course of my 20 year career, I have led global P&Ls and built and delivered new capability in strategy, innovation, product management, design, customer experience, business development, marketing, and sales.

My various focus areas have included leading edge technology initiatives in data/analytics, digital, artificial intelligence/machine learning, automation, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

My career has ranged from FTSE 100 organisations across almost every industry and all geography to entrepreneurial high growth start ups.

Outside of work, I volunteer as Treasurer at ADHD Aware (www.adhdaware.org.uk), run several Meetup groups focused on causes related to neurodiversity, and I'm an advocate and spend my time raising awareness about neurodiversity and other long term, complex health conditions. I also collaborate on research and community projects with a range of contacts with common interests.

Over the course of my 20 year career, I have led global P&Ls and built and delivered new capability in strategy, innovation, product management, design, customer experience, business development, marketing, and sales. My various focus areas have i... Show more

Guillermo Pérez Fraile

Guillermo Pérez Fraile

Utilizo mis conocimientos en gestión de cambio en distintos entornos durante los últimos 15 años a través de una carrera profesional que pasa por limpiar baños en una nave industrial, ser técnico de sonido en giras, vender minicadenas en mediamarkt para pagarme la carrera, ser consultor en Telcos, manager en automoción, gestor de cambio en banca y seguros y actualmente trazando eficiencia económica en ejecución a nivel Holding con la vista muy puesta en energía y movilidad.

Utilizo mis conocimientos en gestión de cambio en distintos entornos durante los últimos 15 años a través de una carrera profesional que pasa por limpiar baños en una nave industrial, ser técnico de sonido en giras, vender minicadenas en mediamarkt p... Show more

Amar Pratap Rama Murthy

Amar Pratap Rama Murthy

Versatile Tech/Business Leader providing Solutions, Strategies and Architecture across Technical and Business, B2B and SaaS domains.
Specializing in platform strategy for the digital ecosystem for multiple verticals.
Digital leader known for building and engineering large platforms to drive product management, innovation, and engineering. Leading in building platforms for over a decade with B2B, B2C and Digital products in Banking Financial Services, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Insurance, CPG, Retail. Proven track record of modernizing software, developing solutions across multiple verticals and leveraging emerging technology like Cloud, Big Data and AI/ML.

Versatile Tech/Business Leader providing Solutions, Strategies and Architecture across Technical and Business, B2B and SaaS domains. Specializing in platform strategy for the digital ecosystem for multiple verticals. Digital leader known for buil... Show more

Bill Birgen

Bill Birgen

Rocket scientist, chief systems engineer on largest airplane/rocket plane int he world, Stratolaunch. Developed systems for Virgin Galactic's rocket ship and DARPA. Founder of startups reaching into food tech, medical, IoT, consumer electronics and more.

Rocket scientist, chief systems engineer on largest airplane/rocket plane int he world, Stratolaunch. Developed systems for Virgin Galactic's rocket ship and DARPA. Founder of startups reaching into food tech, medical, IoT, consumer electronics and... Show more

Mahesh Krishnan

Mahesh Krishnan

Mahesh Krishnan currently works as a Principal Technologist at AGL, a large energy company in Australia. He has written technical books, speaks regularly at conferences and has helped companies build really large applications in the cloud.

Mahesh Krishnan currently works as a Principal Technologist at AGL, a large energy company in Australia. He has written technical books, speaks regularly at conferences and has helped companies build really large applications in the cloud. Show more

Emmanuel Vigier

Emmanuel Vigier

Corporate Offer Creation Process
Quality & Transformation leader Power Products Business

Corporate Offer Creation Process Quality & Transformation leader Power Products Business Show more

Emily Harrison

Emily Harrison

Canadian born technologist

Canadian born technologist Show more

Varun Seth

Varun Seth

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Specialist

Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Specialist Show more

Brent Dawson

Brent Dawson

Brent Dawson is a Microsoft Certified Trainer with over 20+ years of teaching and classroom experience. Brent focuses mostly on the Azure platform, Power Platform and Finance and Supply Chain Management courses. He has an impressive 30 years’ experience in the IT industry and has worked in many different facets of IT including end-support, system and security architecture. Originally from Canada, Brent is currently working for DXC Technology based out of London. He has completed certifications and accreditations in the IT industry, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management, Catalyst as well as CISSP and TOGAF. This extensive knowledge sets him apart in industries such as oil and gas, manufacturing, transportation and finance.

Brent Dawson is a Microsoft Certified Trainer with over 20+ years of teaching and classroom experience. Brent focuses mostly on the Azure platform, Power Platform and Finance and Supply Chain Management courses. He has an impressive 30 years’ experie... Show more

Venkata Sunil Sornapudi

Venkata Sunil Sornapudi

Lead the Enterprise Integration platforms and operations for over 17 years in diverse industries such as Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Retail and Logistics, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing , effectively managing the Integration Solutions delivery and multicultural teams,
Specialist in Azure Integration Services, Hybrid Integration & Multi-Cloud integration, Event driven architecture, Enterprise Integration Patterns (ESB, ETL, MFT EDI, API), IT/OT systems integration.
Specialist in Azure Platform engineering, CICD solutions using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Bicep.

Lead the Enterprise Integration platforms and operations for over 17 years in diverse industries such as Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Retail and Logistics, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing , effec... Show more

Alex Piliptchak

Alex Piliptchak

Alex Piliptchak is Senior Director of Software and System Architecture for Electrify America and Electrify Canada, overseeing the company’s software solutions underpinning the networks’ Hyper-Fast charging technology. With 30 years of experience in technology leadership roles, his expertise is focused on software development, strategy, and cloud technology.

Since joining Electrify America in 2023, Alex has led the long-term software strategy, design and implementation of all software components, and systems integration with automakers and mobility service providers. Prior to joining Electrify America, he was Director of Software Development, Vice President, and Chief Technology Officer for Schneider Electrics Digital Grid business unit. Alex holds a Master of Science in Computer Science / Applied Mathematics from Kiev University.

Alex Piliptchak is Senior Director of Software and System Architecture for Electrify America and Electrify Canada, overseeing the company’s software solutions underpinning the networks’ Hyper-Fast charging technology. With 30 years of experience in ... Show more

Steve Diasio

Steve Diasio

Steve Diasio is an innovation expert and influencer who supports aspiring leaders, innovators, and change makers. His bootcamps, sprints, and training encourage individuals and organizations to critically examine their surroundings and envision a more innovative future. He is the founder of the School of Creativity and Innovation, where he crafts trainings on cutting-edge innovation methodologies, design thinking, and disruptive business models.

From the vibrant streets of Barcelona to the intellectual hubs of London, Steve's global perspective has been shaped by his tenure as a researcher at impactful institutions like ESADE Business School and Imperial Business School. In 2022, he was recognized as one of the Top 50 Business Professors in the World by the esteemed Poets&Quants Business School Rankings—a testament to his profound impact on the academic world.

Steve Diasio is an innovation expert and influencer who supports aspiring leaders, innovators, and change makers. His bootcamps, sprints, and training encourage individuals and organizations to critically examine their surroundings and envision a mor... Show more

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