Chris Childres has spent more than 20 years in private equity investing, with extensive experience in the acquisition, oversight and divestiture of middle-market performance materials companies. He founded Edgewater Capital Partners in 1998 to continue Edgewater Group’s successful investment and advisory track record and became Managing Partner in…
Brandon Johnson is an analyst at ADI Analytics and holds a B.S. in physics from Stephen F. Austin State University. He has experience in the oil and gas, chemical, power generation, and mining industries. His expertise includes technology assessments, competitive benchmarking, market size modeling, and risk analysis using…
Richard Thomas leads market analysis and business development activities for TotalEnergies’ US Refining and Petrochemicals business. Prior to joining TotalEnergies, Mr. Thomas worked for LyondellBasell, ARCO Chemical, Atlantic Richfield, BP, and Baker & O’Brien in a variety of positions, including strategy, corporate development, business development, operations planning, product…
Raj Krishnaswamy is currently the Vice President of Polymers R&D at CJ Bio where they are bringing a new family of fully biobased and biodegradable polymers to the market. Prior to CJ Bio, Krishnaswamy spent time at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Metabolix and Braskem, all in R&D and…
Vijay Mhetar was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer for Kraton Corporation in January 2017. He is responsible for Kraton's Innovation Program, Global R&D and Technical Development activities. Prior to joining Kraton, Mhetar worked at General Cable Corporation from 2008 to 2017 where held numerous technical leadership positions…
Dhaval Shah is currently the General Manager for Corporate Technology & Innovation at SABIC. He has a PhD in chemical engineering and has been working in the petrochemical industry for 20 years in a variety of R&D roles. He started his career with GE Plastics in 2001 and…
Ron Smith is Vice President of Joint Venture Development for PureCycle Technologies and leads global partnership development to accomplish PureCycle’s mission to transform the world’s polypropylene recycling industry. Smith brings more than 34 years of prior experience in the refining/chemical sector with an extensive background in international (Asia,…
John Griffin joined Sterling in 2018 from McKinsey & Company’s Houston office where he was an Engagement Manager focused on strategy and operational initiatives for industrial and energy businesses. Previously, Griffin worked at Madison Dearborn Partners on investments in the Industrials, Business Services, and Financial Services sectors. Griffin…
Jeff Hammad is the Chief Commercial Officer for Golden Pass LNG. Hammad has broad responsibilities for managing the commercial group at Golden Pass, including the procurement of 2.6 bcfd of gas supply as well as the corresponding LNG sales of about 18 mta. He began working on the…
Diaco Aviki is the EVP and Chief Operating Office at Crestwood Midstream Partners. Prior to this role, he was the Senior Vice President, Business Development and Commercial Operations for the Gathering and Processing Division. Aviki began his career with Exxon in 1995, where he held various domestic and…