Ricardo Estrada is a Sustainability and Procurement Vice President for Plastilene Group, a Multinational Company with South, Central, and North America facilities that strongly focus on sustainability, circular economy, and innovation. He led the implementation of Plastilene's Strategic Sourcing and Global Procurement Corporate Strategy in 2014. He is…
Charles “Chuck” McConnell is the Executive Director of the Center for Carbon Management in Energy (CCME) at the University of Houston. Prior to joining the CCME, McConnell was the Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Initiative at Rice University. McConnell served as the Assistant Secretary of Energy…
Jan Kalfus is the Director of Energy & Feedstocks at Braskem Corporation, where he oversees market intelligence, strategic planning, and business development activities. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Kalfus has a proven track record of delivering business growth through new technologies, services, and efficiencies.…
Marcos Gomez has over two decades of experience in the Chemical Industry. Currently, Gomez is leading BASF’s efforts in Renewable Energy in North America serving as the Director of Renewable Energy North America. He has previously held key leadership roles at BASF Corporation, including heading the Energy Procurement…
James Seaba currently serves as Program Director at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). His focus at ARPA-E is on clean sustainable fuels and chemical production, novel energy system designs, energy distribution, and energy storage. Seaba has spent over 30 years developing economically driven energy systems that minimize…
Chris Hogan is a seasoned Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he has been a key player since 2004. With over two decades of investment banking experience, Hogan specializes in sell-side, buy-side, and financial advisory services for private equity firms and…
Kendra O'Keefe has been a transformative force in the Oil and Gas industry for over 20 years. Her extensive experience spans various roles, including completions, production, planning, business development, and reserves, across most of the major shale plays in the US. O'Keefe's passion for data, technology, process improvement,…
Tom Ambrose is a Partner at Black Bay, where he serves on the firm’s Investment Committee and oversees Black Bay’s efforts in sourcing investments, executing transactions, monitoring active portfolio companies, and strategy. Prior to co-founding Black Bay, Ambrose was a Vice President at NGP ETP, where he was…
Ana Khanlari is the Solution Marketing Director for Chemicals at AspenTech. In her role, she works with chemical manufacturers to increase profitability and sustainability of operations leveraging digital solutions. She has broad experience in innovation, product development, manufacturing, and field applications in global chemicals markets including olefins, specialty…
Francisco Arana is an energy executive with over 18 years of experience in upstream, offshore oil and gas. His holistic understanding of the industry has been shaped through a variety of roles with engineering services contractors, an FPSO owner/operator, and most recently, with a producer. These roles have…