Leading Experts on Energy & Industrials

William Baron, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer and President of Seraphim Energy, an upstream oil and gas company. Dr. Baron is responsible for company direction, negotiating and developing business in Former Soviet Union, the Middle East and Europe. He is an expert in international law and business...

Carl Bartoli is the Principal of C. Bartoli Consultants, providing consultancy services on development and execution of capital projects, preparation of strategic plans, and organizational restructuring in utility and process industry. Mr. Bartoli has knowledge in engineering and construction of hydrocarbon,...

Markus Bates is Executive Vice President at Geo Trade International, a firm providing coal trading services. Mr. Bates is responsible for managing international raw materials trading operations. He has more than 15 years of experience in international coal trading activities. Mr. Bates traded blast...

Steve Bayless is the Principal of Bayless Consulting, a firm providing consulting services in the chemicals industry. He has undertaken multiple assignments in teaching and implementing best practice work processes at manufacturing firms facing massive restructuring and downsizing to reduce costs and...

David Beatson is CEO of Ascent Advisors, LLC, a management consulting firm serving the supply chain, transportation, and logistics industry. He also serves as the CEO of GlobalWare Solutions a privately held digital and physical supply chain management company. Mr. Beatson has over 28 years of transportation,...

John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

Dean Bellefleur is the Founder of D-idea, a firm providing consulting services in the containers and packaging industry. Mr. Bellefleur is a leading international expert in consumer packaging sector. He consults and lectures widely to industry & universities on packaging design, idea management, project...

Roy Berlin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Berlin Metals, a privately held, Chicago based metal service center engaged in the value added processing and distribution of flat rolled carbon steel and stainless steel products in slit coil form. Berlin Metals was founded in 1967 and its...

Carsten Bethge is the President at ACNS Company, a firm providing solar energy consulting services. Mr. Bethge has more than 20 years of experience in manufacturing and supplying monocrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon, copper indium diselenide solar PV cells and panels, and power electronic products...

Aily Biggs is an Advisory Chief Executive Officer at Global Energy Advisory, a global energy cross commodity specialist think tank providing energy asset valuations and providing risk and financing solutions. Mrs. Biggs holds key knowledge in global/country specific commodity dynamics and trends in...

Herman Bones was Senior Advisor at ExxonMobil. Mr. Bones has more than 20 years of marketing and sales experience in the oil and gas industry in Asia, the U.S. and Canada. He has experience in strategic planning, project development, project financing and economics, sales contract negotiations and shipping...

Christopher Bongars is an Executive Director at SustainAsia Limited; a Hong Kong based firm providing consultancy and advisory services to investors and companies from the cleantech sectors, as well as independent assessments of investments and market opportunities, in a view of accelerating their growth...

James Booker is Senior Vice President of Operations and Project Development at PT Paiton Energy, an independent power producer in Indonesia with a 1,230MW coal-fired power plant. Mr. Booker has 36 years of experience (last 17 years in Asia) in project development, engineering, construction, project...

Kevin Boyle is an Independent Consultant, providing consulting with more than 30 years of management experience in petrochemicals, plastics, and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). Mr. Boyle focuses on olefins and aromatics which include: ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene and xylene; and their derivatives,...

Robert Boyle is the Principal and Chief Executive Officer at The Elmwood Group; a company providing consulting services in process optimization, cost management, and general management. Mr. Boyle is a recognized leader and respected advisor in domestic and international aluminum industries. He has more...

Dale Bradshaw is the President of Electrivation, a firm providing consulting services on power generation and delivery. Mr. Bradshaw has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of the electric utility business, nuclear, planning, clean coal, fossil generation, renewables, and fossil fuels. He...

Emmet Brown is a Principal Consultant and Managing Director at Milesian Oil and Gas, a firm providing consulting services in the upstream oil and gas industry. Mr. Brown has over 20 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and development projects, having worked for multi-national and independent...

Mel Budd is the founder of Consulting Plus, a UK-based firm providing research and marketing services to the flooring and building material industries. Mr. Budd’s main expertise is in flooring and he has an excellent knowledge of the flooring market in the UK and Europe including vinyl, wood, laminate,...

Gerard Buhrer is the Owner of Spectrum International Sourcing, an independent consultancy firm providing consultancy services for the manufacturing of aerospace engine parts. Mr. Buhrer has more than 38 years of experience in providing technical assistance to international suppliers and selecting suppliers...

Bernard Bujnowski recently retired from PPL Electric Utilities in 2007 as Director of AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure). Mr. Bujnowski was responsible for PPL's selection, deployment, and operation of an AMI platform. He has more than 30 years of operational and managerial experience in delivering...