Meet the Speakers and Advisory Board Members

The CW Energy Advisory Board

Tony Papke
Director of Business Development
MxD

Jan Shumate
Engineering & Construction/Corp Manufacturing Automation Transformation
Eastman

Brian Perlstein
Digital Manufacturing Innovation Leader
Owens Corning

Robert Pitts
Global Projects IT Discovery and Strategy Manager
ExxonMobil

2026's Industry Expert Speakers

Michael McDowell
Analyst
NAND Research

Jim Graves
Global Digital Manufacturing Head
Indorama Ventures Xylenes & PTA

Deepak Sachdeva
Chief Information Officer
United States Air Force

Brent Railey
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Bemi Anjous
CISO
Noble Corporation

Joe Carroll
Chief Information Officer & Head of Cybersecurity
Citgo Petroleum Corp

Josh Viets
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Expand Energy

Soma Venkat
SVP & Chief Information Technology & AI Officer
Cooper Standard

Steve Herrin
ITS Director, CISO/Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk and Engagement
DTE Energy

Jenny Taylor
Digital Transformation and Innovation Lead of XR/VR
Duke Energy

Kyle Daughtry
Digital Reality (XR and 3D Digital Twin) Strategy Manager
ExxonMobil Corp

Seth Taylor
Digital Twin Product Manager, Asset Performance and Reliability
Chevron

Rajeev Sinha
Chief IT Enterprise Architect
Pacific Gas and Electric Co

Konrad Konarski
Chairperson
AI Applied Consortium

Anil Godumagadda
Vice President of Digital Solutions
Patterson-UTI Energy Inc

Rogers Whittle
Senior Manager of Digital Operations
RWE

Richard Mora
Lead Industrial Network Engineer
Chevron

Christopher Petricko
Product Manager - Digital Innovation & Commercialization
Chevron, Corp.

Shirley Ike
Global Director, Data Management
John Wood Group PLC

Hollie Breeden
Continuous Improvement Manager
EDF Power Solutions

Ziad Habayeb
Principal Radio Networks Engineer
Chevron, Corp.

Griselda Baca
Director of Skills and Competency Transformation
TechnipFMC

Roy Crank
Service Delivery Coordinator
Baker Hughes

Ron Norris
Innovation & Transformation Leader | AI Visionary | Business Growth Strategist
Advanced Innovation Management

Kathryn Underhill
CTV Digital Scout / Project Manager
Chevron

Rhiannon Sanchez
Director, Document Solutions and Data Governance
LCRA

Michael Muilenburg
Founder
Muilenburg Manufacturing Consulting LLC

Mathias Klinkby
Senior Performance Specialist
Noble

Maya Menon
Sr. Mgr - Asset and Data Strategy
SoCalGas

Jonathan Vincent
Regional Maintenance Manager
Omya

Lourdes Reyes
Director, Digital Transformation
Wood plc

Srinivasan Vanchinathan
Director, Refining Digital Operations
Phillips 66

Katelyn DuBois
Innovation Architect
Dow Inc

Shiva Narayana
Lead Solutions Architect , Consultant
BP

Mike Carroll
Research Fellow
LNS Research

Vida Gholami
Data Management & Analytics Manager – Asset Management
SoCalGas

Kashif Mian
Lead, AI & Data Governance
CenterPoint Energy, Inc

Lisa Cruz
Director, IT Applications
Apache Corporation

Jean-Patrick Ceant
HR Manager
Marathon Oil

Grant Ecker
Chief Enterprise Architect
Ecolab

Lisa Williams
Senior Director Operations Talent Strategy and Employee Experience
Dow

Joanna Cooper
General Manager
Daimler Truck

Reynaldo Gonzalez
Principal Cybersecurity Architect
Cummins Inc.

Bikram Sharda
Business Intelligence & Productivity Director
Dow Chemical Company

Mark Prosser
Industrial Mobility Product Manager
ExxonMobil

Anne Emberson
Area Vice President Digital
Ecolab

Sreedevi Gundamaraju
Manager IT Data Strategy & Governance
Oxy

Richard Jackson
Project Engineering Manager
Kuraray America Inc

Blake Gilson
Industrial Information Technology Cybersecurity Operations Manager
ExxonMobil

Philippe Daroux
Operations Technology Product Line Manager
Chevron

Andrea Hine
Former Connected Worker Product Owner
Suncor

Samuel Parra
NA Manufacturing Integration Lead
BASF

Ram Seetepalli
Director AI and Digital Solutions
Motiva Enterprises

Saqib Ghani
Head of Architecture- EA Leader Nuclear Technology and Partnerships
Utilities Leader

Jonathan Alexander
Global Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager
Albemarle

Stephan Blasilli
Head of Business Process Excellence
EDP Renewables North America

Garith Duncan
Digital Transformation Manager
SNF Holding Company

Scott Noulis
Senior Solution Engineer - Natural Resources
Esri

Sumant Mallavaram
Lead Account Manager Oil and Gas
Esri

Charles Evans
Principal Solution Consultant
Neptune Software

Andrew Christian
Senior Project Engineer
ATR Inc

Patrick Dunfey
Vice President, Marketing
ATR

Rick van Echtelt
Co-Founder & CEO
AG5

Ryan Myers
Product Owner
Kahuna Workforce Solutions

Julie Thyne
Global Improvement Director
Dow

Thomas Lee Young
CEO
Interface

Mason Friedberg
Director of Sales
Interface

Aaryan Mehta
CTO
Interface

Stephen Fendyke
Director of Solution Consulting
Cogna

Matthew Mott
Enterprise Account Executive
Zello

Michael Levy
Senior Vice President, Product Management
Appgate

Sundeep Ravande
Chief Executive Officer
Innovapptive

Jim Read
Former Global Learning & Competencies Center at ConocoPhillips
Uncharted Insights

James Hammonds
Principal AI Solutions Engineer
Microsoft

Blake Jones
Senior AI Solutions Engineer
Microsoft

Gabriel R. Burns
Senior Account Manager, Pipeline
Esri

Sandeep Chandran
Managing Director, Data & AI
Accenture

Todd Amy
Vice President Sales
Seeq Corporation

Vivek Massy
Industry Transformation Senior Director
Cognite

Dora Heimsoth
Business Architect
Flint Hills Resources

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