2026 Industrial Energy Technology Conference Advisory Committee
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David Claridge
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director of Energy Systems Laboratory, TAMU -

Carlos Gamarra
Vice President, Energy, Air, and IT
Houston Advanced Research Center -

Peter Garforth
Founder & Director
Lead Strategist – Energy and Emissions Planning at Garforth International -
Gary Gildert
Director, Industrial Engagement Program
Exec Dir, Ext Rels/Tech Trans
UofH Energy -

Kimberly Greer
Conference Assistant, Industrial Energy Technology Conference
Program Specialist II, Energy Systems Laboratory -

Dana Harmon
Executive Director, Industrial Energy Technology Conference
Principal, Juniper Advisory Group -
Bill Hicks
Sr Global Labor Relations Advisor, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering -
Moiz Husain
Former XOM -

Dave Lauterbach
Energy Engineering Expert, Industrial Energy Systems
Former Dupont -

Bruce Lung
Senior Technical Advisor, US Department of Energy -

Sharon Nolen
Nolen Energy Management -

Bryan Rasmussen
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Texas A&M University -

Jim Risko
Consultant, Author, Inventor, Presenter
Risko LLC -

Frank Roberto
Former XOM -
Jim Robinson
Principal Project Engineer, DES America/DES Canada -

Angela Rowell
Manager, Industrial Energy Technology Conference
Program Manager, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) -
Michael Stowe
Owner/Principal Engineer, Stowe & Sons PLLC -
Senthil Sundaramoorthy
R&D Staff Member, ORNL -
Tom Theising
President, Sustainable Energy Solutions -
Norm White
President, TLV Corporation -

Bahman Yazdani
Associate Director, Energy Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)