Gabriel Cavados is a mechanical engineer, with an academic background in energy planning. His current PhD research is on how to create market mechanisms in order to contract flexibility in hydrothermal systems. He has worked for Wartsila since 2009 and is now part of the Growth & Development team in the Americas, based in Rio
David Millar leads Ascend Analytics consulting practice, providing utility clients with expertise in risk-based long-term resource planning, energy regulation, policy, strategy, economics, analytics, and decision analysis. Please describe yourself and your work. David: I lead Ascend Analytics’ resource planning practice. We work with utilities and other retail load serving entities to plan their energy supply Read more →
Mike Grim is an energy executive with over 40 years of experience with public power utilities, investor-owned utilities, state legislatures, local, state and federal regulatory agencies, lobbyists, and a joint energy action agency. His chief expertise is in project management, strategic planning, operations, energy portfolio management and trading, sustainability, external affairs, and business/economic development. Question: Read more →
Alejandro Alle is currently a Managing Director at The Network Company in El Salvador with more than 35 years experience in energy. He is a mechanical engineer with a career that started with a specialization in nuclear engineering scholarship at the Argentine National Board of Atomic Energy in 1987. Since then, Alejandro has worked as the General Manager at Puma El Salvador (Trafigura), co-founded Quantum Energy and was Executive Director of Energía del Pacífico. Read more →
Leonardo Beltran is a non-resident fellow at the Institute of the Americas, an executive fellow of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and is serving on the Board of Sustainable Energy for All. Read more →
Silvia Alvarado de Córdova has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector in her country, Guatemala, and in Central America and the Caribbean, holding positions in both the public and private sectors and in international cooperation. Read more →
Silvia Alvarado de Córdova tiene más de 30 años de experiencia en el sector energía de su país, Guatemala, y de América Central y el Caribe, desempeñando funciones tanto en posiciones del sector público como en el sector privado y de cooperación internacional. Read more →
Damonte tiene más de 20 años de experiencia como consultor de servicios públicos principalmente en América Latina, pero también ha participado en proyectos de regulación de servicios públicos en América, Europa, África y Oceanía. Read more →
Damonte has more than 20 years of experience as a public services consultant mainly in Latin America, but he has also participated in public service regulation projects in America, Europe, Africa and Oceania. Read more →
Santiago Barcón es CEO de PQBarcon y Energía Hoy. Es emprendedor, asesor y escritor con título en ingeniería eléctrica de la Universidad Iberoamericana. Síguelo en Twitter: @sbarconenergia. Read more →
Santiago Barcón is CEO of PQBarcon and Energía Hoy (Energy Today). He’s an entrepreneur, advisor and writer with a degree in electrical engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana. Follow him on Twitter: @sbarconenergia. Read more →
Ricardo González Romero is a General Manager at Anabática Renovables in Santiago, Chile. He’s a subject matter expert on renewable energy serving in several different roles in the energy sector. He is also a guest professor at three different universities throughout the Latin American region. Question: Please describe yourself and your work. Ricardo: I am Read more →
Dr. Jacob Klimstra is a researcher and engineer with over 50 years of experience in energy, power plants and economic research and currently offers consultation expertise regarding energy, co-generation and engine technology. Read more →
