Instructors

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  Bob Fryklund Vice President and Chief Strategist Upstream Energy | S&P Global Commodity Insights See Bio

  

  Bob Fryklund

  Vice President and Chief Strategist Upstream Energy | S&P Global Commodity Insights

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  Bob Fryklund is the Chief Upstream Strategist at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Bob has over 40 years of experience working for majors, independents, and consultancies, with more than half of that in executive leadership roles. He focuses on advising companies, boards and leadership teams on areas that lead to high impact value creation – portfolio’s , IPO’s, restructuring, M&A.

  He is globally recognized expert on Upstream and won the AAPG Presidents award for his Thought Leadership. A frequent keynote speaker for both public and private events, he is also a well known moderator and media source.

  Bob gives back to the industry via mentoring women leaders and he also sits on multiple industry boards- ARPEL, AAPG CAB, AAPG Trustee Associate. He holds an AB in Geology from Hamilton College and resides in Houston, Texas.

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  Rodrigo Vaz Director Upstream Research | S&P Global Commodity Insights See Bio

  

  Rodrigo Vaz

  Director Upstream Research | S&P Global Commodity Insights

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  Rodrigo is currently Director of Latin America in the S&P Global Commodity Insights Upstream Research business. He has 22+ years of experience in the Energy Industry.

  Prior to joining S&P Global (f.k.a IHS Markit) in 2011, Rodrigo was Manager at Accenture Management Consulting responsible for BD and project management at the O&G business line for 8 years. Prior to Accenture, he worked on the Brazilian Nuclear Quality Institute (IBQN) for 4 years, responsible for consulting projects and quality auditing at Nuclear Energy sector in Brazil.

  Rodrigo holds a graduation degree in Civil / Industrial Engineering from the PUC-RJ University, an MBA in Management from FGV-RJ University and a Post-Graduation in Energy Industry Economics from COPPEAD/UFRJ University. His background also includes international certifications from PMI and APICS institutes

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  Felipe Perez Director y Estratega de Energía Midstream & Downstream para América | S&P Global Commodity Insights

  

  Felipe Perez

  Director y Estratega de Energía Midstream & Downstream para América | S&P Global Commodity Insights

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  David Crisostomo Director Latin America Gas & Power | S&P Global Commodity Insights See Bio

  

  David Crisostomo

  Director Latin America Gas & Power | S&P Global Commodity Insights

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  David Crisostomo is a Director for the Latin America Climate and Sustainability team at S&P Global Commodity Insights.

  He is an expert in the Mexican gas and power markets with prior experience in Andean power markets as well. His research and analysis include gas and electricity market fundamentals, modelling, regulatory framework analysis and implications for business opportunities. Mr. Crisostomo’s research has included natural gas transportation studies, distributed power potential in Mexico and Latin America, power generation and transmission investment opportunities, asset valuations, and the analysis of operational and investment strategies for utilities, financial institutions and other market participants.

  Before joining IHS Markit (S&P Global Commodity Insights) in 2011, he was at Iberdrola Spain, where he developed a power dispatch tool for the Spanish market, and prior to Iberdrola, he worked at ABB.

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  Marcela Rosas Director for the Latin America Gas, Power and Climate Solutions practice | S&P Global Commodity Insights See Bio

  

  Marcela Rosas

  Director for the Latin America Gas, Power and Climate Solutions practice | S&P Global Commodity Insights

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  Marcela Rosas is a Director for the Latin America Gas, Power and Climate Solutions practice. She is an expert in fundamental analysis and outlooks for the largest natural gas markets in the Americas, including scenario development. Her experience includes running gas simulation models that provide balanced market projections for gas demand, pipeline flows (and prices in the case of the United States and Canada). She has covered the North American gas markets, and currently covers the Andean Region and Southern Cone markets.

  Ms. Rosas has contributed regularly to service reports for Global gas and LNG services, to consulting projects and studies. Her research has included reports on the drivers of natural gas price volatility and fundamentals, on LNG arbitrage between markets in the Pacific and the Atlantic Basins, on North American LNG exports, on the effect of global gas prices on different markets, and more recently on the potential for Argentina gas to reach Brazil.

  Ms. Rosas’ past professional experience includes project logistics, bidding, and sales for the pipeline inspection industry. She holds a BA from Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology and an MS from the Colorado School of Mines and the French Petroleum Institute

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  Emanuel Simon Director of the Latin America Power and Renewables | S&P Global Commodity Insights See Bio

  

  Emanuel Simon

  Director of the Latin America Power and Renewables | S&P Global Commodity Insights

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  Emanuel Simon is a Director of the Latin America Power and Renewables team at S&P Global Commodity Insights. He has more than 15 years of experience in energy markets in Latin America, with roles spanning from lead project engineer to market advisor in the power sector. Prior to joining S&P Global, Simon was with Siemens, where he worked with engineering design for the power sector, the oil and gas industry, and energy efficiency projects. He also held a position as a business development engineer, responsible for pursuing new business initiatives across the company’s portfolio of products and services. Simon holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Federal University of Santa Catarina, has completed postgraduate studies in engineering at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and holds a Master of Science from UFRJ.