2021 SPEAKER SERIES

Innovation Ahead: Advanced Energy & Carbon Emissions Reduction

Monday, October 18, 2021

Cutting-edge products & technologies being developed now will be mainstream in the future. From CO2 capture to portable batteries for consumer electronic charging capability, presenters will highlight innovative technologies as well as the resources and investment necessary to move them through the “valley of death” to the marketplace in the future.

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MODERATOR

Kevin Brown

Senior Partner
Hobbs & Towne, Inc.

Kevin Brown

Senior Partner
Hobbs & Towne, Inc.

An expert in executive search, Kevin has the unique perspective of having worked with some of the best-known companies in the world, including Pfizer, NRG, Johnson & Johnson, BP, FMC Corporation, and Saudi Aramco while simultaneously working with very early stage disruptive ESG startups. He has 25+ years of executive search experience in a variety of industries including Energy, Petrochemicals, Advanced Materials, Industrial Manufacturing, Food, Ag/Bio, Pharmaceuticals and Technology where he has worked on a variety of leadership searches with Fortune 100 and startup clients, as well as venture capital and private equity firms. Kevin splits his time between Hobbs & Towne’s Philadelphia headquarters and its Houston location, where he has been expanding the firm’s footprint.

Passionate about the industry, Kevin is Founder and Chairman of the Cleantech Alliance of the Mid-Atlantic (CAMA) and an Advisory Council Member for the Maryland Clean Energy Center.

A product of Drexel University’s Mechanical Engineering program, Kevin is a competitive mountain biker and competed in the Leadville 100 MTB race in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019. A mediocre cyclist, golfer and wakeboarder, he loves muscle cars and motorcycles. A father of three, Kevin and his family love to travel and explore new destinations.

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PANELISTS

Dave Buemi

Executive Vice President, Business Development
Energy Materials Corporation

Dave Buemi

Executive Vice President, Business Development
Energy Materials Corporation

Dave Buemi has 24-years of solar energy industry experience and a broad corporate and business development background across the end-to-end supply chain. He entered the solar industry to contribute to innovative solutions for solving dire planetary resource and environmental challenges after reading the landmark publication, Limits to Growth.

In his current position as Executive Vice President, Business Development with Energy Materials Corporation (EMC), Dave leads the company’s partnership development and sales and marketing and product development, where he is focused on rapidly establishing EMC’s disruptive solar panel product validity in this new era of hyper solar sector growth. A sampling of other positions prior to EMC, Dave was Vice President Business Development with solar developer Empower Energies, LLC., Vice President Business Development with global EPC subsidiary, Gehrlicher Solar Americas, Inc. (M+W Energy) and Senior Director Business Development with American solar panel manufacturer, Suniva, Inc. He also has extensive entrepreneurial experience including solar thin-film pioneer Daystar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: DSTI) and solar tri-generation developer, BrightPhase Energy, Inc.

Dave is an avid waterman enjoying high performance sailing, paddling and rowing on the Chesapeake Bay. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife, Amy Steindler, where they continue to design their lifestyle for resilience to a rapidly changing and unpredictable climate.

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Anton Cohen

Partner - Renewable Energy Industry Leader
CohnReznick

Anton Cohen, CPA

Partner - Renewable Energy Industry Leader
CohnReznick

Anton Cohen, CPA, is a partner with CohnReznick and serves as the National Director of the Firm’s Renewable Energy Industry Practice. He has more than 20 years of experience servicing closely held and publicly traded clients in a variety of industries, including energy, corporate and public tax credit funds, technology, distribution, and manufacturing. He is experienced in private and public equity and debt offerings, capital structuring, and general business management. Anton’s audit, tax, and business advisory services cover a wide spectrum of clients from start-up entrepreneurs to multinational corporations.

Anton is responsible for planning and supervising all aspects of a variety of engagements, which range from audit, tax, and accounting services to strategic and operational issue identification and resolution. Anton has also assisted clients with the conversion of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and has prepared financial statements under IFRS.

For the past eight years, Anton has been solely focused on building the Firm’s Renewable Energy Industry Practice. His experience in renewables spans a wide range of technologies, including solar, wind, and biomass. He currently audits energy companies, funds and projects, providing both GAAP and IFRS consulting. Anton has also been advising renewable energy companies on the accounting impact from various complex tax equity structures including partnership flips, sales lease and numerous other structures.

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Carim Khouzami

CEO
Baltimore Gas and Electric

Carim Khouzami

CEO
Baltimore Gas and Electric

Carim V. Khouzami is the chief executive officer of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), the nation's first gas utility. Khouzami oversees safety, reliability, customer service, financial performance and BGE’s commitment to creating an inclusive culture. He is a member of BGE's Board of Directors and the executive committee of BGE's parent company, Exelon.

Khouzami serves on the board of directors and serves on the executive committee for the Port Discovery Children’s Museum. He is also on the board of trustees for Johns Hopkins Hospital; the board of directors for Bridges Baltimore and the board of directors for the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore.

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Thomas Koeppe

Head of Business Development and Innovation
Siemens Energy

Thomas Koeppe

Head of Business Development and Innovation
Siemens Energy

Thomas Koeppe – is responsible for Business Development and Innovation at Siemens Energy. In this role he is responsible for driving the development of new business strategies as part of the energy industry’s transition. Thomas has over 17 years of experience in the energy industry, including the development of the SGT-9000HL product line with key responsibilities for the modularization strategy, Product Architecture, Hydrogen and Portfolio Business Development. He has also worked in Mods & Ups development for SGT5-2000E and W501D5/D5A Si3D upgrades and has led the W-Frame Service Frame Modeling Team. Thomas is also active in decarbonization initiatives by co-organizing the Hydrogen Visioning and Best Practices Series and serving in the Board of Directors for the Southeast Hydrogen Energy Alliance. He holds a BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

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Carol Lane

Government Relations
X-energy

Carol Lane

Government Relations
X-energy

Carol Lane leads government relations for X-energy, working with Congress and the executive branch to advance X-energy’s overall business goals. Before joining X-energy in 2015, Carol was Vice President of Washington Operations and Vice President of Civil and Commercial Space for Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Corp.

Ms. Lane has more than 20 years of experience in government and private sector working on energy, civilian space, and national security policy. Prior to Ball Aerospace, she worked for Lockheed Martin and TRW (Northrop Grumman) in both business and policy roles. Her legislative branch experience includes serving as staff director for the Science, Technology and Space Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and as a staff member on the Senate Budget Committee. Carol served as a presidential appointee in the Reagan administration as the Director of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation in the US Department of Transportation.

Carol is a graduate of George Washington University. She served as the President of the American Astronautical Society (AAS), for the past four years, and is former Chairman of the Board for Women in Aerospace, and a mentor for the Brooke Owens Foundation.

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