Building an Agile, Resilient and Connected Workforce

March 23 - 25, 2026 | The Westin Galleria Houston, Texas

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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

Darwin Jebha
Vice President IT
Thermon Inc

Industry Expert Speakers

Brent Railey
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

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

Deepak Sachdeva
Chief Information Officer
United States Air Force

Bemi Anjous
CISO
Noble Corporation

Rogers Whittle
Senior Manager of Digital Operations
RWE

Mark Sternberger
Chief Enterprise Architect, Cybersecurity and Operational Technologies
Pacific Gas and Electric

Luis A Niño
Digital Manager, Technology Ventures and Innovation
CHEVRON

Rhiannon Sanchez
Director, Document Solutions and Data Governance
LCRA

Josh Viets
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Expand Energy

Mathias Klinkby
Senior Performance Specialist
Noble

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

Holly Frankenfield
Director - Land Administration
Vital Energy

Soma Venkat
SVP & Chief Information Technology Officer
Cooper Standard

Nav Chawla
Head of Digital
AdvanSix Inc

Maya Menon
Asset and Data Strategy Manager
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

Gary Dunbar
Head of Business Transformation
Signal Energy

Shiva Narayana
Lead Solutions Architect , Consultant
BP

Mike Carroll
Research Fellow
LNS Research

Noorddin Taj
Digital Strategy, Innovation and Architecture
BP

Vida Gholami
Data Management & Analytics Manager – Asset Management
SoCalGas

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

Kang Chen
Chief Information Officer
Aethon

Lisa Cruz
Director, IT Applications
Apache Corporation

Jean-Patrick Ceant
HR Manager
Marathon Oil

Rajeev Sinha
Chief IT Enterprise Architect
Pacific Gas and Electric Co

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

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

Mark Prosser
Industrial Mobility Product Manager
ExxonMobil

Sreedevi Gundamaraju
Manager IT Data Strategy & Governance
Oxy

Durgesh Kalya
Baytown Cybersecurity Officer (CySO), OT Security Network Expert.
Covestro

Richard Jackson
Project Engineering Manager
Kuraray America Inc

Jordan H Wells
Senior Analyst
Toyota North America

Grant Ecker
Chief Enterprise Architect
Ecolab

Blake Gilson
Industrial information Technology cyber security operations manager
ExxonMobil

Anne Emberson
Area Vice President Digital
Ecolab

Philippe Daroux
Operations Technology Product Line Manager
Chevron

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

Andrea Hine
Energy Professional
Energy Company

Samuel Parra
NA Manufacturing Integration Lead
BASF

Ram Seetepalli
Ai, Digital Enablement Director, Data Analytics
Motiva Enterprises

Saqib Ghani
Head of Architecture- EA Leader Nuclear Technology and Partnerships
NextEra Energy, Inc.

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

Explore more, including session such as:

Masterclass
Managing CW Investment: Navigating Innovation and Avoiding Tech Debt

AI is evolving faster than even its creators anticipated, and energy leaders face a critical challenge: how to invest wisely in AI today without falling behind tomorrow. This masterclass will unpack the strategic and architectural decisions that determine long-term success.

Brent Railey, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical

Keynote Case Study
Scaling Intelligence: Data Integration, AI Adoption, and Workforce Engagement in Energy Operations

This session explores the digital transformation journey following a major energy sector merger, focusing on how integrated data architecture, AI-driven decision support, and strategic change management are reshaping operations.

Josh Viets, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Expand Energy

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Explore more key sessions from our speaker facaulty, including one more masterclass, a day of workshops and two days of case studies, panel discussions, networking and more inside the 2026 Event Guide.

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The thought leaders throughout our industry that attended the event are top notch! I met so many amazing people, learned what others are doing in our industry and had deep discussion on what the future looks like for our workers. I would highly recommend this event and look forward to attending again in the future”
Duke Energy

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