Sponsorships: An Inventor's Journey

John is a broad-thinking and highly curious energy industry innovator who has dedicated more than 30 years to tackling some of the most difficult and challenging E&P and business and technology challenges with Mobil/ExxonMobil, Schlumberger and Southwestern Energy. Lately, he devotes his personal energy to mentoring and advising energy startups, particularly those solving energy transition challenges, and recently joined Revolution Turbine Technologies, a clean energy startup, as Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer. John is a geologist with degrees from Dartmouth College and Rice University.

Hossam is a Managing Director and Technology Partner at SCF and has been with the firm since 2018. He leads the firm’s SCF Venture portfolio, including deal evaluation and execution of new investment opportunities and works with SCF portfolio companies on energy technology deals and technology strategy. Before joining SCF, Hossam founded O&G Technologies; a Houston-based technology incubator. He has over 29 years of experience in the energy sector, technology development, and commercialization. Hossam has served as Senior Operating Partner at Lime Rock Partners and as CEO of Tercel Oilfield Products, which was successfully sold in May 2016. Earlier, Hossam spent 17 years at Schlumberger, serving as Vice President of Manufacturing and managing the company’s leading-edge Rosharon Technology Center and the Houston Product Center. Hossam received an MBA and Masters in Engineering from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s degree from Ain Shams University, Egypt.

SUDHENDU (KASH) KASHIKAR is the former CEO of Reveal Energy Services. He has more than 25 years’ experience in solving technology and business challenges. Before joining Reveal in October 2016, Mr. Kashikar served as Vice President at MicroSeismic, and SILIXA supervising the commercialization of new technology. During 20 years at Schlumberger, Mr. Kashikar had leading technology, operations, and business development roles. Holding several patents, he earned a MS in petroleum engineering from the University of Oklahoma.