Boardroom Media (CEO News)
At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top San Francisco based CEO’ operating in the Oil and Gas space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Shannon Miller
CEO and Founder of Mainspring Energy
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About Mainspring Energy: Mainspring Energy is engineering advanced technology to revolutionize the way electricity is generated and delivered
Philip Mezey
CEO of Itron
Philip Mezey was appointed president and chief executive officer and named to Itron’s board of directors on January 1, 2013. Mezey has served the company in several capacities during his career at Itron, most recently as chief operating officer for Itron’s global Energy segment, with responsibility for the operations of Itron’s electricity and gas businesses around the world. He also previously served as senior vice president and chief operating officer — Itron North America, group vice president and general manager, as well as senior vice president for Software Solutions. Upon Itron’s acquisition of Silicon Energy in 2003, Mezey joined the company as managing director of Software Development for Itron’s Energy Management Solutions group. Prior to joining Silicon Energy in 2000 as vice president, Software Development, Mezey was a founding member and served 12 years with Indus, a provider of integrated asset and customer management software. Mezey earned his BA degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Itron: Itron is a technology company that offers products and services on energy and water resource management.
Rob McGinnis
Founder and CEO of Prometheus
Founder of Nagare Membranes.
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About Nagare Water, Prometheus: Prometheus is an oil and gas company.
John P. Joseph
CEO | Founder of Ondaka
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About Alchemist Accelerator, Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), Ondaka: Ondaka makes Industrial Knowledge Accessible for critical infrastructure & heavy industry.
Sanjiv Patel
Founder & CEO of National Petroleum
Sanjiv has been a serial entrepreneur, who has started several companies in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Publishing, Semiconductor, Internet and Petroleum. His varied background from different industries gives him a unique perspective to see existing businesses and identify their hidden potential. This expertise has helped him put his company as one of the fastest growing companies in America for five years in a row in an industry that has been stagnant during this time. He is a big proponent of entrepreneurship and small businesses. He is passionate about helping small business owners. Sanjiv holds Masters Degree in Computer Engineering from USC.
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About National Petroleum: National Petroleum provides gasoline products to independent service stations.
John Boesel
President and CEO of CALSTART
John Boesel is the President and CEO of CALSTART, a national organization with more than 175 member companies that is dedicated to the growth of the clean transportation technology industry. John joined the organization as Vice President and was promoted to his current position in 2001. Prior to joining CALSTART, John worked as a legislative aide, focusing on environmental and energy policy, in the California State Assembly as well as being a commercial banker for Wells Fargo. In 1987, John taught English to graduate students at the Yunnan Institute of Technology in Kunming. John has an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Davis. He currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center at Stanford University and a member of the California Plug-in Electric Vehicle Collaborative.
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About CALSTART: CALSTART is dedicated to the growth of a clean transportation technologies industry that will Clean the air.
Chris Gnanokone
Founder & CEO of Nube
Chris comes from a background spanning more than two decades in Information Technology. Avidly enthusiastic in the development that encompasses cloud, mobile and more recently IOT (Internet of Things) strategy and execution. Entrepreneur & Investor, over 16 years. Chris has founded and co-founded 4 technology startups, two being mobile applications. Investor and Ambassador at Boomtown Boulder, CO – a technology start up accelerator / incubator. Mentor to entrepreneurs and startups at Boomtown Boulder and The Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at Colorado University, Boulder, CO – Leeds School of Business. Currently, Founder & CEO of Nube – an IoT (Intelligence of Things) startup to revolutionize the LP Gas industry in Latin American markets (LATM). Founder & Chief Development Officer of One Sri Lanka Foundation, a non-profit participating / funding the vision to free Sri Lanka of land mines (2020) in partnership with HALO Trust. In addition, the foundation provides micro credit loans to women entrepreneurs for home based small businesses. Chris is passionate about supporting education and health related programs using technology as a vehicle for under privileged children. He currently supports There With Care, Boulder, CO, a charity that assist families with children that have a terminal illness, “Tamaujé Iwigara” a rarámuri indigenous school in the state of Chihuahua and “Sueños y Esperanzas” (Hopes and Dreams) – an orphanage in Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.
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About Nube: Nube gives you full control and comfort, so you never run out of gas.
Brian Curtis
CEO and Founder of Concentric Power Inc
Brian currently works as CEO and Founder at Concentric Power.
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About Concentric Power Inc: Concentric Power creates sustainable infrastructure and energy independence for companies in critical industries.
