Greg Zoeller
VP External Affairs，Wabash Valley Resources LLC
Mr. Zoeller plays a key role in building partnerships at local, state, national, and international levels. He has served as Chairman of the World Trade Center Indianapolis since 2017, where he connects Indiana leaders with the World Trade Centers Association. Previously, he was the Attorney General of Indiana from 2009 to 2017.Greg’s background includes working in the U.S. Senate and White House with Senator and then Vice President Dan Quayle. He has over a decade of experience in private practice, providing legal and strategic counsel to national and international companies, and leading World Trade Center initiatives. Greg earned his law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and has been an adjunct professor at I.U. McKinney School of Law.
PANEL 2 – Energy Decarbonization Solutions – GBAMC 2024
Moderator – John Norton, Great Lake Authority
Panelists
- Mike Peters, Member and Team Principal, IQ4H2
- Cory Kreutzer, Member and Technical Director, IQ4H2
- Savanna Speciale, Principal, Carbon Solutions, LLC
- Greg Zoeller, VP External Affairs, Wabash Valley Resources LLC
This panel will explore innovative solutions for energy decarbonization, focusing on transitioning to cleaner energy sources, improving efficiency, and reducing carbon emissions. Key topics include the repurposing of existing pipelines for faster, safer, and more cost-effective infrastructure adaptation, and the role of asset management in modernizing both underground and above-ground systems like pipelines and grids. Additionally, we will delve into the Health and Risk Monitoring System for Buried Asset Management, which plays a crucial role in ensuring the longevity and safety of critical infrastructure, while minimizing environmental impact. The panel will also discuss cross-industry collaboration and long-term sustainability, addressing how sectors can work together to support a low-carbon future. Challenges such as opposition to combustion-based solutions will also be addressed.
Mike Peters, Member and Team Principal. IQ4H2
Mike is a Member and Team Principal at IQ4H2. He is a leading subject matter expert (SME) in hydrogen systems integration, safety, and optimization. At IQ4H2 he leads tasks related to quality assurance, data management, safety, test programs, and product compliance for BrainDrip’s Innervated Tubular Composite (ITC). In his previous role, he worked for over a decade as an applied researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). While at NREL, he gained expertise on projects from hydrogen production to end-use and everything in-between. His previous roles have led to numerous advances of hydrogen technologies including demonstrating electrolyzers as distributed energy resources (DERs) within the grid, leading a medium-/heavy-duty modeling and hardware test program for Class 8 trucks, and leading a 30+ partner hydrogen blending project for the U.S. Department of Energy. Mike and his IQ4H2 team will be exponentially extending BrainDrip’s market lead as designers, engineers, developers, and implementors of innovative products for the safe and effectual distribution and storage of highly compressed hydrogen.
Cory Kreutzer, Member and Technical Director. IQ4H2
Cory Kreutzer is a member and technical director for IQ4H2, a subsidiary of Braindrip, llc. Cory is a subject matter expert (SME) in hydrogen systems integration and has diverse background in mechanical engineering, chemistry, computational science, and business. Cory has an extensive history in applied research and development on energy systems including system design, safety assessment, product development and optimization, and control system design, with an emphasis on renewable energy systems. His role at IQ4H2 is focused on safety, optimization, and acceleration of hydrogen systems with an emphasis on the advancement of Braindrip’s novel composite pipeline technology. This includes the incorporation and advancement of pipeline health monitoring through advanced sensor systems. Prior to working at IQ4H2, Cory worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a group manager and research engineer for the hydrogen infrastructure team. Prior to that, he worked professionally on a range of topics including electric vehicle climate control technologies, biomass cookstove development and manufacturing, and natural gas internal combustion engine performance. Cory holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from the Colorado School of Mines and masters degree in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University.
Savanna Speciale, Principal. Carbon Solutions, LLC
Savanna Speciale is an expert at managing commodity origination and cross-trade finance transactions across the supply chain for refined products, crude oil, hydrogen, hydrogen vectors, CCUS, RNG, waste circularity and decarbonization solutions. Savanna has over 13 years of experience in trading, operations, analytics, risk management, structured transactions and origination across energy markets at industry majors. Early career highlights include building supply chain logistics and trading at Motiva, the largest refinery in the United States for jet fuel and later crude oil. More recently, Savanna worked at bp as Director of Low Carbon and Cross-Commodity Origination identified project development and partnership opportunities to acquire assets, originate supply and offtake opportunities, and pilots within hard-to-abate sectors, utilities, and the maritime industry seeking to decarbonize. Savanna is currently the Principal of Carbon Solutions, LLC, where she works to bridge commercial gaps between traditional oil and gas and decarbonization in the evolving energy landscape.
Savanna holds a Bachelor of Management in Legal Studies and Finance and Master of Energy Trading and Finance from Tulane University and her career spans roles at ConocoPhillips, Motiva Enterprises,bp and Gasology.
Greg Zoeller
VP External Affairs，Wabash Valley Resources LLC
Mr. Zoeller plays a key role in building partnerships at local, state, national, and international levels. He has served as Chairman of the World Trade Center Indianapolis since 2017, where he connects Indiana leaders with the World Trade Centers Association. Previously, he was the Attorney General of Indiana from 2009 to 2017.Greg’s background includes working in the U.S. Senate and White House with Senator and then Vice President Dan Quayle. He has over a decade of experience in private practice, providing legal and strategic counsel to national and international companies, and leading World Trade Center initiatives. Greg earned his law degree from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and has been an adjunct professor at I.U. McKinney School of Law.
