Dev GAVASKAR

Seasoned and proven business executive, with 18+ years' experience in the field of technology development, technical and commercial due-diligence, venture investing and business development & commercialization. Proven delivery of business and commercial results in clean energy, decarbonization and sustainability space with a proven track- record of: (I) identifying innovative & disruptive technologies, with the potential to transform, expand and lead global industries; (II) technology development and commercialization; (III) commercial, strategy, business and market development and (IV) techno-commercial due diligence via techno-economics, market analyses and identification of commercial & business opportunities.

Organizational Leadership, Business Development and Commercial/Strategy Expertise, Technology Evaluation and Acquisition

• Balanced strategic and tactical mindset providing versatile and situational leadership; driven by data including thorough understanding of techno-economics of businesses.
• Market and Business Development with focus on commercial strategy for business growth in domestic and international geographies. Business, commercial, marketing and sales acumen - driving competitive growth through proactive relationship building and pursuit of business opportunities.
• Providing vision, strategy and direction to organizations in both stable and turn-around environments. Adaptive, proactive and entrepreneurial business executive; savvy to industry trends, practices and market demands.
• Technical and Commercial due diligence for technologies and projects - in the fields of clean energy, green hydrogen, carbon capture & utilization.
• Business, marketing and commercial acumen, driving competitive growth through proactive relationship building, identification and pursuit of business opportunities.
• Building, mentoring and growing high-functioning teams to achieve objectives and targets.
• Broad understanding of global energy markets and macroeconomic trends

• Dry Regenerable Metal Oxide Sorbents for SO2 Removal from Flue Gases. 1. Development and Evaluation of Copper Oxide Sorbents, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2006
• Dry Regenerable Metal Oxide Sorbents for SO2 Removal from Flue Gases 2. Modeling of the Sulfation Reaction Involving Copper Oxide Sorbents, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007
• Dry Regenerable Metal Oxide Sorbents for SO2 Removal from Flue Gases. 3. Long Term Durability, Ind. Eng. Chem Res. 2008
• Dry Regenerable CuO/γ-Al2O3 Catalyst for Simultaneous Removal of SOx and NOx from Flue gas, Applied Catalysis B, 2006

• "Methods of Refining Natural Oils and Methods of Producing Fuel Compositions", United States 9,175,231, Issued November 3, 2015
• "Methods for Suppressing Isomerization of Olefin Metathesis Products", United States US9139493, Issued September 22, 2015
• "Process and Apparatus for Improving the Operation of Wet Scrubbers", United States 9,289,721, Issued March 22, 2016
• "Ash Compositions Recovered from Coal Combustion Gases having Reduced Emissions of HCI and/or Mercury", United States 9,399,597, Issued July 26, 2016
• "Processes, apparatus, compositions and systems for reducing emissions of HCI and/or sulfur oxides", United States 9,393,518, Issued July 19, 2016