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Dr. Henry Lopez is a seasoned business executive, community leader and transformation expert with more than 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry. In 2019, Dr Lopez founded Inteleum, a highly specialized transformation firm, that aims to provide expertise and solutions to upstream and midstream companies in their transition process towards building more profitable, sustainable, efficient, and compliant organizations.

As a reputable petroleum engineer, Dr. Lopez’s work focused on unconventional and conventional reservoirs in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Previously, Henry spent five years with Pioneer Natural Resources where he successfully led the advancement of several operational and production enhancement programs. Prior to joining Pioneer, Henry spent eight years with Shell Upstream Americas providing technical support in production and hydraulic fracturing to Unconventional assets and coordinating R&D and new technology deployment projects.

Henry holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School Mines, a M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela.

Award-winning business executive, community leader, sustainability militant and disrupter, with vast experience in strategy development & execution,  certification, compliance, marketing and sustainability.

Ela is the Chief Strategy Officer of Inteleum, a highly specialized petroleum sustainability, strategy and engineering firm obsessed with helping clients meet and exceed their production, operation and financial goals. Ela has received numerous awards and recognition for her business success, including The Hispanic Owned Business Woman of the Year Award. In addition, Ela is a committed civic leader and philanthropist. Her work in supporting minority owned business has received a lot of recognition.

Ela graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics and received her MBA from Texas Wesleyan University in 2011. In addition, she completed post-graduate coursework in strategic planning at Harvard University and has an online teaching certificate from Penn State University.

Dr. Henry Lopez is a seasoned business executive, community leader and transformation expert with more than 20 years of experience in the Oil and Gas industry. In 2019, Dr Lopez founded Inteleum, a highly specialized transformation firm, that aims to provide expertise and solutions to upstream and midstream companies in their transition process towards building more profitable, sustainable, efficient, and compliant organizations.

As a reputable petroleum engineer, Dr. Lopez’s work focused on unconventional and conventional reservoirs in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Previously, Henry spent five years with Pioneer Natural Resources where he successfully led the advancement of several operational and production enhancement programs. Prior to joining Pioneer, Henry spent eight years with Shell Upstream Americas providing technical support in production and hydraulic fracturing to Unconventional assets and coordinating R&D and new technology deployment projects.

Henry holds a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School Mines, a M.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela.