Date: Thursday, January
Time: : - 00:00 CEST
Speaker
James SPAETH
Independent Consultant, Former US DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office, USA
Biography
Jim has over 40 years of engineering, project management, business development and government affairs experience in the private sector and federal government. Jim served as the U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office - System Development and Integration Program Manager for the last 12 years. In this role, Jim led the Bioenergy Program's deployment and coalition development strategy for sustainable aviation fuels. His portfolio included the DOE investments in integrated biorefinery projects focused on advanced biofuels and bioproducts including sustainable aviation, marine and other heavy-duty biofuel applications. Jim also led the DOE Bioenergy international engagement activities, including serving as the Chair of the Biofuture Clean Energy Ministerial Initiative for the last four years, and also completed a 3-year term as the Chairperson of the IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Program. Since 1994 Jim has served in various roles at DOE including: Senior Advisor for the Pacific Region; Director for the Office of Commercialization & Project Management; and Biomass and Renewable Technologies Program Team Manager. Jim also served as a Legislative Fellow for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Prior to joining DOE, Jim worked for over 10 years in the aerospace industry in engineering and business development positions with McDonnell Douglas and Boeing. Jim earned a BS with honors in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA at the University of Phoenix.
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