Philip Black is the Product Marketing Director for Wood Group’s Advanced Applications group. His focus is on providing technology solutions to global industry. He is responsible for ensuring the products and service lines match what the market is demanding. He has over 15 years of diverse experience in environmental consulting, software development, and operational intelligence. In previous roles at Wood Group, helped develop the company’s ENVision environmental analytics software suite as well as implement the software internationally. He has served as an industry voice on the subjects of air quality and climate change. He has been quoted in the media, authored numerous articles, and presented to both petrochemical and power generation audiences. Mr. Black holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas and is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.

Matt Buck is a Senior Technical Leader in the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI’s) fossil generation Operations and Maintenance (O&M) research group. This R&D includes the Operations Management and Technology program (Program 108), Maintenance Management and Technology program (Program 69), and Instrumentation, Controls and Automation program (Program 68).

Buck’s research focus areas include O&M performance assessments, configuration management, equipment reliability, changing power plant mission profiles, and the digital worker concept.

He joined EPRI in 2015 with more than 16 years of operational experience in the power industry. He has served at the plant level as a control room operator, special projects coordinator, shift supervisor, and operations manager. At the corporate level, he worked as senior program manager for operations at multiple coal- and gas-fired generation sites.

Buck has an associate’s degree in hazardous materials management from Chattanooga State Technical Community College. He also has served as a field artillery fire support specialist in the U.S. Army and Tennessee Army National Guard.

Dr. Stefan Bungart is the Global Head of Digitalization for Siemens Power Generation Services, leading product & market strategy, partnerships, channel development, and customer projects.

Prior to joining Siemens Mr. Bungart led CISCO’s European Internet of Things Business Development for Manufacturing Industries, growing CISCO’s product & services revenues, and developing new capabilities for manufacturing customers.

He also led General Electric’s Industrial Internet initiative in Europe, working with both GE businesses and customers, creating new services & data applications. Prior to GE he held the position of Senior Vice President with Deutsche Telekom in Germany, leading initiatives to build new services in Energy, Healthcare and Automotive, outside the traditional areas of landline and mobile communications.

Before joining Deutsche Telekom Stefan Bungart worked for IBM. He held various leadership roles in Marketing and Sales, most recently working as Marketing Manager for Europe and Innovation Leader for Germany. Stefan Bungart holds a PhD in Business Studies from Coventry University. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and the Institute for Transport and Logistics in the UK. He lived and worked in the US, UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Mr. Bungart is married and lives in Orlando, Florida.

Mark Carrigan directs the ongoing operations of the company. During his tenure at PAS, Mark has held a variety of positions including Senior Vice President of Technology, Managing Director for the Middle East, and Americas Sales Manager. An industry veteran, Mark brings experience in international business, engineering, sales, and technical consulting in the chemicals industry. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Carter has over 30 years of electric utility experience, including expertise gained through a variety of positions at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, a two-unit Westinghouse pressurized water reactor located near Glen Rose, Texas where he was a licensed Senior Reactor Operator.

At Comanche Peak, Mr. Carter led the deployment of the world’s largest wireless industrial infrastructure supporting voice communications, mobile computing, and equipment condition monitoring. Carter was the original architect of Luminant’s Power Optimization Center located in Dallas. Today, the POC is recognized across the industry as the gold standard for delivering real-time monitoring and diagnostics services to both nuclear and fossil generating facilities.

Mr. Carter holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University, a Master of Science degree in Engineering Technology from the University of North Texas and a Master of Business Administration from Texas Christian University.

He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas.