CommodityPoint Staff
Dr. Gary M. Vasey
Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D.
General Manager
Dr. Gary M. Vasey is an energy industry expert noted for his industry analysis, consulting, and marketing skills. Gary currently manages UtiliPoint's CommodityPoint Division from our office in the Czech Republic. With over 27-years experience in the energy and utilities industry, Gary has experienced the industry's volatility as a geologist, consultant, software developer, analyst and marketing practitioner providing him with unique insights, not just into the entire energy value chain, but also into how to position, brand and deliver products and services to the industry. He is a noted expert on the energy trading, transaction and risk management software industry and an accomplished industry analyst and thought leader.
Gary has published more than 500 articles on energy and utility industry trends in a variety of publications, is a regular speaker at industry conferences and the co-author of the UtiliPoint expert series books ‘Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software - A Primer' and ‘Selecting and Implementing Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software - A Primer' . He also contributed two chapters to ‘The Professional Risk Managers‘ Guide to Energy and Environmental Markets' published by PRMIA and two chapters, co-written with Peter C. Fusaro, to ‘Weather, Energy and Environmental Hedging - An Introduction' (ICFAI University Press, 2007) edited by Amando F C Da Silva.
Gary is also the co-founder of the Energy Hedge Fund Center (www.energyhedgefunds.com) and the co-author of ‘Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds - The New Investment Paradigm' (Wiley, 2006) with Peter C. Fusaro and of many trade press articles on hedge funds in the energy industry. He and Mr. Fusaro are also the joint editors of EnergyHedge, an electronic newsletter published by the Energy Hedge Fund Center.
Gary holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Aston in Birmingham, England and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
Patrick Reames
Patrick Reames Vice President
Mr. Reames has more than 30 years of energy industry experience. He has a deep understanding, developed through hands-on experience and managerial oversight, of upstream and midstream oil and gas operations including exploration, production, gathering, gas plant operations and pipeline operations. Additionally, he has 5 years of energy commodity trading, transportation, and risk management experience with Hess Corp. (formally known as Amerada Hess), a Fortune 100 integrated energy marketing company. Over the last ten years, he has been focused primarily on information technology serving energy trading, marketing, and risk management. Prior to joining UtiliPoint 2 years ago, Patrick served as an executive for several technology companies (including TransEenrgy Management, Altra Energy, and TradeWell systems) providing products and services to gas and power marketing organizations. In these roles, his focus was on the creation and delivery of high value service products designed to ensure the successful implementation and on-going use of technology solutions.
Patrick is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events. He has published numerous articles in industry publications and contributes regularly to the UtiliPoint's Issue Alert series. Patrick maintains the ETRMCommunity blog and website (http://www.etrmcommunity.com) and is the co-author of the book “Selecting and Implementing Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software – A Primer”.
Patrick holds a B.S. in Business Administration – Finance from Oklahoma State University.
Gabriela Adamkova
Gabriela Adámková Research Analyst