Stanford University

Technology/Finance/Earth Science

Leveraging decision analysis, portfolio theory, design thinking, AI, and remote sensing to address the health of the company’s assets.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Principal Product Manager - Technology Partnerships

Snow Owl automates business processes that are powered by generative AI/large language models (LLMs)

Snow Owl

Community

Seed-funded consumer health company, winners of the inaugural California Milk Advisory Board + VentureFuel accelerator program.

∙ Product managed the launch of two product lines from ideation to product-market fit and scale
∙ Sourced, negotiated, and closed international distribution agreements
∙ Led a team on three continents (North America, Europe, East Asia) to develop, fulfill, and market highly regulated consumer health products

Bears Inc

∙ Screened and led due diligence for new investments, including GHGSat and Sharp Reflections
∙ Sat on board or as observer for three portfolio companies and as a company representative to the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI)
∙ Grew annual deal flow count by 300% year over year
∙ Championed deployment of new technology products within internal stakeholders in the company and supplier base

Equinor

Equinor Technology Ventures, (Climate & Energy Venture Capital)

Corvus is a climate technology company that was first to market and the market leader in converting ships into hybrid-electric vessels.  Corvus plans to IPO in 2021.

∙ Project managed performance-based subsidies and capital equipment financing, partnering with a subsidy institution, a bank, a systems integrator, and a shipping company
∙ Installations resulted in 25-35% reductions in emissions and 20-30% improvements in fuel efficiency, with estimated capital payback in three years

Corvus Energy

Board Member/Observer

∙ Advised executive management on portfolio level resource allocation
∙ Screened and diligenced exploration investments (offshore/onshore) globally, using cutting edge geospatial data, technology, and analytics methods. 
∙ Performed seismic interpretation, well log interpretation, and tectonic plate reconstruction in the North Atlantic, West and East Africa, NE South America, and Mediterranean
∙ Developed novel methods for global scale monitoring and visualization of exploration activity using spatial and time series data

Exploration Geologist

∙ Managed and matured a mineral rights investment prospect using geospatial data and frameworks for decision-making under uncertainty
∙ Performed regional-scale mapping and policy analysis in the Chukchi Basin of offshore Alaska
∙ Led the investment case for one prospect in Green Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, using seismic reflectance, well logs, and salt tectonic geologic models in an extensional environment

Exploration Geologist/Economic Valuation Intern

∙ Led research on branding and cornered resources as competitive advantages under a former Bain Director turned hedge fund manager
∙ Conducted case reviews on the impact of brand power on durable product profitability and revenue generation
∙ Developed a framework for determining the presence of durable sources of power for companies and their markets, which was adopted and published

David Sheu