Kirk

"which was always my career intentions and aspirations to begin with"

"So a lot of my work is focused on project origination and project development, and then creating project teams around this concept, either from an RD perspective or launching a startup within this space, or just finding operational efficiencies within industry that are guided by ESG, um, goal setting or some sort of energy transition plan or project that are clients are, are most heavily interested in."

"a lot of my job is ensuring that the client's goals and objectives are being met within the execution of a project with my colleagues"

"you have to be very active and reaching out to a lot of potential clients, developing a lot of potential projects."

"Some of the things I like the most are kind of the broad array of potential opportunities and projects that I can help develop and be a part of."

"There's a very high-risk avoidance in the industry. So there's less opportunity to bring these things to life because it's an industry that doesn't adopt new technologies quickly."

"they all share the same ocean to operate on. So everyone is acting and behaving very collectively and cooperatively to look for ways that industry could decarbonize safely and successfully."

"People who have a deep domain expertise seem to have a bit of a leg up just because of the nuances and unique characteristics of this industry."

"business development is a very unique and different means of operating on a daily basis."

"So there's a lot of technical learnings that can be had in an early, early stage of someone's career."

"having that long-term goal and focus of one's specific interests and real love of what they wanna do for careers, I think is critical to always look back and always review and stay focused on that."

"I learned at a very early stage in my career, understanding what industry wants and the technical requirements and challenges to get any concept pushed, even early stage development."