Speakers
Rafael Riva
Senthil Arcot
Erik Leung
Dr Prabu Parthasarathy
Panel Discussion
This session will be moderated by Rafael Riva.
Mr. Riva joined IRI’s Houston office in January 2023 as Vice President, Client Relations. Prior to joining IRI, he spent nearly 19 years with Lloyd’s Register (LR) in a variety of management, business development, and technical roles. Mr. Riva specialized in LNG and LPG and moved around the world to support LR’s strategic interests and business development, including positions in London, Shanghai, and New York. In 2020, he was promoted to Vice President of Commercial Operations Americas, where he oversaw activities of all commercial teams in the Americas, including several projects with Offshore Wind and Gas. Mr. Riva holds an MSc in Naval Architecture from Spain’s Technical University of Madrid and has studied at the Technical University of Denmark. He is also a qualified Chartered Engineer, a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, the Spanish Association of Naval Architects, and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
With more than 20 years of experience transforming business strategies into results-driven enterprise solutions, Senthil Arcot has proven track record modernizing energy industry operations through fit-for-purpose, next-generation technologies. His career bridges strategy and execution—bringing innovative, scalable systems to complex production operational landscapes.
Arcot has led digital transformation initiatives across the energy sector, aligning stakeholders, justifying investments, and delivering solutions that unlock measurable business value. From program and change management to technical advisory roles, he brings a cross-functional, end-to-end view to every engagement.
As Managing Director at Azo Global, he spearheaded multiple intelligent energy projects for various oil production companies that redefined digital capabilities in upstream operations and he has led the evolution of legacy engineering software into cloud-based platforms.
By integrating automation, analytics, and stakeholder alignment, Arcot consistently drives breakthrough performance—from production optimization and tank management to surveillance and field development planning.
As the Global VP - Strategic Projects at Cognite, I help combine domain expertise and digital technology to help clients across upstream and midstream industries harness the power of data and AI to optimize their operations, reduce emissions, and enhance safety. With over 20 years of international experience in the Oil and Gas sector, I have a deep understanding of the technical and business challenges that our clients face, and how to deliver value by combining domain knowledge with digital technologies. Before joining Cognite, I was the VP of Intelligent Operations at Wood Group, where I oversaw a global business line that provided advanced technology solutions to the process industry.
Dr. David Knezevic is the Chief Scientific Officer at Akselos, overseeing the company’s scientific strategy and innovation. A Rhodes Scholar with a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford, he conducted postdoctoral research at MIT and later lectured at Harvard University. David has also published 17 peer-reviewed papers and co-authored a foundational patent in computational engineering.