Team

LISA LITTLEFIELD 

Ms. Littlefield holds more that 20 years of experience in international trade.  She began her career as an International Trade Specialist with the U.S. Department of Commerce.  Later, she worked as Manager of U.S. Export Promotion for the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry.  She also served the Canadian Government as a Commercial Officer for the Canadian Oil and Gas Sector.  She was instrumental in assisting Canadian firms in obtaining export sales for gas pipeline projects.  She holds an MBA degree from the American Graduate School of International Management and a  BA degree from Vanderbilt University.   

ROBERT STARKEY

Mr. Starkey holds 25 years of experience in trading petrochemicals and biofuels.  He worked as a Trader for Mitsubishi for five years.  Later, he was Vice President of Fuels for Jim Jordan & Associates.  He also worked as President of BPI, an international trading firm, where he was instrumental in the development of ethanol production projects.  He serves as Director of Ethanol for Kingsman SA.  He holds an MIM degree from the American Graduate School of International Management and a BA degree in Chemistry from the University of San Diego.

ORIN REHORST

Mr. Rehorst has experience trading crude oil futures.  He also has over 30 years of experience in international procurement, cargo transportation, project management and port operations.  His experience at Santa Fe International includes refinery and  offshore terminal contruction.  Mr. Rehorst led an international group in developing an automated messaging system for cargoes that is used today.  He holds an MIM degree from the American Graduate School of International Management and a BS degree in Business Administration from Western Illinois University.    

RADU FILIP

Mr. Filip served as Asset Manager at the Corporate Headquarters of Cameron International.   Prior to joining Cameron, Mr. Filip was Manager of Global IT Operations at 3DGeo Inc., an innovative provider of seismic imaging services.  Outside of the business world, Mr. Filip serves as a Round-Table Member at the James Baker III Institute for Public Policy.  He holds an MBA degree from Rice University.  He also holds an MS degree in Computer Science and a BS degree in Computer Science from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.