Validere’s insights and team of experts enable industry participants to identify operational efficiencies and the highest-margin marketing and supply decisions. Over 50 of North America’s leading energy companies rely on Validere’s insights to enhance operational and trading margins and reduce waste and emissions. The company has offices in Houston, Calgary, and Toronto.
Validere 360
One source of truth across the facility that uncovers the highest value operational and commercial opportunities.
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Validere Edge
The industry’s most advanced quality dataset and AI-powered insights guide improved marketing, trading, & commercial operations.
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Our Story
2020
Raised $15M Series A from notable tech & energy investors: Greylock, Wing, Sallyport.
2019
3M barrels / day optimized with Validere software. US & Asia growth. Launched Validere Edge.
2018
Full scale deployments in Canada. Opened Houston office.
2017
Developed Validere 360 (IoT) to provide the highest confidence into true product quality. Successful deployments with major Canadian oil & gas players.
2016
Graduated Y-Combinator and raised funding. Launched deployments in Western Canada.
2015
Developed Harvard IP. Joined Creative Destruction Lab and formed team of industry experts, top scientists and developers.
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Our Team
We’re scientists, industry veterans, AI experts, software developers – all on a mission to innovate Oil & Gas.
Above all, we’re a team that cares deeply about solving real problems & helping people.
Leadership
Dr. Ian Burgess
Co-Founder & CTO
With a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard, Ian is an interdisciplinary scientist whose inventions have been recognized with an R&D 100 Award and featured in Scientific American.
Nouman Ahmad
Co-Founder & CEO
An entrepreneur with a passion for solving complex problems, Nouman previously led operations for a successful Toronto fintech startup and worked in TD investment banking.
Nicole Rogers
SVP, Sales
Nicole has almost 20 years of sales experience. She is an accomplished leader with diverse experience building teams focused on software subscription and digital technologies.
Kayla Ball
SVP, Product
Kayla has spent her career bringing together the best of energy and tech industries to solve the world’s most critical problems. She brings 10+ years of product management experience.
Ben Tao
SVP, Marketing
Ben is a seasoned technology marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience. He has led enterprise technology marketing teams at IBM, Dell, Forcepoint, and Solarwinds.
Mark Le Dain
VP, Strategy
Mark has significant experience advising energy and infrastructure companies as an investment banker with Barclays, successfully completing over $18 billion of M&A and $5 billion of capital market transactions.
Jana Shelford
VP, Talent & Culture
Jana has over 10 years of experience sourcing and managing human capital for high-powered teams. Before joining Validere she led talent at various technology and energy sector firms.
Jon DeCoste
VP, Product Quality Innovation
Jon has 15 years of experience in the Oil & Gas industry and has previously owned and operated a business consulting firm as well as a merger & acquisition startup.
Jesse Shouldice
VP, Business Development
Jesse has spent the last 17 years in the energy industry. Prior to joining Validere, he worked at JP Morgan to rebuild their financial derivatives business in Canada.
Board of Directors
Pierre Magnan
Chair
Pierre Magnan is the President of Parkland International. Prior to assuming this role, Pierre led Parkland’s Supply, Trading & Refining Business, the Corporate Development Team and the Legal Team.
Zach DeWitt
Director
Zach DeWitt is a Partner at Wing. Prior to Wing, Zach was CEO and co-founder of Drop, Inc., which built two award-winning iPhone apps before selling its technology and intellectual property to Snapchat in 2016.
Kyle Bethancourt
Director
Kyle Bethancourt is a Managing Director and co-founder of Sallyport Investments, LLC, (Sallyport) a private investment company that specializes in oilfield service, exploration and production, and pipeline transactions.
Dr. Joanna Aizenberg
Director
Joanna is the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Materials Science and Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. She has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards.
Dr. Ian Burgess
Director
With a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard, Ian is an interdisciplinary scientist whose inventions have been recognized with an R&D 100 Award and featured in Scientific American.
Nouman Ahmad
Director
An entrepreneur with a passion to solve complex problems, Nouman previously led operations for a successful Toronto fintech startup and worked in TD investment banking.
Advisors
George Whitesides
Advisor
George is the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University, and co-founded numerous companies including Genzyme, GelTex, and Theravance. In 2011, he received the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists.
Doug Foshee
Advisor
Doug is the founder and owner of Sallyport Investments. He previously served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of El Paso Corporation, and chaired the board of directors of The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch.