About this podcast
Welcome to Energy Bytes with John Kalfayan and Bobby Neelon. Your essential guide to the intersection of data and energy. This podcast dives deep into the world of energy, shedding light on how data, AI, and technology are revolutionizing this sector. Each episode equips listeners with insights into the most efficient tools and resources, paving the way for a data-driven future in energy. From technical nuances to broader industry trends, Energy Bytes offers an unparalleled perspective on the evolution of the energy industry. Join us as we decode the algorithms of energy, one byte at a time.
Episodes
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- EP 88: Kevin Kong from Everstar · 1 h 14 min · Episode 89Building a nuclear reactor in America used to take three years. Now the paperwork alone can eat a decade. Kevin Kong, CEO and Founder of Everstar, went from scaling Bird scooters…
- EP 87: Mahyar (Matt) Mohajer from Blue Spark Energy Inc. · 55 min · Episode 86Scale builds up downhole and the usual fix means chemicals, pumps, and a pile of equipment on surface. Mahyar (Matt) Mohajer, CTO at Blue Spark Energy Inc, breaks down a wireline…
- EP 86: Samra Nawaz & Vinay Acharya from WellWorth · 1 h 12 min · Episode 88Upstream finance teams have been white knuckling giant Excel models for decades, and the husband and wife team behind WellWorth thinks that era is over. CEO Samra Nawaz and…
- EP 85: Aarya Borele from Evardi Energy · 1 h 17 min · Episode 87Utilities are drowning in paperwork long before a repair crew ever leaves the yard. Aarya Borele, co-founder and CTO of Evardi Energy, walks John and Bobby through outage…
- EP 84: Ben Dickinson & Bryan Frantz from NexTier Completion Solutions · 1 h 13 min · Episode 85Everybody in oil and gas has been sitting on mountains of completions data and barely using it. Ben Dickinson and Bryan Frantz of NexTier Completion Solutions built the fix from…
- EP 83: Paul Brown from BDE Data · 1 h 20 min · Episode 84Paul Brown, Founder and Principal Engineer at BDE Data, joins John and Bobby all the way from Scotland for a conversation that covers a lot of ground. From his days as an…
- EP 82: John Ely, The Godfather of Frac · 1 h 34 min · Episode 83When you have 80 patents and a lifetime achievement award in hydraulic fracturing, you have seen some things. John William Ely, Founder of Ely and Associates Corp, and Jon…
- EP 81: Deren, Dagen and Josh from Firm App · 1 h 9 min · Episode 82Owner relations in oil and gas has been shoved in a corner forever, basically a "here's your check, don't call me" situation, and Deren Boyd, Dagen Boyd, and Josh Wright…
- EP 80: Kayla Ball from SensorUp · 1 h 24 min · Episode 81Bobby Neelon and John Kalfayan sit down with Kayla Ball to break down why the methane compliance space is stuck in the trough of disillusionment, how she ended up cleaning up…
- EP 79: Hussein Shel from AWS · 1 h 6 min · Episode 80Hussein Shel, CTO and head of business development for energy and utilities at Amazon Web Services, joins Bobby and John to talk about his journey from Chevron engineer to cloud…
- Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1: Why Forward Deployed Engineers Ship When AI Pilots Fail · 48 min · Episode 79Collide AI 2025 Wrapped Part 1 turns into a real talk on why forward deployed engineers win where AI pilots stall, with Michael Cortez, John, and Nick Smart swapping war stories…
- EP 78: Bruce Holman & Corey Scott from Energy Payables · 1 h 9 min · Episode 78Bruce Holman and Corey Scott showed up ready to blow up the idea that accounts payable has to be slow, messy, and stuck in the past. They walked us through how Energy Payables is…
- EP 77: Justin McBroom, Operations Data Specialist · 1 h 12 min · Episode 77Justin has a way of making the oilfield and the data world feel like they’ve always belonged together. He walked us through how he’s helped teams untangle messy workflows, clean…
- EP 76: Christy Hopkins & Philip Heggelund from PandoScape · 1 h 18 min · Episode 76PandoScape is on a mission to make data actually make sense. We sat down with Christy Hopkins and Philip Heggelund, the CEO and CTO duo behind the company, to talk about how…
- EP 75: Rudy Lacovara from PetroBricks · 1 h 4 min · Episode 75Rudy Lacovara is on a mission to untangle the messy data spaghetti that runs through oil and gas. He built PetroBricks to be the “Zapier for energy”, a way to connect clunky…
- EP 74: Husam Rahman from aai agency · 1 h 7 min · Episode 74AI is shaking things up in oil and gas, and Hussam Rahman is right in the middle of it. He’s the founder of AAI Agency and the brains behind tools like Petri, a copilot built for…
- EP 73: Steven Barrow from Patronus Energy · 1 h 1 min · Episode 73AI is no longer just a buzzword in oil and gas, it’s reshaping how the entire industry works. Steven Barrow grew up as a fourth-generation oilfield guy, but instead of sticking…
- EP 72: Scott Casso from Casso Land · 1 h 2 min · Episode 72AI isn’t just creeping into oil and gas, it’s blowing the doors open. Scott Casso from Casso Land & Imaging Services walked us through how his team is dragging decades of dusty…
- EP 71: Mathias Lia Carlsen from whitson · 1 h 13 min · Episode 71Mathias has a knack for shaking up an industry that doesn’t exactly love change, and he’s doing it from the inside. As CEO of Whitson, he’s bringing petroleum engineering…
- EP 70: Michael Egan from Bunting Labs · 1 h 7 min · Episode 70AI and GIS might not sound like the flashiest combo, until you hear what Bunting Labs is cooking up. Michael Egan breaks it down with John and Bobby: how they’re turning…
