Patrick VagnerFounder

United States - San Diego, California

I am a business development and technology commercialization professional focusing on the renewable energy sector. I have built a strong track record of successfully implementing technology-enabled innovative business models and participation strategies that deliver new business growth within the low carbon and renewable chemicals and fuels markets. My passion is identifying new partnership and investment opportunities and turning them into new, sustainable businesses.

• Created a cellulosic biofuels enterprise plan based on a comprehensive bottom-up review of leading technologies, techno-economic evaluation, and value chain margin pool analysis, that identified two new market growth opportunities each with a $100m+ EBITDA potential.

• Structured a joint venture with a leading end-of-life plastics to fuels technology provider. The partnership has the potential to grow into a $500m net income business by 2030.

• Established an $8m partnership with a leading technology provider that resulted in a strategically advantaged commercial position for BP in the renewable chemicals market.

• Negotiated a commercial scale field trial agreement with a leading biofuels technology provider. The results will support a business case for implementing the evaluated technology across BP refineries.

• Executed a business divestment marketing plan that resulted in obtaining final bids valued at $200+m.

• Developed and executed a global licensing strategy for marketing four technology packages, consisting of physical technology materials, supporting patent portfolio, performance data, and know-how. The packages were retained internally at a combined market value of $34m.

• Led a commercial team that executed commercial transactions and activities in support of the business’s development strategy. The team realized new business growth with projected annual revenues of $10m.