Claudio Steuer, a member of the IHRDC faculty, is the founder of SyEnergy, an energy consultancy focused on strategy, gas master planning, project development, commercial negotiations, dispute resolution, and senior management advice involving natural gas, LNG, FLNG, FSRU, and power generation projects. Mr. Steuer is a Senior Research Fellow at The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, Natural Gas Research Program, with emphasis on South America and Africa. He has over 30 years of professional experience with Shell, Nigeria LNG, ENI, Snamprogetti, Gas Strategies, New African Global Energy and consulting clients. He has worked and advised on projects in Alaska, Angola, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Caribbean Islands, Congo, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Trinidad Tobago, South Africa, and Venezuela involving chemicals, upstream gas, LNG, Marine CNG, FLNG, FSRU, clean coal, and gas to liquids. He earned a BS in Computer Science and Marketing from Boston College, an MBA from Babson College, and a Certificate on Company Direction from The Institute of Directors (London). Mr. Steuer attended management programs at Harvard Law School and Lax Sebenius/Harvard Business School. In addition to English, he can teach in Portuguese and Spanish.