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Olivia Petrus

Olivia Petrus

Olivia is an Application Specialist with Spartan Controls on the Environment Solutions team. Olivia has experience leading funding program initiatives and assisting industry partners with their emissions reduction goals through the deployment of Spartan’s clean technology portfolio.

She graduated from the University of Calgary with an Energy Engineering degree and also holds a Petroleum Engineering Technology diploma from SAIT Polytechnic. Olivia leads the Green Team at Spartan Controls which focuses on reducing Spartan’s footprint across each of their 14 facilities. 

Spencer Hey

After nearly a decade in the energy industry, Spencer has developed an immense appreciation for the energy systems we depend on today, and a passion for understanding how they are evolving to meet our needs in the future. As a Commercial Advisor in Suncor’s low carbon fuels business, Spencer spends his days leading the development and deployment of cutting-edge energy transition technologies.

A father of two young boys, Spencer enjoys bringing a near-limitless library of dad jokes and puns to his writing at ENERGYminute.

Johnny Wentzel

Johnny started his career in energy in 2012, working for oilfield service companies both big and small. His passion for energy began in 2015 when he moved to Calgary and quickly realized he knew nothing about the industry outside of fossil fuels. He spent the next several years trying to change that, with a great deal of help from the content created by ENERGYminute. 

Johnny joined the team at ENERGYminute in 2021 and has loved sharing thought-provoking stories about energy, technology outer space, and the environment. 

Jennifer Le

Jennifer is a site-based engineer with Cenovus Energy, supporting optimization and safe operation of the steam and water plant at the Christina Lake SAGD facility.  She graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in Chemical Engineering and has also worked in production and reservoir engineering. 

Jennifer leads a committee within Cenovus’ internal Diversity & Inclusion network and is an active volunteer with Water Movement and the Calgary Public Library.

Jamie Wilkie

Jamie is a failed investment banker turned teacher of all things spreadsheet. He is a data communications and analysis evangelist and loves turning complex energy information into understandable narratives that resonate with audiences. In his day job, he is a Principal and Instructor at The Marquee Group where he delivers training courses on financial modeling, analysis, and data sciences to aspiring financial professionals. 

Jamie has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary and is a CFA Charterholder.

Cody Good

Cody is a Geophysicist-in-Training, energy enthusiast, and resident Gen-Zer of the EM family. When he’s not busy reading wiggles to understand the mysteries of the Earth, he’s working to mesh the emerging slang and trends of the youths from TikTok with the intricacies of energy geopolitics.

As a writer and science communicator, Cody is passionate about sharing articles on the latest developments in energy, technology, and the environment which educate and entertain our readers… or at least that’s what ChatGBT told him to write.

Aaron Foyer

Aaron the President and Co-founder of ENERGYminute and an energy transition researcher with the ARC Energy Research Institute. By background, he is a rock nerd and management consultant with experience across the energy landscape, including oil and gas, renewables, clean tech, carbon capture, hydrogen, mining, and more.

Aaron is passionate about the energy space and how it affects the day-to-day living of everybody and the way it has completely transformed humanity.