Team
Rahul Iyer
Rahul is a serial entrepreneur and investor in mobility, industrials, energy and chemicals, with a 20-year track-record of driving industrial products and solutions from innovation to the market. Most recently he helped to build Siluria, a disruptive natural gas to chemicals technology company sold in 2019 to McDermott International. He has helped build multiple industrial technology companies with more than half a billion dollars invested, that have subsequently been acquired or taken public. A UC Berkeley trained engineer, Rahul is a passionate advocate of sustainable development. He has been recognized for his technical expertise and policy leadership by the World Economic Forum and the National Academy of Sciences Alternative Transportation Fuels Committee.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulhiyer/
Guido Radaelli
Guido is an executive and entrepreneur with more than 25 years of experience in deploying technologies and executing projects in the energy, petrochemical and renewables sectors. His professional advice to investment funds and operating companies is backed by decades of leadership across several technical and project teams. He was responsible for engineering and technology for Siluria, a company developing new solutions and projects for the monetization of natural gas to chemicals and fuels. Previously, he co-founded Aurora Biofuels – successively acquired by Reliance - to develop and commercialize new production routes for food, pharma and renewable energy. Prior to Aurora, Guido has spent a decade in syngas and chemicals leading cross-functional teams in technology development and project execution. Guido holds an MS summa cum laude from Politecnico of Milan and an MBA from UC Berkeley.
BLP's team is comprised of leading experts in the field:
IP and Legal Counsel
BLP Legal is lead by an experienced entrepreneur and attorney holding a PhD in Chem. Eng, and a JD, both from Stanford University. They started their career at the prominent law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, subsequently they built three patent portfolios for VC-backed companies, each with 100+ applications. They are a founder of multiple companies leading to successful acquisitions.
Operations & Engineering
BLP Engineering and Operations is led by an experienced executive with a 35-year record of recognized excellence in operations and safety for petrochemicals and refining. Their professional experience spans responsibility for world-scale petrochemical complex operations to global R&D for an international petrochemical giant.
Capital Project Management
BLP Project Management is led by a seasoned engineer with 25+ years of experience in project management and engineering leadership. 20 years in top tier EPC firms like Fluor and Foster Wheeler leading projects ranging from multi-billion dollar petrochemical facilities to distributed scale modular deployments.