Guillaume Calas
Business Analyst, Calera Corporation
I am currently working as a business analyst in a fast growing clean tech company, Calera Corporation ( http://www.calera.com ). I was previously studying in France and got a M.Sc. of Environmental and Earth sciences (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) and a Master degree of Economics, the latter being included in a two-year management and administration post-master program (AgroParisTech Executive, formerly called ENGREF).
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Specialities
- Market analysis (high knowledge of various industries, ranging from construction to chemicals)
- Life cycle modelling (mass balance calculations, cost assessment)
- Geochemistry (theoretical studies and lab experiments)
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Skills associated with current position:
- Quantitative analysis, ability to summarize large quantities of scattered information
- Flexibility, adaptability and ability to multi-task and prioritize in a dynamic environment
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently in a multi-disciplinary environment, pulling information and feeding information to senior management
- Effective communication (written, oral)
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Languages
- French: mother tongue
- English: fluently
- Russian, Japanese: basic knowledge
35 contactsI am responsible for supporting the business development activities of the company. My main responsibilities are:
- Key market analysis: I perform deep dives to further develop a macro and a micro level market understanding. This includes market organization, market size, future trends, and overall attractiveness for our business model. When required, engineering and financial models (mass balance calculations, static life cycle models with energy requirements and gaseous emissions, site specific, formal cost, cash flows and revenue models...) are also made
- Competition and markets updates: I keep track of competition and provide regular updates on alternative technologies, their competitive advantages and costs
- Strategy and business opportunities: I provide general analytical and support for senior management to help decision-making
Previous responsibilities (first six months):
- Engineering economist, life cycle modeler: I was modelling Calera's current and future technologies (technical, cost and financial modelling) in order to provide recommendations to upper management and the business development department
- Research engineer: Part of the R&D department, I was not only providing and testing new ideas, but also improving knowledge for modelling efforts (theoretical and experimental work; material sciences and geochemistry)
2010 - 2010Research internship (six months) supervised by Dr. M. Ha Duong and Dr. D. Finon, in collaboration with Dr. J.M. Bielicki (University of Minnesota) and Dr. R.S. Middleton (LANL, NM, USA). Dissertation topic: Economics of carbon dioxide transportation by pipelines and modeling of a potential CO2 network in France with SimCCS.
- Created and managed a research partnership for this internship,
- Economic modelling on carbon capture and storage (CCS).
2009 - 2009To take stock of major obstacles to accelerated international deployment of CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage), a workshop was hosted by the british embassy in France and IDDRI on February, 5th 2009. I was responsible for writing a note that summarizes these discussions ( http://www.iddri.org/Publications/Collections/I... ).
2008 - 2008Research internship (six months) supervised by Dr. G. Morin (IMPMC) and Dr. M.F. Benedetti (LGE) [Second year of Master].
Dissertation topic: Arsenic sequestration by iron oxides in contaminated aquifers (lab experiments and modelling).
2007 - 2007Research internship (six months) supervised by Pr. D.J. Vaughan and Dr. Paul Wincott (The Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science) [First year of Master].
Dissertation topic: Carbon dioxide sequestration by mineral carbonation on different substrates using sea water or Geobacter: A surface analysis study.