2024 Technical Committee

Jake is the Chief Technology Officer of Kanin Energy, a company developing projects that convert industrial waste heat into clean baseload power.

Jake provides technical leadership in assessing potential projects and technologies while ensuring seamless integration of new equipment with any existing infrastructure. Having overseen projects from feasibility to commissioning, Jake brings relevant industry experience to all aspects of project execution.

As a Professional Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the energy sector, Jake has worked on projects in in-situ oil, conventional oil, gas production and distribution, water treatment and renewable power generation.

Prior to Kanin, Jake was the Director of Engineering at Terrapin Geothermics – leading in-house research and development into a novel ultra-low temperature Stirling engine, producing tools to assess and qualify waste heat resources at industrial facilities, and developing project execution and integration strategies. Jake has also spent time at Wood Group Mustang as a Project Engineer and Lead Mechanical Engineer for clients including Shell and Cenovus, and was the on-site Senior Project Engineer for the construction, commissioning, and start-up of Husky’s $2.7Bn Sunrise SAGD facility.

Jake holds a Master of Engineering in Aeronautics from the University of Durham, UK.