Claudiu Covrig, Phd Email & Phone Number

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Global analysis, forecasts, supply and demand, trade flows, futures & swaps analysis, time spreads and commodity spreads on sugar, cane, beet, ethanol, gasoline. S&D analysis, price evolution and forecasts, analysis of paper positions, Forex evolution. Consultancy. Macroeconomics, policy and political impact. Participation as Speaker/Chair at conferences, contributions to reports (daily, weekly, monthly). Contact with policy makers, governments, trade houses, refineries, producers, consumers and key external stakeholders.

Geneva, Switzerland

Research: - models for forecasting the ethanol and gasoline consumption, production and trade flows in the main markets: Brazil and South America, Europe, the US and Central & North America- ethanol, biodiesel production margins, costs of production, blender margins- analysis of world ethanol/biodiesel and Brazilian sugar markets. Comparisons with fossil fuel markets (crude oil, gasoline, diesel)- analysis of feedstock markets: corn, wheat, cane, beet - analysis of macro economic indicators- price analysis and forecasts- contact with policy makers, governments, mills, end users and stakeholders- market regulations and certifications- RINs, RFS2, CARB, RED - reports and statisticsBusiness:- international and domestic arbitrages- trading of futures & swaps- trading time spreads, commodity spreads- trading & investment decisions- public speaking & relations: speaker/moderator at conferences & summits

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Analysis, reports and forecasts regarding mainly the World biofuels & related markets: prices, evolutions, futures, production, demand, trade and capacity per country. National, European and World policies in the field of biofuels, sugar and renewables. Contact with policy makers, with governments, mills, end users and key external stakeholders. Reports, forecasts, studies and editorials regarding the biofuels markets (ethanol, ETBE, biodiesel), fossil fuel ones (crude oil, petrol, diesel, MTBE) and agricult. related ones (sugar, wheat, corn, cane, beet). Consultancy. Management of the e-platform. Speaker/Moderator at conferences and article contributions in journals.

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Research: - preparing my PhD thesis and the study case in management and implementation of renewable energy systems within the company as sustainable solutions for reducing energy consumptions and expenses. Study of the renewable / conventional energy markets and daily evolutions of the energy prices (electricity, fuel, biofuel, natural gas). Models for maximizing the profits according to the peak hours.Technical and economic analysis.Other work experience:- elaboration and implementation of the methodology for the installation plans of the machines and equipments / organizing and teaching courses regarding the implementation of the methodology - team working for the development of 3D models and catalogs by using Catia - SmarTeam and Enovia as software support- analysis of the energy demand for different equipments- calculation of the electric and thermal energy costs

Research:- developing research activity in the domain of my PhD thesis: technical and economical studies regarding the energy efficiency of different companies; studies regarding the renewable, conventional energy markets and agriculture; implementation of renewable energy systems within different companies as sustainable solutions for reducing the energy consumptions and expenses.Coordination and teaching:- preparing and organizing independent research programs; teaching courses, laboratories and projects in English and Romanian at graduate and undergraduate level; coordinating students at projects, laboratories and courses.Conferences and collaborations:- publishing articles in scientific journals in the domains of Renewable Energy Markets and Systems, Economic Engineering, Management and Market Analysis; - participation with scientific papers at different international conferences; - developing collaborations with different partners: universities, industry, public institutions, research institutes and other organizations.

- contracts negotiations, material supply and economic analysis, communicating with clients - registering and following orders, organizing activities, building 3D models and 2D layouts, plan analysis, supervising and organizing production.

- teaching courses and laboratories in the field of Computer Science: computers technology, databases, programming and CAD; coordinating students at projects.

- organiser and one of the coordinators of the first unicist homeopathic course on video cassettes in different cities of Romania, Prof. George Vithoulkas - Nobel prize for alternative medicine in 1996.

Phd, Industrial Engineering And Management

Activities and Societies: Member of PRO-DD National Institute for Research and Development Transilvania University of Brasov, Dept..

Msc, Engineering Design And Management Of Renewable Energy Sources

Activities and Societies: Sustainable Development Centre of Transilvania UniversitySolar energy sources: solar thermal, solar electric.

Dipl. Ec. Engineer, Engineering And Management Of Production Systems

Activities and Societies: Prodemocracy Foundation, Student's House of Culture, Theatre representations, Paintings exhibitions

Erasmus Program, Renewable Energy Sources, Economic Engineering

Business/Managerial Economics