From AI to Power Generation: Key Takeaways from EWTC’s Energy Technology & Policy Summit
06/24/2026
Last week, EWTC’s Energy Technology Committee hosted the Energy Technology & Policy Summit in partnership
alex krutz
Managing Director, Patriot Industrial Partners
Alex Krutz is the Managing Director of Patriot Industrial Partners, an industrial advisory firm founded in 2020 that helps leaders strengthen performance across industrial policy, planning, and production-from strategic planning and value creation to performance improvement and supply chain optimization. Known across the industry as the “Factory Doctor,” Alex has a reputation for rapidly improving business strategy, quality, delivery and financial performance.
Micah Garrison
Vice President, Supply Chain, Patterson-UTI
Micah completed his service in the US Army Infantry in 2005, after serving in Germany, Kosovo, Texas, and two tours of duty in Iraq. He gained oilfield technical skills working offshore for Schlumberger in the Gulf of Mexico and abroad, followed by experience at Weatherford in sales and operations management roles while completing his undergraduate studies in Space Sciences.
He entered the Supply Chain discipline at Talisman Energy, and later Repsol, eventually leading the Global SCM team for Drilling and Completions in Houston, Texas and Madrid, Spain.
Following his time at Repsol he joined Venture Global LNG to help build its nascent Supply Chain and transition to operations, and from there returned to his OFS roots to lead the SCM function at Patterson-UTI Energy.Micah attained his MBA from the University of Houston in 2015, and is pursuing his Doctorate in Business Administration, focusing on improving the proficiency of non-technical workers with Generative AI Technology.
John Griggs
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Kodiak Gas Services
John Griggs serves as Kodiak’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Kodiak in 2023, Mr. Griggs held CFO roles at Circulus Holdings, a leading plastics recycling company, from 2021 to 2023; Conquest Completion Services, a leading operator of high-capacity coiled tubing units for the oil and gas industry, from 2018 to 2021; and Rubicon Oilfield International, an oilfield products manufacturing company, from 2015 to 2018. From 2011 through 2014, he was a Managing Director at CSL Capital Management, an energy private equity firm. From 2005 through 2011, Mr. Griggs was a Senior Vice President for the direct capital arm of the D. E. Shaw Group, where he focused on direct debt and equity investments in energy companies. From 2017 to 2021, he was a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Nuverra Environmental Solutions, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was an investment banker in the M&A department of Simmons & Company International, where he covered the oilfield service and midstream sectors.
Mr. Griggs received a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from the University of Texas at Austin.
