Wes Younger

Manager, Bakersfield Office

Trinity Consultants

Topic: Behind the Meter Power Generation – Data Centers & Valley Industry

Wes Younger manages the Trinity Consultants Bakersfield Environmental Consulting office. He is a San Joaquin Valley APCD Certified Air Permitting Professional and is accredited by CARB as a Lead Verifier (auditor) for the Low Carbon Fuels Standards (LCFS) program. He is also accredited by CARB for AB 32 greenhouse gas report verification and is accredited by the Washington Department of Ecology for their equivalent verification program.

He became an air consultant in 2008 after ten years of regulatory and research-oriented ambient air quality field work for the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Department of Natural Resources. His air quality specialty areas include reciprocating engines, landfills, composting, space vehicle manufacturing and testing, and the measurement of stationary source emissions at the smokestack and at the fenceline. He has practiced air quality permitting and compliance in 25 jurisdictions throughout the United States for operations in nearly every major source category.

As an extension of engine and emission measurement expertise, he is currently engaged as an SME on numerous data center and other “behind the meter” power generation projects throughout the United States. He holds BS and MS degrees in Public Policy, with an environmental policy concentration, from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).

Oleg Mikhailov

Co-Founder & CEO

Xplorobot

Topic: Emerging Monitoring Technologies Approved for EPA Method 21

Oleg Mikhailov, PhD, began his career at Chevron and spent 13 years serving in increasingly senior roles throughout South Asia and the Gulf of Mexico. From there, Oleg moved to TNK-BP, a partnership between the United Kingdom-based energy giant BP and the Russia-based AAR Consortium, where he rose to vice president of operations and asset management for upstream activities. After that, he became vice president of operations at Bashneft, one of Russia’s largest producers of oil and gas. Prior to XPLOROBOT, he worked as a managing director and partner for AlixPartners and Boston Consulting Group, where he led energy-related projects in the UK, Mexico, and Argentina, as well as throughout North America.

Oleg holds a PhD in geophysics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree in physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Yasmeen Sultana

President & CEO, Quantum ESI

Topic: California Cap & Invest Regulation Updates

Yasmeen is an air quality, greenhouse gas (GHG), and ESG expert with 19 years of experience in consulting for air quality, GHG, energy and sustainability programs at several large oil and gas, power, and industrial clients. Yasmeen serves as a strategic advisor to global clients dealing with existing and emerging air quality, GHG, and climate issues.

Yasmeen has been assisting large clients with developing their greenhouse gas portfolio and carbon programs for various corporate, voluntary, and regulatory reporting needs. Yasmeen also assists large clients with identification of GHG emission reduction opportunities, development of reduction and net zero plans including plans for reducing energy use at facilities, electrification of fleets, and use of alternative fuels.

She led the air quality, GHG, and leakage studies for the Angeles Link Phase 1 Hydrogen studies. Her focus is on solving complex challenges resulting from emerging regulations for companies using future-ready technical strategies..