2023年6月19日

Powerlist 2023:吉姆·盖博2023年6月19日•GCV记者吉姆·盖博,雪佛龙总裁科技企业,是一个100年的领先企业冒险在我们今年Powerlist专业人士。吉姆·盖博雪佛龙总裁技术企业(CTV),是美国石油和天然气主要为早期外部创新的主要入站。在雪佛龙山墙花了几乎整个职业生涯,在业务的各个部分,包括炼油厂和化工厂。山墙CTV的VC单位领导在2003年至2007年之间,不久该组织成立于1999年,2022年3月重新担任总统。山墙领导一个团队的60名员工多样化的经验和深厚的技术背景,有14个团队成员致力于CTV的风险投资工作。这一数字的两倍多在外部技术转移到母公司的工作,工作山墙描述为“运动”联系。“你必须走大厅,有良好的业务和个人网络。我们有更多的人关注和帮助技术通过雪佛龙比我们人自己做投资。“CTV主要是内部招聘,希望利用机构知识和建立与业务部门的关系。山墙说内部员工知道的来龙去脉父业务往往在CTV做得很好。 “On the technology transfer side, it helps to have someone with a background of working in business units that can help us with the transfer of technologies into the business. The close connections with the business and its pain points are particularly important for several aspects of what we do.” With those connections, doors open more readily for CTV’s project managers who work closely with CTV technology scouts to identify potential solutions for business problems across the enterprise and develop trial opportunities to de-risk the technologies. A large part of the unit’s focus is on technologies that reduce the carbon intensity of Chevron’s operations, as well as those that can enable lower carbon value chains. Of special interest are technologies that can support greater use of reliable renewable energy to provide the tens of gigawatts of power required for energy production. You have to walk the halls, have good business and personal networks. We have more people focused on that and helping technologies move through Chevron than we have people doing investments themselves CTV also focuses on carbon capture and renewable fuels that can use existing distribution infrastructure. It has made investing in the hydrogen value chain a priority and sees blue hydrogen as a bridge to emissions-free green hydrogen. CTV has made 11 new investments in the past 12 months and achieved two exits: ChargePoint, an electric vehicle charging network, and ThoughtTrace, a document and contract analytics software company. Gable sees CTV’s role as helping startups to scale and commercialise technologies. The unit actively avoids taking board seats at startups to focus on commercialisation. This strategy enhances its reputation and credibility, as well as helping it access the best deals, says Gable. “We generally only take board observer seats. We are not one of those corporates that tries to put in preferential rights or exclusive sales territories. If you start restricting with preferential rights, you will develop a reputation for not helping the entrepreneurs,” he says. A year and a half ago, Chevron launched Chevron New Energies which is specifically designed to commercialise and scale late-stage low-carbon technologies. It has taken in businesses such as carbon capture companies Carbon Clean and Svante, which started off as portfolio companies of CTV. The unit is an active sponsor of university programmes and accelerators that build up the Houston energy ecosystem. It backs Greentown Labs, a climate tech startup incubator, and Activate Houston, a fellowship for science entrepreneurs. It also partners with the US government-backed National Renewable Energy Laboratory on Chevron Studio, a project that connects university IP to entrepreneurs seeking their next gig.