Brij Hall-Potnis

Strategic Leader

Dynamic, value-creating leader with a Master of Science degree and Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification from the Global Project Management Institute, bringing over 26 years of proven success in executing multimillion-dollar projects. Expertise spans engineering and infrastructure planning, advanced analytics, technical optimization, product innovation, feasibility studies, managing implementation teams, and business model development. Recognized for orchestrating end-to-end project lifecycles across diverse organizations and asset classes.

Led cross-functional teams and collaborated with partner organizations and vendors to deploy high-impact projects for a leading tech accelerator in Alaska, driving towards an ambitious goal of deploying $1 billion in projects by 2030. Partnered with founders and CEOs of startups in renewables, aviation, and space industries, integrating requirements for business-level partnerships in operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and more.

Advised technical and business leadership with a data-driven, value- and risk-blended decision-making approach. One such engagement achieving 54% cost savings through robust insights. Demonstrated proficiency in managing complex, concurrent milestones and dependencies, consistently compressing schedules, negotiating contract changes, and delivering programs that exceed stakeholders' expectations.

Passionately committed to quality, accuracy, and measurable improvements in consequential performance indicators, thriving in fast-paced, ambitious environments with inherent ambiguities. A self-directed, highly organized performer and active listener who empowers teams by fostering their professional growth and enabling functional upskilling.

Co-Founder & CTO | Power Planet | May 2024Present

Skills: Startup Development · Fundraising · Strategic Leadership · Technology Leadership · Business Decision Making · Financial Modeling · Argumentation · Geothermal drilling

Graduate School of Business | Stanford University | September 2024September 2025

Operations Supervisor | Cache Energy | July 2024 – Present

Skills: Rapid Prototyping · Product Development · Resource Allocation

Geothermal Advisor | Launch Alaska | December 2021 – Present

Skills: Geothermal drilling

Deployment Lead / Program Manager | Launch Alaska | December 2021 – Present

Skills: Program Management · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Contract Negotiation · Resource Allocation

Business Projects Manager | Launch Alaska | February 2021 – November 2021

Skills: Technical Requirements Gathering · Optimization

Project Management Professional (PMP)® + Agile | Global Project Management Institute | 2021

Senior Advisor | Hilcorp | December 2019 – June 2020

Skills: Optimization · Big Data Analytics · Technical Leadership · Critical Thinking · Argumentation · Data-driven Decision Making

Senior Engineer, Analytics | ConocoPhillips | December 2017October 2019

Skills: Optimization · Machine Learning · Big Data Analytics

Founder & CTO | Oi LLCompany | August 2017 – December 2017

Skills: Technology Leadership · Startup Development · Product Development · Machine Learning · Rapid Prototyping

Drilling Engineer | Schlumberger | July 2013August 2017

Skills: Data-driven Decision Making · ERD (Extended Reach Drilling) · Optimization

Senior Well Design | Halliburton | February 2005June 2013

Skills: Directional Drilling · Data-driven Decision Making · ERD (Extended Reach Drilling) · Data Analysis · Optimization

Technical Support Engineer II | Baker Hughes | January 1998 – December 2004

Skills: Rapid Prototyping · Drilling Engineering

Master of Science | University of Alaska, Fairbanks | September 1996May 1998