Soumya Mahakul

Soumya Mahakul

Executive - Energy Transition

Downstream, Upstream, Clean Tech
 
United States, Canada, Asia

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

Business Development Executive

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Downstream Subsegment: Refining, Retail

Downstream Disciplines: Supply Chain, Digital, Process Engineering, Operations

Upstream Disciplines: Technology, General Management, Operations, Drilling, Supply Chain, I.T./Digital

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

Clean Tech List: Technology, I.T/Digital

Types of Clean Tech: CO2 capture, Solar

3. Current Employer:

Top secret information

4. Previous Employers:

Top secret information

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

It was not by choice. Being a computer science engineer and fresh out of engineering college, I had no idea of Oil & Gas. After a failed start up, when I joined an IT service firm, I ended up in the Oil &Gas IT. 1 year after working on various IT applications, I was much more interested in the domain.  

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

The passion, innovation and the determination of the start ups attract me. I myself was part of start up at the beginning of my career and realized later where I was lacking. The passion is still there to be part of the success story of a start up/start ups.

Okay, now for some fun things about Soumya…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

  • Photography (Nature and subject)

  • Driving and riding motorcycle

  • Visiting amazing places on the earth (way behind in this goal)

8. What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • Holding breath in two occasions of engine failure in mid air.

  • Getting into argument with interview panel during my final B school admission interview and still getting admitted.

  • Becoming a better cook day by day (COVID 19 lockdown outcome).

9. If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Making very easy access to the beautiful places on the earth.

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

Scientist.

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

a Travel Blogger.

12. My favorite song is               by            .

So many...

13. If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start restaurants with authentic cuisines worldwide.

14. The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

Build trust and never lose that irrespective of the outcome.