CommodityPoint provides Commodity Trading & Risk Management (CTRM) research, analysis and consultative services. Our services bring insight into business issues, trends, processes and technology, to utilities, energy companies, banks, brokers, funds, investors and vendors that enhance their competitive position and support critical business decisions.
CommodityPoint was founded to bring focus and clarity to the broad array of issues surrounding the wholesale trading of commodities. Our team provides expert analysis of market trends and, in particular, the technologies and applications supporting those that participate in regional or global commodity markets.
Our Managing Director and chief analyst, Patrick E. Reames, brings years of practical experience to his role. With offices in Europe and the US, and backed by an experienced research team, our organization provides an unparalleled view of the marketplace.
CommodityPoint is a division of leading energy and utilities analyst and consulting firm UtiliPoint International, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Midas Medici Group Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:MMED). UtiliPoint is a leader in providing analysis and consulting services to the energy and utility industry. Its 75-year history and over 500 clients worldwide have led it to currently operate as an energy and utility consulting and issues analysis firm. Its staff are comprised of leading utility and energy experts with diverse backgrounds in utility generation, transmission & distribution, retail markets, mergers and acquisitions, new technologies, venture capital, information technology, outsourcing, renewable energy, regulatory affairs, and international issues.
CommodityPoint Offices
Europe & Asia Pacific
UtiliPoint s.r.o.
Floor 5
International Business Center
Prikop 4
602 00
Brno
Czech Republic
Contact:
Mark Tredway – +42 0533 433 822 or mtredway@utilipoint.com
IC:283 05 728, DIC: CZ283 05 728
Americas
CommodityPoint
19901 Southwest Freeway, Suite 121
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
Contacts:
Office +1 281-207-5440
Patrick Reames – preames@utilipoint.com
Meet the Bloggers
Mr. Patrick Reames
Mr. Patrick Reames
Managing Director, CommodityPoint
Patrick has more than 30 years of energy industry experience. He has a deep understanding, developed through hands-on experience and managerial oversight, of upstream and midstream oil and gas operations including exploration, production, gathering, gas plant operations and pipeline operations. Additionally, he has 5 years of energy commodity trading, transportation, and risk management experience with Hess Corp. (formally known as Amerada Hess), a Fortune 100 integrated energy marketing company. Over the last twelve years, he has been focused primarily on information technology serving energy trading, marketing, and risk management. Prior to joining UtiliPoint in 2006, he served as an executive for several technology companies (including TransEnergy Management, Altra Energy, and TradeWell Systems) providing products and services to energy trading and marketing organizations. In these roles, his focus was on the creation and delivery of innovative, high value service products designed to ensure the successful implementation and on-going use of technology solutions.
Patrick is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events. He has published numerous articles in industry publications and contributes regularly to the UtiliPoint IssueAlert and CommodityPoint CommodityAlert series. Patrick maintains the CTRM Blog and website (http://wwwctrmblog.com) and is the co-author of the books “Selecting and Implementing Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software – A Primer” and “Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software 2009-2010″.
Dr. Gary M. Vasey
Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D.
Dr. Gary M. Vasey is an energy industry expert noted for his analysis, consulting, marketing and branding skills. Formally managing director of CommodityPoint’s European operations, he currently heads a proprietary trading firm in Prague in the Czech Republic. With over 22-years experience in the energy and utilities industry, Gary has experienced the industry’s volatility as a geologist, consultant, software developer, analyst and marketing practitioner providing him with unique insights, not just into the entire energy value chain, but also into how to position, brand and deliver products and services to the industry. He is a noted expert on the energy trading, transaction and risk management software industry and an accomplished industry analyst and thought leader.
Gary has published more than 500 articles on energy and utility industry trends in a variety of publications, is a regular speaker at industry conferences and the co-editor of the UtiliPoint book Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software – A Primer. Most recently he contributed the two chapters to The Professional Risk Managers‘ Guide to Energy and Environmental Markets published by PRMIA and two chapters, co-written with Peter C. Fusaro, to Weather, Energy and Environmental Hedging – An Introduction (ICFAI University Press, 2007) edited by Amando F C Da Silva.
Gary is the co-founder of the Energy Hedge Fund Center (www.energyhedgefunds.com) and the co-author of Energy & Environmental Hedge Funds – The New Investment Paradigm (Wiley, 2006) with Peter C. Fusaro and is the author of many trade press articles on hedge funds in the energy industry. He and Mr. Fusaro are also the joint editors of EnergyHedge, an electronic newsletter published by the Energy Hedge Fund Center.
Gary holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Aston in Birmingham, England and a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.
