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And Now for Something Totally Different . . .
August 13th, 2010 
Gary Vasey Being a CommodityPoint analyst has its moments. It would seem that few of my friends and relatives can actually grasp what it is I do for a living and so they politely ask me how is business and nod wisely as I reply. Quite honestly, it is difficult to explain to almost anybody what I do for a living but I can tell you this. I love it!
First, Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) is quite a small area to specialize in, so you end up tending to know almost everyone involved. It’s a community and as a friend of mine told me at a trade show recently, you don’t check name badges for names, but just to make sure who they are working for this month! But what do I actually do? Essentially, I try my very best to keep up with what is going on in the industry& particularly as it relates to CTRM and associated software and technologies. This doesn’t make me a technology geek, however, as I also have to understand the business context in which this all occurs.
Three Weeks At CommodityPoint by Mark Tredway
February 11th, 2010 Gary Vasey The first three weeks of any new job can be a daunting experience– but my three weeks at CommodityPoint literally gives justification to the phrase “my head is going to explode”.
The amount of information concerning the commodities and Energy industry that has been passed on to me recently by leading research and expert analysts Dr Gary M Vasey and Patrick Reames of CommodityPoint (with a combined experience of 54 years Energy and Utilities) is enough to fill a small library. Throw into the mix high expectations around creating a more customer focused environment throughout Utilipoint set by David Steele, President of Utilipoint International, and you then have a great setting for my first three weeks at CommodityPoint.
ETRM Goes To School by Patrick Reames
February 3rd, 2010 Gary Vasey With the aging of the workforce, the energy industry in the United States is facing the loss of the experienced and skilled resources that have developed, deployed and maintained the complex systems that underpin our energy infrastructure and the markets that operate within it. Anticipating the industry’s needs, many universities in the United States have developed programs designed to equip new graduates with a broad understanding of many of the technologies that are required as this industry continues to rapidly evolve in the United States.
The breadth of these educational programs include the traditional engineering courses that focus on the skills necessary to design and maintain the wide ranging systems and infrastructures that delivery energy in its many forms, including recently developed courses focused on “green” energy and smart-grid technologies. Others, like programs offered through the business colleges at the University of Texas, Tulane, and the University of Houston, are focused on the business of energy trading and risk management, acquainting students with the dynamics of the complex energy markets and equipping them with the analytic skills necessary to find employment in the energy trading industry.
CommodityPoint Welcomes Mark Tredway
January 15th, 2010 Gary Vasey On Monday, Mr. Mark Tredway joins CommodityPoint based in our Brno, Czech Republic office as Director of Business Development. Mark originally hails from South Africa but now lives in Brno with his Czech-born wife. Mark’s role will be to help us in business development and client management globally. We welcome him and wish him every success in his endeavors.
The Inaugural Edition of CommodityAlert by Gary Vasey & Patrick Reames
January 8th, 2010 Gary Vasey Happy New Year and welcome to the new CommodityPoint CommodityAlert newsletter! CommodityAlert will be issued weekly and will be written by CommodityPoint analysts on a variety of topics around commodity markets and the technologies that support them. We trust that you will find CommodityAlert a useful and valued source for news and analysis related to those issues that impact you and your business.
Posted in CommodityAlert 
Tags: CommodityAlert, CommodityAlert newsletter, CommodityPoint 
No Comments »2010 – A Big Year for CommodityPoint
January 4th, 2010 Gary Vasey I came in to the office today with a sense of excitement as 2010 has finally arrived and we have some big plans for CommodityPoint which will now start to see some movement. The first thing will be the launch of our new electronic newsletter CommodityAlert which Patrick and I will write weekly starting this week. Secondly, are the new research projects that we are working on and lastly will be the issue this month of our Vendor Directory. In addition, we are hiring and in mid January will have a business development resource here in Brno along with more research staff. An analyst will also be added in Houston later in the year.
