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In this episode, ComTech's Kevin Mossop talks with Molecule CEO - Sameer Soleja - about its products, market and plans... Many thanks to Sameer for participating.

In this special episode of CTRMRadio, Irina Reitgruber talks to Darling analytics COO - Ignacio Hidalgo - about our recent AI in Energy & Commodities research report. The report is a free download from CTRMCenter.com or ETTCenter.net in the publications section. Many thanks to Darling Analytics and to DycoTrade for sponsoring this study.

ComTech's Irina Reitgruber interviews Santanu Mohanty of FIS, Veronika Sprlakova of FIS and Miguel Angel Vicente Gonzalez of NTT Data about Joint Project Implementation. Listen in to their discussions - is it better to use the vendor's professional services team or an external implementation team? and having decided that - what are the issues you need to understand and address. Our thanks to the participants for their time and expertise.

We interviewed VAKT CEO - Tasja Botha - to find out more about VAKT, the achievements of the first year with Tasja as CEO and where it goes from here. Our thanks to Tasja. More about VAKT - https://www.vakt.com/ More about CTRM - www.ctrmcenter.com and www.ettcenter.net Please do like, share and subscribe.

Shaun Ankers is CEO of EnergyOne and in this discussion he talks about its recent financial results, its business strategy, its operations in European energy markets and its one stop shop approach. More information about Energyone at www.energyone.com. Thanks to Shaun for being our guest on this episode. Please do like, share and subscribe. CTRMRadio is also available in audio formats on all major podcast platforms. www.ctrmcenter.com

In this episode we talk to Sunil Biswas, CEO of ION Corporates covering many topics such as product strategy, several of its products such as Endur, Aspect, RightAngle, and its new initiatives including a SaaS, multi-tenant version of AgTech. It was a fascinating conversation and we would like to thank Sunil for his time. Please do like, share and subscribe to CTRMRadio.

In this podcast, ComTech talks with Shane Henley of CubeLogic and Aviv Handler of ETR Advisory about trade surveillance in energy & commodities. What is trade surveillance, what are the regulations, what are the requirements, what is coming in the future and more. Please do like and share. Our thanks to our guests - Aviv Handler and Shane Henley. Shane Henley is the Head of Monitoring Solutions at CubeLogic, a vendor that specialises in energy market transaction surveillance. Shane has 20 years experience in the energy trading sector covering industry, consulting a IT vendor roles. Shane spent much of his time as a consultant advising firms on European market regulations, including REMIT, MAR, MiFID 2 and EMIR. Since joining CubeLogic, Shane has helped to develop the CubeWatchTS solution into a widely recognised leader in physical energy market surveillance space. Aviv Handler is a specialist in the regulation of the commodities and energy market providing advice and services to the energy and commodity markets in the understanding, preparation and implementation of Energy and Commodity Market Regulations. He focuses on all streams of European regulation including EMIR, REMIT, MiFiD II, MAR, the relevant parts of Brexit and SFTR as well as applicable rules across the globe. Aviv has recently authored a book, "Navigating European Energy and Commodity Markets Regulation"

As 2025 is unveiled, we asked a number of senior CTRM and related software executives what they saw as the key trends in commodities for 2025 and what impact that may have on the software category going forward. Views were led by geopolitics but encompassed a vast number of topics that included traceability, regulations, tariffs, electrification and the energy transition, migration to the cloud and legacy replacement amongst others. Our thanks to Andre Jaeger of ION Commodities, Natallia Hunik of CubeLogic, Rob Sanders of Dycotrade, Mark Tredway of Enuit, Richard Williamson of Gen10, Harry Knott of Quor Eka, and Ben Tranier of EnergyOne for their contributions to this fascinating podcast. Please do support this podcast by liking and sharing it with your colleagues. Many thanks

In this episode of CTRMRadio we look at SaaS deployed ETRM / CTEM and Commodity Management solutions - the pros and cons. We talk with Dmtry Mykhalchuk, CEO of SaaS CTRM, GrainTrack, Saurabh Goyal, CEO of SaaS Commodity Management Phlo Systems and Bjarne Johansen, of SaaS ETRM provider - Aurora Systems to get answers. Please do like and share this podcast and subscribe to the channel. Thanks to our guests in this episode. www.ctrmcenter.com

In this episode, Irina Reitgruber of Commodity Technology Advisory interviews Christophe Malzer of Navitasoft about the recently released VPP report. Navitasoft was a sponsor of the study along with Beacon and Energy One. We thank the sponsors for making the research possible. The report was issued recently and is available as a Free download from ETTCenter.net (https://www.ettcenter.net/publications/reports/vpp-market-study/) It is also available on CTRMCenter.com.

In this episode, Irina Reitgruber of Commodity Technology Advisory interviews Sunny Tiwana of Energy One about the recently released VPP report. Energy One was a sponsor of the study along with Beacon and Navitasoft. We thank the sponsors for making the research possible. The report was issued recently and is available as a Free download from ETTCenter.net (https://www.ettcenter.net/publications/reports/vpp-market-study/). It is also available on CTRMCenter.com.

In this episode we look at how firms are looking at supplementing legacy CTRM solutions with SaaS cloud apps in order to keep up with market shifts or business changes. We explore supplementation as a strategy and the use cases for it as well as looking at how it impacts overall architecture. We talk with Richard Williamson of Gen10, Andre Jaeger of ION Commodities and Justin Howat of Topaz. Many thanks to them for their participation.

Steve Hughes, CEO of Quor, provides an update on its acquisition of Eka as well as sharing what may be next. Thanks for Steve for his participation. www.ctrmcenter.com for all things CTRM

At the end of 2024, the EUDR regulation will come into force for large and medium firms dealing with certain commodities and it will require traceablility - the tracking of the commodity from source to end use. Why will this regulation enforce traceability when others haven't? What does it mean and what is needed in a CTRM/CM solution? We asked Saurabh Goyal of Phlo Systems and Richard Williamson of Gen10. Please do subscribe, like and share. Many thanks to Richard and Saurabh for their participation.

In this episode of CTRMRadio we look at data management in energy & commodities by talking with four vendors - two existing vendors and two SaaS newcomers in the form of FIS, HAKOM, Ventriks and OpenDataDSL. What is driving data management? What impact is AI having? What solutions are emerging and why? Our thanks to our guests - Harshad Kolpyakwar of FIS, Richard Quigley of Ventriks, Stefan Komornyik of HAKOM and Colin Hartley of OpenDataDSL.

Today's news was that STG had acquired Eka to merge it with Quor. I spoke to Quor CEO, Steve Hughes, about the acquisition - why Eka? How will it work? and what's next in terms of M&A? Our thanks to Steve Hughes for participating in this podcast bulletin. www.CTRMCenter.com for all things CTRM.

In this episode, we discuss the energy transition and the technologies underpinning it with Ben Hillary, CEO of Commodities People, and announce the new Energy Transition Technologies practice at ComTech Advisory with Irina Reitgruber, Affiliate Analyst at ComTech. In addition to the new practice area, we have also launched www.ettcenter.net as a research and news portal targeting at energy transition technologies and a sister site to the popular CTRMCenter. Our thanks to Ben and also to Irina for their expert discussion. Visit the ETTCenter at www.etttcenter.net Thanks for listening and as always please do subscribe to the channel, like and share1 www.comtechadvisory.com

New technologies are available from cloud to AI that are set to change CTRM and related software. It is hoped that these technologies will make for a more cost effective and user friendly CTRM environment but will it result in a revolution or evolution? We talked with three senior software figures to see how they are using new technologies including Saeed Patel, CPOI at Quor, Saurabh Goyal, CEO at Phlo Systems and David Meyers, co-owner at Enuit. We thank each for their participation. Please do subscribe to the channel, like and share... Many thanks.

At the beginning of 2024, we asked a number of industry players their views on commodity and technology trends likely to impact CTRM and related software in 2024. We spoke to and thank Steve Hughes (CEO of Quor) Jan van den Brom (CEO of Agiboo) and Asbjorn Hansen (Previse Systems). I then spoke with ComTech affiliate analyst - Irina Reitgruber - to get her views and discuss what we had heard. Visit www.ctrmcenter.com for all things CTRM Please do subscribe to this channel for new podcast and other videos. Please like and share. Many thanks,

As many veterans leave the commodity trading and risk management industry as they reach retirement age, they take their knowledge and expertise with them. Newcomers are desperate to learn the business and the software and to fill the gap left behind. But how? Well, there are a number of books out in recent months including our own - CTRM Software: An Analyst View of a Dynamic Software Market - and we discuss this and other training initiatives with the author of another book - Hello ETRM and CTRM - Chirag Ahuja a senior business analyst with Vattenfall Energy Trading. Thanks to Chirag for joining Patrick and I on the podcast. Do please like, share and listen in.... The discussed books can be found on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3RCDIV5 and https://amzn.to/3RkyAo6 - in hardcover, paperback and Kindle formats.

We cover the topic of operational outsourcing in Energy & Commodities looking at both outsourcing of ETRM, CTRM and other application support services as well as the emergence of operational outsourcing - What's driving it and where is happening? Patrick talks with Russ Meyer Partner at CapCo Energy Partners and I talk with Vincent Dumontoy, GM, Belgium & France, Energy One Europe. Thanks to our guests. Please do like, share and subscribe to CTRMRadio. Do visit CTRMCenter.com for new, views, opinion and research in the area of commodity trading and risk management technologies and do download our new whitepaper on Outsourcing there.

In CTRMRadio 38, we talk to Quor, the new entity formed by the spin off of what was called Brady Commodities acquired by STG. Patrick Reames talks with Quor CEO, Tasja Botha, about the new vendor, its strategy and future. Gary Vasey talks to Chief Business Architect, Harry Knott and with Global Head of Alliances, Connor Hoban about such topics as defending its legacy of leadership in metals, the products and their functionality, ESG and net zero, partnering and more... CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

Amphora's recent announcement of Alchemy - a new concentrates solution - was the latest in a series of new entries into the metal CTRM and CM space. From a situation where most metals companies had a choice of two or three potential solutions, we now appear to have a growing and varied list of potential solutions. What's driving that explosion of metals-related solutions and are these solutions really up to the job? We talked to Amphora's David Glasspool to learn a bit about Alchemy and what the opportunity that it sees looks like and then we talked to some of the other vendors in the space including Brain Collins of Commodity Engineering whose Balsamo is a metals solution, Lance Fogtman at ION, which markets a number of solutions capable of handling various aspects of metals but whose Aspect platform appears to be doing remarkably well in the space and finally, Patrick spoke to Edward Porter of Eka, another long-term provider of metals CTRM and CM solutions. For a full and complete list of the diverse world of metals solutions, please visit the CTRMCenter.com directory - https://www.ctrmcenter.com/resources/ where you will find a continually update list of vendors and products searchable by various criteria. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

To kick off the year we decided to poll a few people around the industry as to what they saw the opportunities and threats posed by 2023 might be either to the industry, their business, or both. In part 2, to be released in a couple of days, we talk to Jan van den Brom of Agiboo and Dr. Jens Bartenschlager of Fidectus. In the final part, Patrick Reames and Gary M. Vasey discuss what we have learned. In part 1, we talked with Sulhi Akmehmet of Beacon Platform, Ito van Lanschot of Tradesparent, Simon Wheeler of Energy One Europe, Tasja Botha of Brady Commodities and George Bradshaw of Gen10. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

To kick off the year we decided to poll a few people around the industry as to what they saw the opportunities and threats posed by 2023 might be either to the industry, their business, or both. In part 1, we talked with Sulhi Akmehmet of Beacon Platform, Ito van Lanschot of Tradesparent, Simon Wheeler of Energy One Europe, Tasja Botha of Brady Commodities and George Bradshaw of Gen10. In part 2, to be released in a couple of days, we talk to Jan van den Brom of Agiboo and Dr. Jens Bartenschlager of Fidectus. In the final part, Patrick Reames and Gary M. Vasey discuss what we have learned. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast by Commodity Technology Advisory LLC, hosted on CTRMCenter.com. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide. Contact us for sponsorship or advertising opportunities.

As we face an interesting winter in Europe with volatile power and gas prices, potential power cuts and more, batteries and their role in the grid have come increasingly into focus. But, what role does a battery play and how does that role vary by geography and market? What sorts of software exists to help with optimising and managing batteries? Commodity Technology Advisory spoke with Ross Attrill of EnergyOne about how its' Enflow process automation software is being used for battery optimisation in Australia. We then spoke to Brady Technology's Chris Regan to learn about UK and Nordic markets and the role of batteries there before talking with Enegen's David Calmonson about batteries and software in the UK. If you enjoy this podcast do like, share and subscribe to it. You can find CTRMCenter at www.ctrmcenter.com. CTRMRadio is sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter – the place for all things CTRM.

We had quite a conversation with Andre Jaeger of Ion Commodities recently to learn more about Ion Commodities, its strategy, positioning and plans. Patrick Reames and I then discussed what we had heard as analysts in the space. The conversation covered many topics but included the impacts of the Ukraine-Russia war, general market conditions, Ion's products, Carbon and emissions, renewables and much more.... Our thanks to Andre Jaeger and Rowena Bataille of Ion Commodities for participating in this episode. Please do subscribe, like and share this podcast. CTRMRadio is sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter – the place for all things CTRM. www.ctrmcenter.com

ComTech has issued a new report available for free at ctrmcenter.com on Trends in Commodities Risk Management Technologies (https://www.ctrmcenter.com/publications/reports/trends-in-commodity-risk-management-technologies/). The report was sponsored by NASDAQ Risk Platform, Amphora and Commodities People and we discuss its findings with Adrian Carr of NASDAQ Risk Platform, David Glasspool of Amphora and Ben Hillary of Commodities People. Patrick and I also discuss the findings. Our thanks to the participants. Please do subscribe, like and share this podcast. CTRMRadio is sponsored by Enuit, provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter - the place for all things CTRM.

High commodity prices and volatility, inflationary pressures and FX volatility are all features of today's commodity markets. This is driving more emphasis on risk and cash management. We talk to Martin Hiller of FORRS and Lance Fogtman of Ion about the linkage between CTRM and Treasury.

In this episode we talk with J. Lance Fogtman, VP of Product Strategy, ION Commodities and Hugo Stappers of Hitachi Energy about what they are seeing in terms of market requirements around carbon and net zero. We thanks our guests for their participation and you for listening. Please do like and share this podcast if you found it useful.

An ETRM / CTRM software acquisition and implementations can impact the entirety of a wholesale commodity-centric company and are a very significant investment in terms of cost and effort required to realize the benefits first envisioned when purchasing the system. Given those costs, and the risks involved should the project fail in part or whole, in this episode of CTRMRadio we're discussing the top critical success factors to consider when selecting and implementing CTRM software. Our panel includes four highly experienced experts, three from consulting firms that specialize in selecting and implementing these systems, including Lance Laubach of Essentia Advisory Partners, Martin Hillers with FORRS, and Glen Ragland with Capco; and one from a leading software vendor, KR with iRely. We thank each for their participation and you for listening. Please do like and share this podcast if you found it useful.

The energy transition has really just started and will continue for many years. as we move from traditional generation assets towards smaller, distributed renewables, what might the impacts on ETRM software be? Will there be new requirements? New solutions? We asked four vendors for their insights and opinions including Shaun Ankers, CEO of Energy One, Chris Regan, Business Lead of Energy STP at Brady Technologies, Luca Pedretti, Co-Founder and COO at Pexapark and Ganesh Natarajan of Enuit. We thank them for participating and you for listening. Please do like and share.

After 2-years of disruption to trade shows, conferences and other networking, informational and educational events in the commodities industries, what have we learned? Is the future face-to-face or online? Are online webinars effective or will podcasting take off as a way to educate and inform? Commodity Technology Advisory talks to three leaders in the field. First we talk to co-host of the successful Insider's Guide to Energy podcast, Chris Sass. We then talk to MD of Commodities People, Ben Hillary, about the innovations his organisation made to adapt to the new normal of lockdowns and work from home and where he thinks the tradeshow and conference area will go in the future. Finally, we spoke with James Harris with Geneva-based Commodity Trading Network which organises industry networking events and education. We'd like to thank our guests for their participation. CTRMRadio is kindly sponsored by Enuit, an award winning provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide and hosted by CTRMCenter - the place for all things CTRM

We talk to three experts in data management about data management and what is new as it relates to commodity technology. Kindly sponsored by Enuit. We spoke with Richard Quigley, CEO and founder of Ventriks, Chris Hembrecht, Director of Product Management at Morningstar and Mark Earthey, Non-Executive Director for Matrica. Patrick Reames and Gary M. Vasey of ComTech then discuss what they had learned. To sponsor an episode, contact us....

In this episode, we take a look at how volatile power markets like the UK might drive technology innovation and focus in on three vendors - Brady with PowerDesk, Enegen with Atom and CubeLogic with risk management. Kindly sponsored by Enuit we talk with Chris Regan and Dmitri Ishutin of Brady, Ian Sloggett of CubeLogic and Chris Fisher of Enegen. Our thanks to them for participating.

Commodity Management software? What is it and how is defined? We talk to Richard Philcox at SAP, David Meyers at Enuit, and George Olney at iRely to get their opinions and find out more about this important class of software. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast from Commodity Technology Advisory LLC. It is sponsored by Enuit and hosted by CTRMCenter.

ESG is the new buzzword in commodities and will have significant impacts going forward on trade. In this episode we talk to Simon Ring of Pole Star, Adam Hearne of Carbonchain.com and Philip Lilliefelth of Vasanda to learn more about a solution initiative all three companies are engaged in to support ESG issues in supply chains. CTRMRadio is brought to you by leading analysts, Commodity Technology Advisory. This episode is kindly sponsored by Enuit. Please do visit CTRMCenter for insights, news and views into the world of CTRM software.

The energy transition means shifting from large-scale fossil and nuclear generation to small, distributed renewables and batteries. We talk to Enspired Trading founder and CEO, Jurgen Meyerhoffer, about this topic and explore the possible future as well as the challenges to get there. We also discuss these challenges with Brady Technologies' Product Director, Chris Regan, with Chris Fisher, Business Developement at Enegen, and with Johann Zamboni, CEO of eZ-nergy. CTRMRadio is brought to you by leading analysts, Commodity Technology Advisory. This episode is kindly sponsored by Enuit. Please do visit CTRMCenter for insights, news and views into the world of CTRM software.

CTRMRadio revisits disruptive technologies in Commodities. We talk with Jochen Herrman of Baringa Partners and Ross Attril of EnergyOne about overall trends and around a tool for business process automation specifically as an example. At the same time, ComTech is working on an update report in disruptive tech. due out end Q2 2021 and we seek your input via a short set of questions at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DTech2021. CTRMRadio is an ad hoc podcast from Commodity Technology Advisory and CTRMCenter. It is kindly sponsored by Enuit, an award-winning provider of CTRM and Commodity Management solutions worldwide.

ComTech takes a look at the potential impacts of climate and carbon on CTRM and CM software. We talk to Peter C. Fusaro of Global Change Associates, David Kane, Partner with Baringa and Bruce Tozer of Gen10 about the issues and likely outcomes.

We introduce the new ComTech white paper - Three Trends in CTRM/CM for 2021 now available on the CTRMCenter.com and explore these and other trends. We talk to Andre Jaeger of ION Commodities and Doug Gyani of Principia Consulting about what they see impacting CTRM and CM before exploring the trends discussed by the white paper. Many thanks to Andre and Doug for their participation.

In this edition, I talk with Patrick about some of the issues that have impacted CTRM markets in 2020 and how we see things shaping up going forward. We cover issues like COVID19 lockdowns, Oil prices, Remote implementations and trends in technology. The report - 2020 Market Sizing, Outlook and Trends is for purchase on CTRMCenter at https://www.ctrmcenter.com/publications/reports/2020-market-sizing-outlook-and-trends-through-2024/.

CTRMRadio 18 looks at three AI use cases in Commodities. We speak with Philip Lilliefielth of Vasanda about its efforts to optimize commodity transportation, Randy Wilson, CEO at Aquilon about AI use in the back office, and James Matthews of AgFlow about using AI with agricultural data to aid in risk management. Following up on our research into disruptive technologies (https://www.ctrmcenter.com/publications/reports/disruptive-technologies-in-commodity-trading-markets/) a couple of years ago that identified AI/ML as a key area for investment, we explore how this technology is being used. Thanks to the participants. Please visit www.ctrmcenter.com for more information.

EnergyOne is an Australian ETRM and related software vendor and a public company that probably isn't too well known in Europe. However, it acquired UK-based Contigo a couple of years ago and more recently eZ-nergy. We looked at these acquisitions in this edition of CTRMRadio talking to Mr. Simon Wheeler, CEO of Contigo, Mr. Johann Zamboni, CEO of eZ-nergy and Ms. Karen Sanders, Head of Professional Services at Contigo. We asked about the transactions in terms of what it meant for the market generally and users specifically as well as what the future may hold.

ComTech looks into digitalization in commodities. What does it mean and what is the impact on CTRM and CM software? Guests include Mr Matt. Barrett CEO of Adaptive (www.weareadaptive.com), Mr. Dale Emmerson, Director of Business Development at Igloo (www.iglootradingsolutions.com), Mr. Doug Gyani, Managing Consultant of Principia Consulting (www.principia-consulting.com) and Mr.David Corthorn, Chief Product Officer for 2DA Analytics (www.2da.us).

In this episode of CTRMRadio, we examine a real world use of artificial intelligence (more specifically deep learning) in the energy trading markets. We visit with two experts from Enverus - Don Davidson, Sr. Director of Development & Architecture and Rob Allerman, Sr. Director of Power Analytics – to learn how deep learning tools are improving that company’s ability to more accurately forecast energy demand even as covid-19 causes significant disruptions across the energy complex.

CTRMRadio Edition 14 looks at Coronavirus impact on CTRM vendors and their customers. We speak with Manuv Garg, CEO of Eka, Cassie Livesey of Gen10, Simon Piercy of CTRM Cubed and Ganesh Natarajan, MD Enuit Europe about business continuity in a lockdown environment.

This edition of CTRMRadio visits E-world in Essen, Germany where we talk to vendors and participants about the trade show and trends in the industry that people are talking about. We talk with Dr. Kashif Javaid of Contigo, Mr. Matthew Bush and Ms. Debbie Bavin of Brady, Mr. Colin Cooper of Eka, Mr. Simon Piercy of CTRMCubed, Mr. Markus Allard of Beacon, Mr. Dale Emmerson of Igloo and Mr. Johann Zamboni of Ez-nergy.

Commodity Technology Advisory LLC talk to Ian Tobin of Brady and Roderick Austin Of CubeLogic about trends in commodity credit risk management. Thanks to our guests for their participation in this edition of CTRMRadio.

CTRMRadio 11 looks at CTRM delivered as a service in the cloud - perhaps even instantly on entry of a credit card. We talked to Simon Piercy, CEO of CTRM Cubed, David Leevan, CEO of cQuant and Matt Barrett, CEO and Co-founder of Adaptive to learn more.

In this CTRMRadio edition, Patrick Reames of ComTech talks to Glen Ragland of CAPCO, Colin Cooper of Eka, and David Mayers of Enuit about the unique CTRM requirements for LNG.