Ravi Ramdas
Principal Business Consultant at Peninsula Energy,
Ravi Ramdas
Principal Business Consultant at Peninsula Energy,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Overview
Work Experience
Principal Business Consultant
2021 - Current
Advisory Board Member
2021
Angel Squad Member
2021
Board Member
2020
Advisory Board Member
2022 - 2023
Managing Director
2018 - 2021
Oversee the profit and loss management of the entire company. Responsible for strategy development and implementation, corporate governance, financial performance, operational efficiency, and relationship management. Other responsibilities and duties include: • Reviewing business processes and developing business plans to enhance cost efficiency in fuel management. • Liaising with the company board to guide decision-making. • Communicating the company’s policies and legal position. • Forging partnerships with stakeholders to execute the business agenda.
Director, Business Development and Asset Optimization
2017 - 2018
Developed tactical marketing plans that fulfilled the company’s commercial objectives. Oversaw project managers developing growth strategies, analyzed supply chains, and implemented process improvements to boost operations. Other responsibilities and duties included: • Nurturing relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders to increase productivity and ease negotiations. • Developing and presenting strategic plans for decision-making and exploring marketing opportunities to company leaders. • Collaborating with multi-level stakeholders (internal and external) to optimize asset use. Key Achievement: • Through continuous process improvement, enhanced the asset efficiency ratio by optimizing under-utilized assets, such as storage tanks, rail cars, and truck-to-pipeline discharge stations (LACTs).
Director, Gulf Coast Distillates Trading
2015 - 2017
Led the International Trading Unit that controlled diesel disposal, distillate blendstocks, feedstock purchases, and light cycle oil operations and stimulated the trading desk’s efficiency. Supervised the growth expansion strategies, ensured regulatory compliance by implementing company protocols and controls, and maintained a spotless standing with external regulators. Key Achievements: • Challenged the status quo and identified and pursued business growth opportunities resulting in the company’s participation in large-scale tenders and delivering cargoes to Europe, Central America, and Brazil.
Manager, Crude Origination
2013 - 2015
Guided business expansion and managed day-to-day operations. Established the Oklahoma regional marketing office, managed strategic planning and development, and collaborated with the Calgary office, responsible for Canadian crude transactions. Key Achievements: • Managed 1,000 rail cars and delivered up to 100,000 crude barrels to refineries daily. • Analyzed costs per trade, evaluated critical industry conditions, and lowered the costs for crude and Brent WTI crude arbitrage lock-in.
Managing Director
2009 - 2013
Founder and Managing Director. Grew market share and provide strategic leadership across different business functions to align unit objectives with the company mission and streamline corporate growth. Other responsibilities and duties included: • Analysing the client and competitor network to gather latest industry trends and set accurate benchmarks. • Aligning departmental objectives to reflect the company’s mission. • Championing continuous productivity across the organisation. • Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to inspire innovation and capture expansion opportunities. • Maximising expansion initiatives, reducing operational threats/inefficiencies, mitigating business risks, and leveraging on the company’s core strengths to propel growth. • Developing and enforcing policies that led to continual improvements in business operations and human resource management. • Conducting market research and analysis to guide management in making strategic decisions
Basis Trading Manager
2006 - 2009
Provided leadership to the company in strategic positioning, financial performance, and risk management and drove operational efficiency. Supervised the maintenance and functionality of a 120,000-barrel time-chartered ocean-going barge and supplied the Canadian Arctic Circle with ultra-low sulphur kerosene via rail. Key Achievements: • Increased profitability and reach by securing a short-term joint venture with a chemical trading company for gasoline blendstock importation. • By participating in global trading management, championed the penetration of traded distillates, blendstocks, and gasoline to new markets in the Gulf Coast, Mid-West, Southeast, New York Harbour, and Canadian markets. • Boosted company revenue and growth and structured product pricing and logistics strategies for Love’s Travel Store’s truck stop network to aid the parent company’s strategic growth. • Hammered out
Education
BA (Hons.)
1989 - 1992
International Baccalaureate
1980 - 1987