Alex Filstein is the founder of Watercut Inc. which specializes in SAGD assets benchmarking and related education services. He is also an investor in the Canadian Energy sector and recognized as an industry expert in SAGD and Solvent Assisted and Dominated technologies. He was one of the key leading figures in the development of these technologies for Cenovus Energy and ConocoPhillips Canada. He advanced many patents and publications on the topic and successfully advanced these low emissions solutions in the field. He specializes in thermal in-situ production optimization, green technologies integration and co-pioneered the Solvent consortium at COSIA/Pathways to further advance and accelerate solvent technology development. He served as a Board observer at General Fusion, HiFi Engineering and Saltworks Technologies. Alex is the recipient of the 2018 Oilweek/JWN Magazine Rising Star Award, 2019 Technical Achievement Alumni Award from University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering and 2024 ConocoPhillips Global SPIRIT Award. He also authored the book “Apollo Autism” which helped many autism families achieve a happier tomorrow and this year celebrates his 10th year volunteering as a mentor at SAIT Petroleum Engineering program.