Pedro Santos

and flow became of interest and he invented the CNGmotive technology. The patent pending technology of Chill Fill ® and Rapid Fill ®, which underpin CNGmotive, Inc’s railroad locomotive fueling systems, provide the optimal solution to the problems resulting from the heat of compression in manipulating CNG. Systems based on these technologies are or have been applied in large scale field use by a number of companies.

Pedro has been the recipient of numerous technical awards including the Goradia Innovation Prize in 2011, and was a winner in 8+ technical and business competitions. He has been featured on Compressor Tech Magazine on multiple occasions, Chemical Engineering Magazine, and received the Dominican Republic presidential award in 2012 recognizing the most accomplished professional in the country under 35 years of age. He was named by Forbes as one of its inaugural “30 under 30” award in the field of energy in December 2011. Pedro holds >5 granted patents and >20 pending in the areas of compression, natural gas storage and transportation, and thermodynamic processes involving gas and hydraulics.

Prior to co- founding CNGmotive, Pedro had been founder of Hicor Technologies, Inc (a compression technology company) and operations director with a Latin American affiliate of Ingersoll-Rand, one of the world’s largest compression technology and equipment companies, using his expertise to reduce the total operating costs of manufacturing operations throughout the Americas. He holds a certification as one of the youngest professionals to have attained the United States’ Department of Energy’s Airmaster+ certification in compressed air systems and has completed more than 80 industrial energy audits for compression systems.