Dr. Benjamin Burke is CEO of Gradient Geothermal, Inc., a Denver-based modular geothermal technology company. He is a geoscientist with almost 20 years of management and work experience in the oil and gas industry with a diverse range of companies including a major, a large independent, and a private-equity backed startup. He is a past president of the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists and an Affiliate Faculty member with the Geology and Geological Engineering Department at Colorado School of Mines.