# Terry Kennon

> Terry Kennon is a chemical engineer turned investment banker turned clean-energy builder who serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Proteum Energy in Phoenix, Arizona. He took on the President role in March 2019 after roughly four years as CTO. With more than 30 years across chemical engineering, biofuels investment banking at J.P. Morgan, and renewable-energy entrepreneurship, Kennon now leads Proteum's patented technology that reforms renewable ethanol into low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen and 'designer fuels' - and turns wasted flare gas into usable product. He is a named inventor on the company's core patents and directs both its technology roadmap and its intellectual-property strategy.

- **Role:** Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer at Proteum Energy
- **Organizations:** Proteum Energy, LLC, Merica International LLC, J.P. Morgan
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, MBA (Albert Fried Fellowship), Cornell University
- **Known for:** Named inventor on Proteum Energy patents covering methods to convert non-methane hydrocarbon gases into multiple product gas streams, including a predominantly hydrogen stream, Led development of technology that reforms renewable ethanol into renewable hydrogen at a cost comparable to hydrogen from non-renewable sources, Selected for an Albert Fried Fellowship at Cornell's MBA program

## Career timeline

- **—** — Earned B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech
- **—** — Earned MBA at Cornell University, selected by faculty for an Albert Fried Fellowship
- **—** — Sector Head for Biofuels in J.P. Morgan's Alternative Energy Investment Banking Group
- **—** — Co-founding partner of Merica International LLC, combining biomass-to-liquid gasification with sustainable forestry for Fischer-Tropsch renewable diesel
- **2015** — Joined the company (later Proteum Energy) as Chief Technology Officer
- **2019** — Assumed the President role (March 2019)
- **2020** — Company emerged as Proteum Energy, LLC following the restructuring of Advanced Green Innovations
- **2026** — Serves as Executive Vice President & CTO, Proteum Energy

## Achievements

- Named inventor on Proteum Energy patents covering methods to convert non-methane hydrocarbon gases into multiple product gas streams, including a predominantly hydrogen stream
- Led development of technology that reforms renewable ethanol into renewable hydrogen at a cost comparable to hydrogen from non-renewable sources
- Selected for an Albert Fried Fellowship at Cornell's MBA program
- Built and led the biofuels coverage sector at J.P. Morgan's Alternative Energy Investment Banking Group
- Co-founded Merica International, pairing gasification technology with sustainable forestry for renewable diesel

## Latest updates

- **2023-08** — Proteum Energy's most recent recorded seed-stage funding round (approximately $500,000 total funding)

## Links

- Website: https://proteumenergy.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-kennon-b3377274

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Last updated: 2026-06-21