Jody Robins joined NREL in 2019. He currently leads teams developing a high temperature pulsed power drilling device and a geothermal market report. He has over 20 years of drilling and completion experience serving both major and independent operators in the petroleum industry. His expertise includes well design, operational supervision, and drilling optimization and efficiency. He has drilled a wide variety of wells, from shallow coalbed methane horizontal wells to 30,000-foot subsalt deepwater wells.