Advisory & Expertise

Who I work with

Energy private equity and private credit · Family offices · Oil and gas operators and mineral owners · Energy-tech and AI founders · Universities, conferences and industry groups

01 — Distressed oil & gas M&A and transaction diligence

Diligence for buyers, lenders and investors looking at oil and gas assets sold under financial stress — where the liabilities are hardest to see.

What I do

• Distressed and out-of-distress asset sales
• Operator financial-stress and counterparty review
• Plugging and abandonment exposure and asset-retirement obligations
• PV-10 adjusted for plugging costs
• AB 1167 financial-assurance and AB 1866 idle-well exposure in California
• Red flags in asset transfers

Evidence

• PV-10 plugging-adjusted model (Investment Work)
• Research: “Who pays for the hole in the ground?” (Research)
• Founder & CEO, Bizarretti (Bizarretti)
• B.S. Petroleum Engineering (Honors), Satbayev University; field experience at Karachaganak Petroleum Operating and Halliburton

02 — Mineral rights, land and title

Ownership research and land analysis from a landman’s perspective.

What I do

• Mineral and surface ownership research
• Chain-of-title questions
• Locating hard-to-find owners
• Land-side diligence for acquisitions

Evidence

• Working paper “The Unfindable Owner” (2026)
• Article “Why title insurance stops at the surface” (Writing)
• AAPL member, Registered Landman track

03 — Investment analysis (VC / PE)

Analyst-grade work in the format an investment committee reads.

What I do

• Investment memos
• Market and problem analysis
• Diligence question lists for founders
• Comparables and valuation support

Evidence

• Capstone investment memo on an EV-charging company, Black Venture Capital Consortium VC Curriculum Program (Fall 2026)
• Capital IQ Pro 101 certification, S&P Global
• Private Equity Recruiting Bootcamp, Leland
• Student member, CFA Society San Francisco

04 — Energy-tech business development and fundraising

Helping technical energy and industrial-AI companies get in front of the right investors and partners.

What I do

• Investor applications and outreach
• Positioning a technical product for U.S. investors
• Partner and pilot introductions
• Bridging Kazakhstan / Central Asia and the U.S.

Evidence

• Business development for an industrial-AI company serving Kazakhstan’s national grid operator
• University Ambassador, LvlUp Ventures
• Native Russian and Kazakh, fluent English

05 — AI strategy and prototyping

Turning an AI idea into a scoped use case and a working prototype, fast.

What I do

• AI use-case scoping
• Rapid prototypes
• AI literacy sessions for teams and students

Evidence

• 3rd Place, AGI House AI Hackathon (San Francisco, 2025)
• Most Creative Award, Memories.ai Lab Series hackathon
• 2nd Place, Blockchain Climate Hackathon (Dubai)
• President, AI Club, Golden Gate University
• Anelya Energy Terminal (Terminal)
• Research Analyst, “Equitable Employment in the Age of AI”, International Organization of Youth (2025)

06 — Marketing and positioning strategy

Clear narratives for technical founders and complex products.

What I do

• Go-to-market narrative and positioning
• Thought-leadership and content strategy
• Bilingual English / Russian content

Evidence

• Graduate studies in AI in Media
• Bilingual content for international audiences
• Marketing and transactions background in real estate

07 — Research, writing and speaking

Technical and policy research written for decision-makers.

What I do

• White papers and research briefs
• Technical papers
• Talks, panels and workshops

Evidence

• Published research on polymers for enhanced oil recovery (Tyumen, Tomsk, Moscow, 2017–2018)
• Policy papers on AI and employment submitted to the UN Secretary-General’s Office
• Full list in the Record

Where this is going

My long-term goal is to build an energy-focused private equity firm that invests in distressed and transition-stage energy assets — using well-level data, land expertise and AI to underwrite what others can’t see. Bizarretti, my research and this advisory work are the foundation for that.

This is a statement of long-term intent, not an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security or fund interest.

How we can work together

Advisory call

45 minutes on a specific asset, deal or question.

Research brief or memo

A written analysis on a defined question.

Diligence review

Focused review of a specific asset package or company.

Speaking and workshops

Talks for conferences, universities and teams.