A PODCAST BY AKSELOS
The physical systems that make modern life possible.
Every episode brings on board a person from the industry to share their remarkable stories that wouldn’t make headlines.
~20 minutes
PER EPISODE
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About the series
For the industry. By the industry.
Asset Life is a new podcast series from Akselos exploring the stories of the assets and the people that make our modern lifestyle possible, built around a simple belief: the assets that keep modern life moving deserve better stories.
They rarely make headlines when they work. They only become visible when something breaks, prices spike, or supply tightens.
But behind the stability of everyday life are refineries, terminals, vessels, and the people whose work makes our way of life possible.
This series is for those people, and for the remarkable stories that deserve to be told.
Asset Life is not outside commentary on industry. It is the industry telling the stories that keep the world running.
Expect conversations with operators, engineers, executives, economists, policymakers, academics, and industry voices — all exploring the physical systems we depend on, the decisions behind them, and the people who keep them alive.
Oz Rodriguez | Host
Oz hosts the conversations. The guest and the asset carry the episode. Each interview is a genuine exchange — no script, no gotchas.
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EP. 05
The Physics Behind The Data
Why the people who run the plant should help build its tools.
Roberto Rodrigo Alonso
Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group
Roberto Rodrigo Alonso started his career inside a refinery as a process engineer, and he still calls himself a field engineer at heart. At LARTC 2026, he lifted the Digital Technology of the Year award for a tool that combines process simulation with machine learning to predict every refinery stream in real time, down to the final blending tanks. He explains why tools like this have to be built with the engineers and console operators who run the units, and why a tool nobody owns is like an FCC nobody runs. His bet for the refineries that come out ahead is one word: performance.
ALL EPISODES
EP. 01
From Molecule to Market
DME is a fuel molecule that’s been sitting in refrigerators and aerosol cans for a century. This episode is about how it also became a diesel replacement.
Guest: Elliot Anise-Hicks | Co-Founder & Board Director, Oberon Fuels
EP.02
Devotion to Human Performance
A HYROX world championship racer, a career chemist, and a rule he applies to both: small correct decisions, repeated, beat the big dramatic move.
Guest: Dr. Bill Bender | Chief Innovation Officer, Duravi
EP.03
The Hitch in the Giddy Up
An Air Force satellite specialist, almost thirty years at Koch, now watching AI crack a data problem the industry couldn’t solve any other way.
Guest: Tim Shanfelt | Operations Enablement Director, Koch Ag and Energy Solutions
EP.04
The Centaur Model
Why predicting every failure is a utopia, and why the best results come from people and technology together.
Guest: Javier Mascheroni | Physical Asset Management
EP.05
The Physics Behind The Data
Why the people who run the plant should help build its tools.
Guest: Roberto Rodrigo Alonso | Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group
