Deep Space Commodities / Progress in Mathematics (PDF)

Professor Tom James is a leading expert and published author in the Energy and Commodity sector with over 28 years of global commercial experience. He is regularly called upon by governments and corporations for advice and insight on market developments, and has served as a Senior Energy Advisor to the United States Department of Defense in its Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFBSO).
For several years now Tom has employed data from space-based satellites to support his work in the trading, tracking, and monitoring of energy and natural resource supply and consumption across planet Earth. This has allowed him to keep close to the technical and commercial developments in the space sector.
In 2009 Professor James founded the international commodity and energy consulting group, Navitas Resources. In 2016 he co-founded NR Capital, an alternative commodity trade finance platform, and in 2018 he co-founded Deep Space Technologies, a firm focused on the development of a Space Economy Ecosystem.
Alongside his commercial career, Professor James has held a variety of academic positions, including the Petronet LNG Chair Professor at UPES in Asia; Executive Tutor for the MBA Oil and Gas programme at Middlesex University, UK; visiting executive faculty at the Singapore Management University (SMU); and Adjunct Professor at UNIST, South Korea.
He lives and works in Singapore and is a professional member of the Singapore Space and Technology Association (SSTA).