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Sean Davidson is the founder and CEO of Davis Index. Davidson is also the founder of Jules AI, a tech vertical building technology solution for the recycling industry.

Nearly 15 years ago, Davidson reinvigorated recycled material coverage across the Metal Bulletin Group as global editor of raw materials at American Metal Market (AMM), Metal Bulletin (MB) and Steel First, based out of New York. During his time at AMM/MB, Davidson launched the index for America’s first recycled material futures contract: the CME busheling contract. In 2015, Davidson moved to Houston to build and launch Argus Metal Prices as its global editor, a role he exited in early 2019. Since then, he has focused on building Davis Index into an industry leader for recycled materials market intelligence. Prior to his roles in commodities, Davidson served different journalistic and entrepreneurial roles in the United Kingdom, Middle East and India. His career has spanned print, online, television, recreation, hospitality and technology.

Chad Kripke is the President of Toledo, Ohio-based Kripke Enterprises, Inc. Since 1993, KEI has grown to become a leader in aluminum trading within North America. Kripke has a 225,000 sq ft processing facility in Toledo and scrap trading offices in Florida and Maryland. Their MidSouth Aluminum division in Jackson, Tennessee is a distributor of new flat rolled aluminum products. Chad has been with Kripke Enterprises since 2008. Prior to that, he spent four years at OmniSource in National Accounts purchasing.

Andy has been marketing and trading metals and plastics for over 15 years. In 2024, as the president of Schupan Materials Trading, Andy and his 40-member team will trade over 1 billion pounds of material, servicing more than 500 accounts in 30 countries. Andy’s experience includes leadership positions with Novelis North America, David J. Joseph Company, and Evermore Recycling, with an emphasis on UBCs, ferrous, and nonferrous metals. Andy hails from Middletown, Ohio, and holds a political science degree from the University of Cincinnati. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Emily, and his two sons, Wells and Ford.

Warren Rosenfeld is the president of Calbag Metals, a nonferrous recycler in Portland, Oregon started 115 years ago by his grandfather. All its facilities have developed direct to melter markets worldwide over seven decades. Besides his role at Calbag, Rosenfeld has served as a trade advisor to the Department of Commerce, a member of the Portland Planning Commission, and served for a decade on the Oregon Investment Council, the asset manager for the state's $98bn public employees pension fund. Warren and his wife Sheryl have two children who live and work in Manhattan, New York.