Frank Maupay

Executive Director
Equipment Sales & Plant Support, Gasification Licensing

Focus Areas: Industrial gas separations. Licensing and technology acquisitions. Mutually beneficial license agreement development.

Frank joined Air Products in 2017 and has global responsibility for large plant sale of equipment, standard plants, and plant support sales for third-party customers, as well as gasification licensing. Prior to joining Air Products, he was employed by Linde Engineering, where he held a variety of management positions, including operations, plant support and sales, as well as product manager for LNG (liquefied natural gas) regasification systems. 

Frank holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University and an MBA from Holy Family University. He is a professional engineer registered in Pennsylvania.  

Jerry Kassman

Commercial Director
Gasification Licensing

Focus Areas: All feed types (gas, liquid, solid), products and unusual applications. Identifying the right Air Products gasification technology for a customer’s project success. 

Jerry has spent over 30 years in gasification, starting in 1987 at Texaco’s Montebello, Calif. pilot plant. After eight years running a wide variety of commercial and experimental feedstocks through semiworks gasifiers, he moved into technical services and commercial plant operations roles. Jerry was plant engineer for Texaco’s first joint venture (JV) equity plant and later executive director of the JV, along with managing all of Texaco’s equity gasification activities. After Chevron acquired Texaco, he moved to process engineering management. Following GE’s acquisition of the technology, Jerry managed gasification R&D in addition to process engineering. He also led standard offerings development and air separation unit integration for IGCC. Jerry then became accountable for gasification equipment and services, with oversight in quality and operations management, and eventually oversaw licensing for all gasification activities outside China. He was responsible for overall gasification business operations when GE gasification was acquired by Air Products.   

Jerry received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of eight patents and numerous technical publications. 

Musheng “Michael” Huang 

Business Development Manager 
ESPS Technology Licensing

Focus Areas: European region

Michael is business development manager within the Equipment Sale and Plant Support (ESPS) Technology Licensing team based in Air Products the Hague office. He has over 30 years of work experience covering various management roles in technology licensing, business development, and process and systems design. Michael holds a master’s in chemical engineering and an MBA from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) and has led a global function team of PGPL Process systems engineering to develop blue and green hydrogen products and projects.  

Catherine Cao

Senior Business Manager
Gasification Licensing

Focus Areas: Slurry, residue and POx gasification technology and applications. 

Catherine has 15 years of professional experience in business development, operations and project management for portfolio projects in the power and chemical industries. Her licensing experience includes intellectual property, equipment licensing and related technical services. Catherine also has experience in consulting and power plant project management.

Catherine began her career with GE and worked in the gasification area for eight years. She joined Air Products from GE Power in 2019. Catherine has broad experience with China state-owned companies in the power and chemical industries and works across internal matrix organisations to deliver significant size projects. 

Catherine received an M.S. degree in international business from the University of International Business & Economics, Beijing. She currently resides in Beijing, China. 

Nishant Singh

Business Development Manager
Gasification Licensing

Focus Areas: India and CIS region

Nishant is the Air Products business development manager within the Gasification Technology Licensing team, based in Vadodara, India. He previously worked in project management roles for air separation technologies, as well as the NEOM Green Hydrogen Project. Prior to that, Nishant worked in India and the U.S. starting in piping engineering and then transitioning to project execution, delivering projects in the U.S., Russia, Far East and Middle East regions. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Gujarat University, India and a master’s in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.

Juliana Yu

Licensing Manager
Gasification Licensing

Focus Areas: Dry feed gasification (former Shell Technology). 

Juliana has 12 years of commercial experience in licensing and business development of Shell’s dry feed gasification and Cansolv® process technology (desulfurisation and CO2 capture). She was accountable for licensing customers in the oil & gas, coal chemical, power, non-ferrous metals and steel industries. Juliana also has five years of procurement experience of key electronic components from overseas for the China domestic electronics industry. She establishes strong working relationships with key stakeholders to build winning solutions for her customers.  

Juliana graduated from Hubei Polytechnic University majoring in international trade. She is based in Shenzhen, Guangdong province in China.