David Shapiro
Vice President | Energy & Industrial Project Executive | Project & Asset Management | Hydrogen • CCS/CCUS • Ammonia • CO₂ Pipelines | Refining & Chemicals | Infrastructure
- Role
- Vice President Fidelis New Energy, Llc at Fidelis
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About David Shapiro
Engineering Executive and Vice President with over 25 years of experience leading large-scale EPC programs and capital projects across the energy, chemicals, and infrastructure sectors. I specialize in executive leadership, strategic development, and project and asset management—advancing initiatives that bridge conventional industry with next-generation solutions in reliability, efficiency, and sustainability.I have provided senior leadership on multi-billion-dollar programs in hydrogen, ammonia, CCS/CCUS, CO₂ pipelines, renewable and low-carbon fuels, biomass power, renewable natural gas (RNG), methanol, and direct air capture (DAC), as well as major refinery, petrochemical, and power-generation facilities. My background spans owner, developer, and EPC/EPCM environments, partnering with global licensors, investors, and regulatory agencies to deliver complex projects from concept through operation.I am committed to practical innovation—delivering projects that strengthen energy security, environmental performance, and community value. From early FEL and FEED through execution, commissioning, and O&M, I focus on aligning scope, schedule, cost, performance, and safety to achieve dependable results across all market cycles.
Experience
Vice President Fidelis New Energy, Llc
Dec 2021 — Present · Baton Rouge, LA, US
Provide executive and technical leadership across Fidelis’s multi-billion-dollar portfolio of energy and infrastructure projects, including hydrogen, ammonia, CCS/CCUS, CO₂ pipelines, renewable and low-carbon fuels, biomass power, and direct air capture (DAC).Represent Fidelis as senior corporate officer in Louisiana, engaging with LSU, state agencies, and industry partners to align permitting readiness and regulatory coordination under DOE and EPA Class VI frameworks.Support development of the AtmosClear™ BECCS + hydrogen platform, helping establish the world’s largest engineered carbon-removal agreement with Microsoft through integrated permitting, logistics, and contracting strategies.Lead cross-functional collaboration among engineering, subsurface, legal, commercial, and finance teams to deliver corridor evaluations, federal-grant proposals, and environmental-credit strategies.Manage multi-office teams across Baton Rouge, Houston, and Denmark, developing staffing plans, risk registers, and execution schedules that strengthen investor confidence and advance $13 billion-plus in global initiatives.
Education
Louisiana State University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
1996
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