Ryan Knese — Founder & Managing Director

Ryan Knese is the Founder and Managing Director of Renew/Well Advisory Group, an independent advisory firm serving municipalities, energy companies, and infrastructure investors across the south-central United States. With a background spanning infrastructure advisory, commercial development, and energy market strategy, Ryan founded Renew/Well to provide the kind of objective, unconflicted counsel that complex infrastructure and commercial decisions require. His experience encompasses investment analysis in the energy transition sector, applied technical research in emissions detection and monitoring technologies, and business development across oil and gas, utility, and environmental services markets.

Before founding Renew/Well, Ryan built his professional foundation across three distinct areas. He worked in private equity and investment analysis focused on the energy transition — developing financial models, conducting due diligence, and evaluating deal opportunities across a rapidly evolving sector. In parallel, he spent time in applied technical research, contributing to the development of an ammonia-based LDAR camera by evaluating detection thresholds, sensitivity limits, and field performance under real operating conditions. That kind of hands-on, field-level work gave him a perspective on energy infrastructure that desk-bound analysis rarely provides. He also built direct experience in business development and outbound commercial execution — executing pipeline development, partner outreach, and association engagement across technology and environmental services sectors.

Those three threads of experience — financial analysis, applied technical research, and commercial execution — form the foundation of Renew/Well's advisory approach. The combination allows the firm to operate credibly across practice areas that differ in sector but share a common requirement: the ability to assess situations independently, communicate findings clearly, and support clients in acting on them.

"The opportunity isn't just new technology — it's making existing solutions work together more effectively, reducing friction across detection, data, and operations to drive real outcomes."

Ryan founded Renew/Well on the conviction that independent perspective is only valuable when it's paired with real operational understanding. That principle guides every engagement the firm takes on — whether it's giving a city manager an independent answer about their utility's infrastructure, opening doors for an energy technology company entering a new market, or developing cross-border logistics capacity at the US-Mexico border.

Joseph Dyson, MID — Principal Advisor, Industrial & Energy Markets

Joseph Dyson brings more than 25 years of leadership experience across industrial distribution, manufacturing, energy, mining, and global supply chains. His career spans multinational corporations, entrepreneurial ventures, and growth-oriented businesses operating throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

As Founder and President of OrChem Resources LLC, Joseph built and led a global specialty chemicals company serving the mining, petrochemical, and industrial sectors. He directed international sourcing initiatives, private-label manufacturing programs, commercial growth strategies, and relationships with financial and strategic stakeholders evaluating expansion and acquisition opportunities.

Joseph has also held senior commercial leadership positions with Burckhardt Compression and Dover Precision Components, where he supported market development, strategic account management, product commercialization, and business growth initiatives across industrial and energy markets. Throughout his career, he has managed commercial portfolios and P&L responsibilities across large-scale organizations while developing scalable sales and operational teams.

His experience spans industrial infrastructure, energy markets, manufacturing operations, distribution networks, and strategic growth initiatives. This combination of entrepreneurial leadership, commercial execution, and operational perspective provides clients with practical insights into market development, business performance, and long-term growth opportunities.

Joseph holds a Master of Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University and has completed executive studies in Sustainability Strategies through the Stanford Graduate School of Business.