Ken Kleemeier is vice president of fuels at Kum & Go, a convenience store operator with more than 400 locations that offers a broad range of fueling options for its customers, including multiple biofuel blends and a growing number of electric charging stations. He has responsibility for all aspects of the company’s fuels business, including procurement, distribution, pricing, promotion, and trading. Prior to joining Kum & Go in 2017, Ken spent more than a dozen years working in the energy industry, previously with Emerson Electric, a provider of technology to operators in the upstream, midstream, and refining segments of the petroleum value chain. He holds an MBA from the University of Iowa in addition to a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Iowa State University.