Dr. Robert E. Brooks is the Founder of RBAC Inc. He is an applied mathematician, energy economist, and software systems designer with over forty years of experience in developing decision support systems for business and government.

Dr. Brooks is the author of a number of industry standard market modeling systems focused on natural gas and associated energy products.  These include GPCM and NGL-NA for North American natural gas and NGLs, G2M2 for Global Gas and LNG, and the Power Model Interface for co-optimization of gas and power models.  He is currently finishing up work on a new modeling system which allows users to model the impact of hydrogen on natural gas markets.

Dr. Brooks is a frequent podcast guest speaker on the subject of energy markets.  He has also presented papers at numerous gatherings, including the World Gas Conference, over the past several decades.

Dr. Brooks earned degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His doctoral research involved development of the first large-scale mathematical programming model of the North American natural gas pipeline grid.