Regis has been with the Department of Energy for 13 years and currently with the Office of Fossil Energy as the Director of the Advance Energy Systems overseeing RD&D of the Gasification, Advanced Turbines, Fuel Cell, Critical Minerals and Coal to Products. In addition he oversees research and development for sensors and controls, extreme environment materials, water management. Previous to DOE he worked for the Department of the Navy as a Program Manager overseeing applied engineering of materials for topside systems onboard Navy vessels. He started his career worked for the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducting electrochemistry and fundamental research on carbon steels, stainless steels, high nickel alloys and composite materials.