Mr. Farese recently retired from Air Products and Chemicals after a 34 year career. Most recently Mr. Farese was the Technical Manager for Operations supporting Hydrogen for Mobility (H2fM) and Advanced Systems. This role consisted of providing technical support to the Engineering, Operations, and Commercial teams, particularly for hydrogen refueling stations and new uses of hydrogen as a fuel.

Previously, Mr Farese was the Engineering Manager for the H2fM and Advanced Systems teams. Responsibilities included leading a team of engineers to design, build, and install complex gas delivery systems to support customer needs. The team specialized in new hydrogen technologies, particularly those for fueling vehicles. Specific duties included system design; scope, schedule and budget development; sales and marketing support; project execution; codes and standards development, and process safety support.

Mr. Farese also participates in several codes and standards efforts and is a principal member of the NFPA 2 Technical Committee, the DOE Hydrogen Safety Panel, and holds over twenty patents in the areas of hydrogen fueling and high pressure compression.