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James P. McDougall |
| CEO |
James is a battery industry veteran and entrepreneur with experience in commercializing new technologies. During the last 20 years he has held senior management positions in North America, Asia and Europe in the battery and printed electronics industries with companies such as International Components Corporation, where he held several executive positions in sales, marketing and operations in the U.S., China and Singapore and contributed significantly to the company's unprecedented growth of its battery charger business with companies such as Motorola, Black & Decker and Bosch. At Valence Technologies (VLNC) NASDAQ, he was responsible for the worldwide marketing and licensing of the company's extensive patent portfolio of lithium polymer batteries and related technology where he licensed battery technology to industry leaders such as SamsungSDI and Amperex Technology Limited.
Later, as a consultant to Dow Chemical, he was effective in the spin-out and formation of Aveso Displays, a flexible electrochromic display company where he later led the business development efforts as VP of Global Sales. During his last assignment and tenure at Solicore, he trademarked the Flexion® product line of thin flexible lithium polymer batteries and took it from concept to contracts totalling millions of units per year with global OEMs and distribution partners in Japan, Korea, China, the U.S. and Europe. Throughout his career James has been instrumental in raising tens of millions of dollars in venture capital and private equity.
James has an MBA from Thunderbird, The School of Global Management and a B.S. of International Business Management from Ferris State University.
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Adam Laubach |
| CTO |
Adam Laubach is a "lab to fab" specialist, with 9 technical product launch engagements to date, ranging from new polymers to electrochemical cells. His 13 year career with Dow Chemical gave him experience in R&D, new business development and market management across the automotive, consumer electronics, packaging and durable goods industries.
During the last 3 years with Dow, he co-led a JV with Motorola and Xerox focused on printed electronics; and later, co-led the spin-out and successful venture capital funding of Aveso displays, a printed electrochromic display company, in 2004. While at Aveso, he served as Managing Director for Europe and later as the parent company CTO, leading the company through a rapid technology baseline setting and supply chain formation. In his most recent role with GSI Technologies, he served as GM for the Functional Printing Division and Company CTO, earning industry accolades including the IDTechEx award for "Best Printed Electronics Commercialization" for scaling to 1 Billion + electrochemical biomedical sensors and the MIT Enterprise Forum "Under the Radar" Award for the innovative "Lab to FabTM" business model implementation.
Adam has an MBA from The University of Texas, Austin as well as bachelor degrees in Polymer Chemistry and German Language Studies. He currently has 4 patents and patents pending for new polymers and printed electronic systems, including batteries.
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Dr. Trygve Burchardt |
| CSO, Founder |
Trygve founded Revolt Technology in 2004 as a spin-off from SINTEF where he developed ReVolt's core technology. Early, as a senior research scientist at SINTEF he worked for the corrosion and surface science group as the project manager for opening new research fields in the areas of corrosion science, surface science and energy conversion. As a scientist for the fuel cell company Zetek Power bvba in Belgium, he was responsible for enabling the transition of AFC technology from noble to non noble catalyst significantly reducing the cost and increasing the performance.
At IFE (Norwegian Institute for Energy Technology) Trygve worked in the area of CO2 corrosion for oil and gas transport pipe lines, and was involved in projects financed by Norwegian, European and US oil companies that focused on corrosion inhibition, three phase flow and materials evaluation. He has a vast background of management, development and research in high tech innovation projects and companies. His interest covers the areas of batteries, fuel cells, visual surface design, corrosion, electrochemical deposition, and water electrolysis.
Trygve received his Cand. Scient. degree in Inorganic Chemistry in 1996 and his Doctor Scient. degree (PhD) in electrochemistry in 2000, both from the University of Oslo and has published nearly 40 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, and holds 7 patents and patent pending.
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Thomas Gebauer |
| CFO |
Thomas brings extensive experience in financial and executive management as well as venture capital and private equity investments to his role as CFO. Thomas has joined Revolt Technology from Innolume (Germany/U.S.), the leading provider of quantum dot lasers for optical interconnects in mainstream computing applications. During his 3 years tenure at Innolume, he served as CFO and was instrumental in raising € 28 million of venture capital and government funding and acquiring competitor Zia Laser, Inc. and the photonics division of the world leading semiconductor manufacturer Applied Materials, Inc. He also played a key role in the ramp up of the U.S. operations in the Silicon Valley and led the implementation of the total quality management system including certification process. Previously Thomas was for 5 years a Principal at PEPPERMINT Financial Partners, a German venture capital fund, where he focused on early stage investments in semiconductor and software start ups. In addition, he was a Board member or observer at a number of start-up companies.
Earlier in his career, Thomas served for 4 years as an Associate at Schroeder & Partner, a recognized German turnaround management fund that successfully restructured and exited a portfolio of 13 companies in the consumer-goods industry. While with Schroeder & Partner, he advised the portfolio companies on strategic and financial planning as well as on the acquisition and ramp up of Eastern European manufacturing facilities.
Thomas holds a Master degree in Economics from Freie Universitaet Berlin.
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Harvey Mancey |
| VP of Business Development |
Harvey is a battery industry veteran and entrepreneur with a background in product management, applications engineering and business development. During the past 20 years Harvey has held senior management positions with European, US and Asian companies such as Varta GmbH, AEA Technology PLC, PolyStor Corporation, Valence Technology (VLNC) and Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint Stock Co.,Ltd. Harvey brings with him experience in dealing with both leading suppliers and customers in the consumer electronics, automotive and industrial markets.
Harvey has joined ReVolt from Tianjin Lishen Battery Joint Stock Co., Ltd, one of the world's leading manufacturers of lithium ion and lithium polymer batteries, where he was retained as a business development consultant in the position of General Manager. During his tenure as General Manager he was responsible for establishing the company in Europe and led the sales team in identifying and acquiring global OEM customers.
Earlier in his career with Varta, Harvey was instrumental in the turnaround of a declining business division resulting in the creation of the most profitable product group within the company. He pioneered the development of new markets and successfully led the company into new areas of business.
Harvey has served with the UK Ministry of Defence during his electronics apprenticeship and is a qualified electronics engineer.
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Jim McLean |
| Vice President of Engineering |
Jim is a veteran of the semiconductor industry with an extensive manufacturing and engineering background in wafer fabrication. He comes to ReVolt Technology from Intel Corporation, where he enjoyed a successful career of over twenty years in five successive Intel wafer fabrication factories in Oregon, USA. Jim held positions as a senior engineer, then as a group and department manager, in factories producing Intel's core lines of microprocessors and Flash memory chips. During that time he participated in eight new-technology conversions of existing plants, ramping manufacturing operations with new toolsets in world record timeframes. Formerly a Certified Safety Professional, Jim brings extensive knowledge of safety practices and procedures to the company in addition to his engineering and manufacturing expertise. Jim was educated at Oregon State University where he received his engineering degree in 1979; following five and a half years as an officer in the United States Navy, he completed his Master's degree in Business Administration at the University of Portland in his hometown, Portland, Oregon. Jim focused on organizational growth and development during his MBA and received further training in teambuilding while a manager at Intel.
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