CEO / January, 2018 — Present

Soteria Battery Innovation Group is promoting wide adoption of an architecture that will eliminate lithium battery fires, reduce the weight of lithium ion batteries and reduce cost by eliminating 90% of the metal in the battery. The Group includes an open consortium that will set aggressive safety and weight standards and use these to drive broad adoption, while licensing the technology broadly using FRAND licenses.

President & COO / January, 2011 — Present

Leading the development and launch of a novel battery separator that will improve safety, reduce weight and reduce the cost of lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors and other energy storage devices. Jack of all trades fulfilling the functions of fundraising, product development, sales, marketing, manufacturing scale up. It couldn't be more fun and we have a great team!

Vice President & Member of Board of Directors / January, 2013 — Present

Technical Advisory Committee Member / September, 2016 — September, 2018

Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA), is a non-profit Institute headquartered near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). AFFOA’s mission enables a manufacturing-based revolution—the transformation of traditional fibers, yarns, and textiles into highly sophisticated integrated and networked devices and systems. At the heart of this revolution is a simple premise: highly functional textile-systems necessitate sophisticated fiber-device components. AFFOA leads the convergence of semiconductor technology into fiber and textile production to commercialize textile products that see, hear, sense, communicate, store and convert energy, regulate temperature, monitor health, and change color while delivering the conventional qualities of textiles to benefit the commercial consumer and warfighter. AFFOA’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is charged with advising AFFOA on its technology investment portfolio. The TAC oversees the development and updating of AFFOA’s technology and manufacturing roadmaps on an ongoing basis.

Member / January, 2010 — March, 2016

Help promote and safeguard one of the best secondary educational institutions of all time!

Member / January, 2013 — January, 2014

Member of External Advisory Board / January, 2006 — December, 2012

Provide an outside viewpoint to a great group of innovators and educators.

CEO / May, 2004 — November, 2010

Founded a company that made the lightest high strength fiber in the world. Led the company to build manufacturing facilities on two continents and place the fiber in sixty applications, including Bauer hockey sticks and Head tennis rackets. Raised ~$15 million in equity, debt, grants and contracts.

Author / January, 2005 — December, 2007

A Matter of Faith is a coming of age book about a young girl at a special school, who has a problem and has to grow up quickly. Takes place at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, NC.

Sr. Research Physicist / April, 1995 — April, 2004

Led a group of researchers in the development of advanced yarns for use in textile applications. As Intellectual Property Champion, led the IP process in the Research Division.

Research Associate / January, 1989 — December, 1994

Became an expert in Disorder (in Molecular Magnets)!

Research Physicist / May, 1989 — June, 1992

Developed new radio frequency tests for high temperature superconductors. Developed tests for use on papers used in high speed electrostatic printing.