Our Team
Bonded by a passion for clean energy and climate change, our team is made up of world-class innovators, creators, and industry experts.
Founders
Vivas Kumar
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Chirranjeevi Gopal
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
William Chueh
Chief Scientific Advisor and Co-Founder; Professor of Material Science at Stanford University
Board of Directors
Elan Frantz
Alpha Wave Global - EIR
Denise Gray
Independent
John Du
GM Ventures
Will Drewery
Independent
Chamath Palihapitiya
Chairman of the Board
William Chueh
Chief Scientific Advisor and Co-Founder; Professor of Material Science at Stanford University
Vivas Kumar
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Advisory Board
Alan Nelson
VP of Technology at SLB, Former - Redwood Materials, Johnson Matthey, and Dow Chemical
Pulakesh Mukherjee
Ex-BASF, Managing Partner – Imperative Ventures
Yuan Gao
Former CEO, Pulead Former Technical VP, Livent Board Director, Lithium Americas
Linda Nazar
Professor at University of Waterloo
Executive & Management Team
Heather Medina
Head of People & Grant Administration
Maxwell Kushner-Lenhoff
Chief Commercial Officer
Ross Kirschner
Chief Legal Counsel
Vikas Kante
Chief Financial Officer
Xiaofei Ye
Chief Industrialization Engineer
