Tesla
Kevin-Matthews

Kevin Matthews

Sr Staff Mechanical Engineer
Tesla
Sitanshu Pandya
Sitanshu Pandya

Sitanshu Pandya

Lead Research Engineer – Battery Design
Tesla
Marlen Valverde

Marlen Valverde

Global Technical Manager ePower and Energy Storage
H.B. Fuller
Rivian
Puneet-Valecha

Puneet Valecha

Senior Battery Cell Engineer, Modeling
Rivian
Alen-Antony
Alen-Antony

Alen Antony

Battery Mechanical Engineer
Monarch Tractor
Brian Engle
Brian-Engle

Brian Engle

Chairman, NAATBatt international; SAE Fellow; Chair,
SAE Battery Standards Steering Committee
Sama-Aghniaey
Sama-Aghniaey

Sama Aghniaey

PhD, Founder & Managing Director
The Battery Saloon
Shell
Dr Volker Null

Dr Volker Null

Technology Manager Thermal & Dielectric Fluids
Shell
Akzonobel
Lynette-Drumm

Lynette Drumm

Business Development Manager
AkzoNobel Powder Coatings
Evonik
Christian-Kochanek

Christian Kochanek

Business Development Manager
Evonik
Intertek
Rich-Byczek

Rich Byczek

Global Technical Director Transportation Technologies
Intertek
Miba
Sebastian Ulbricht

Sebastian Ulbricht

Head of Business Development North America
Miba Battery Systems
Azita-Soleymani
Azita-Soleymani

Dr. Azita Soleymani

CTO
HeatSync
DuPont

Tom Clark

Principal Investigator
DuPont
Erwin Quarder
Jesko_Thomass

Jesko Thomass

Product Development Manager
Erwin Quarader Inc.
NeoGraf Solutions, LLC
Brett Trimmer

Brett Trimmer

Applications Engineering Manager
NeoGraf Solutions, LLC
Ampcera Inc
Dr. Hui Du

Dr. Hui Du

Chief Technology Officer
Ampcera
Jinyong Kim
Jinyong Kim

Jinyong Kim

Assistant Professor | Director of Renewable Engine Analysis Lab 
Hanyang University ERICA
Alex-Kosyakov
Alex-Kosyakov

Alex Kosyakov

Founder & CEO
Natrion Inc.
GAMMA Technologies
Gamma Technologies

Gautham Ramchandran

Solutions Consultant
Gamma Technologies
Timothy Bogart

Timothy Bogart

Senior Managing Engineer
Exponent
SwRI
Swapnil-S-Salvi

Swapnil S. Salvi

Research Engineer – Battery Systems Research & Innovation
Southwest Research Institute
University-of-Michigan
Amit-Ranjan

Amit Ranjan

Director of Engineering | Batteries & Electric Vehicle Powertrain
University of Michigan
Derek-Ramsell
Derek-Ramsell

Derek Ramsell

Founder & CEO
Battery Metals, Inc.
Banner
Erica Wiener

Erica Wiener

PhD – Physical Scientist
U.S. Department of Transportation, PHMSA
Rivian
Kishore Kumar Sukumar

Kishore Kumar Sukumar

Hardware Functional Safety – Electrical Architecture, Product Development
Rivian | Volkswagen Group Technologies
ONE
Nathan-Saliga

Nathan Saliga

VP Engineering
ONE | Our Next Energy
Heart Aerospace
Tushar Verma

Tushar Verma

Lead Battery Engineer
Heart Aerospace
Jonathan Scharf
Jonathan Scharf

Jonathan Scharf

Founder and CEO
Scharf Energy Consulting LLC
Constellium
Pablo Lorenzino

Pablo Lorenzino

Ph.D., Global Leader Customer Application Engineering Transportation, Industry and Defense
Constellium
Ford Motor Company
Wesley Thibault

Wesley Thibault

Chief Engineer-Global Traction Battery
Ford Motor Company
PowerCo
Asma Sharafi

Asma Sharafi

CEO
PowerCo
Lucid Motors
Nipun Mittal

Nipun Mittal

Senior Battery Systems Engineer
Lucid Motors

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