Dr. David Finkelstein

• Lead HV battery system design & integration for battery & fuel cell electric trucks • Manage interdisciplinary team: BMS, battery electrical, thermal, & structural engineering • Collaborate with & support ~20 technical and commercial teams up to C-suite • Technical leadership for Tier 1 supplier contracts https://www.ivecogroup.com/media/corporate_press_releases/2023/november/iveco_concludes_its_biggest_investment_cycle_ever_with_the_launch-of_a_completely_renewed_product_and_service_offering

• Concept design for lithium ion battery gigafactories • Green fab strategies via energy efficiency and renewables • Client engagement and support • Benchmarking of materials and energy flow https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exyte-continues-strong-performance-achieves-100900394.html

• Commissioning and installation of battery electric powertrain testing facility • Integration and validation of energy management and power distribution systems • Transversal engineering across teams in battery design, battery management system, power electronics, and thermal management • EASA safety certification https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-08/german-flying-taxi-startup-joins-unicorn-club-with-new-funding

• Commissioning & installation of battery manufacturing facility • Direct report to Vice President • Supply chain management for battery components • Energy market research • Cross-team coordination in automation & mechatronics • ISO 9000 / validation & verification for battery DC microgrid https://www.pv-magazine.com/press-releases/schmid-group-nusaned-investment-and-riwaq-announce-partnership-focusing-on-manufacturing-and-technology-development-in-the-field-of-vanadium-redox-flow-batteries-vrfb/

• Licensed patent to multinational; nationalizations in 17 countries • Project management in energy storage technology • Energy storage market research, business case development • Partnership building, B2B contract negotiation • Presentations to investors and international trade shows https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2016202950A1/en https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00274

• Invention, development of 2 patent applications, EP18290120.7 and EP18290121.5 • Product development of grid-level battery: successful 400x scale-up effort • Supply chain management for energy storage materials • Implementation of good engineering practice (GEP), good laboratory practice (GLP) https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3641040A1/ https://patents.google.com/patent/EP3641041A1/

• Product development of fuel cells and industrial safety sensors • Market analysis of catalyst materials cost efficiency • Commercial partnership development with Armstrong Monitoring Inc. • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling in Comsol https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssensors.6b00496 https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10156

• Project management for 7 projects and 9 staff • Performance analysis of lithium ion batteries • Product development of fuel cells and electrolyzers • Commercial partnership development with General Motors Co. and Laminare Technologies Inc. • Preparation of project reports for external dissemination https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/microfluidic-fuel-cell-powers-forward/3002498.article https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja211751k

• Matlab modeling of energy conversion in dye-sensitized solar cells

• Product development in biomaterials & biological energy conversion • Negotiation of inter-institute resource sharing https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es061146m

• External partnership development • Presentation of results to management • Bioengineering in microbial fuel cells

• Preparation of funding applications, budget management • Purchasing, negotiation with supply chain in biotechnology • Bioengineering in waste-to-energy biogas production

• Collaboration across federal, state, and local agencies • Environmental engineering in erosion management