CEO, Co-Founder

• Jun 2021 - Present

Polymer Physicist, Engineer, Partner

• Jan 2021 - Aug 2022

Engineering Manager

• Sep 2020 - Jan 2021

- Lead a diverse team of Production and R&D Engineers,- Product Change process, clear communication between Manufacturing and Engineering Teams- "Firefighting", quickly and effectively identify and solve Production Engineering Problems- Project Manager for Olli feature development and Integration Projects,- Managed Intellectual Property and Patents- Lead PI for combined $1.8M of research consortium/partnerships (IACMI, High Performance Computing ORNL, Materials Research...)

Lead Production Engineer

• Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

- Process optimization for Additive/subtractive manufacturing- Design, testing and in-house fabrication of vehicle components- Authored engineering drawings, manufacturing specifications, SOP's- Interface between Production, Engineering, Product/Marketing departments

Lead Vehicle Dynamics Engineer

• May 2018 - Jan 2020

Experienced interdisciplinary problem solver across: Product design, R&D, digital manufacturing and production.Vehicle dynamics: Design, simulation, fabrication, testing and optimization of vehicle structures produced via additive manufacturing.Digital manufacturing: Computer aided design, simulation, and slicing/toolpathing for large scale additive and subtractive manufacturing.Project management: Coordinate manufacturing of pre-production prototypes and display vehicles to customer specifications from design to delivery. Public relations and media: Presentations and panel discussions at international conferences (incl. National Academy of Science, 2019). Promotes direct digital manufacturing of Olli 2.0 in TV documentaries, local TV news interviews and podcast. Community outreach: Lead tours of Knoxville Microfactory for leaders of tech-industry, including government institutions, industry, investors, as well as students, educators and enthusiasts. Show less

Graduate Research Assistant

• May 2011 - Aug 2018

Polymer Physics: Charge transport and dynamics in polymerized ionic liquids, polymer dynamics at interfaces and surfaces

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2011 - Apr 2013

Graduate teaching assistant and lab supervisor for introductory physics courses

Graduate Research Assistant

• May 2011 - Jan 2015

Soft-matter Physics: Charge transport mechanism in ion conducting liquids (phosphoric acid) Soft-matter Physics: Charge transport mechanism in ion conducting liquids (phosphoric acid)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

• May 2010 - May 2011

Study on the accuracy of determining Planck's constant using light emitting diodes as as a cost effective substitute for extensive lasers systems. Research presented at American Association for Physics Teachers national winter meeting 2011Study on the viability of flow batteries as a use in potential vehicular applications. Research presented at the Georgia Academy of Science Spring meeting 2011

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2009 - May 2011

Teaching assistant for Introductory Astronomy, as well as trigonometry and calculus based introductory physics courses.Tutor for introductory undergraduate physics courses.

Owner & Co-Founder

• May 2009 - May 2011

EV Industries, short for Electric Vehicle Industries specializes in converting conventional combustion vehicles to electric and hybrid-electric. EV Industries, short for Electric Vehicle Industries specializes in converting conventional combustion vehicles to electric and hybrid-electric.