Former Chief Revenue Officer, GM Energy – Envolve
Mr. Jagerson has over 25 years of experience as an energy industry executive, having launched and grown energy businesses at Google, General Motors, Xerox PARC and other independent start-ups. In addition, he launched the General Motors V2X business unit as a founding executive at GM Energy and built Tapestry, a concept he developed and brought to Google X that is now of the company’s highest profile energy success stories. Other leadership positions Mr. Jagerson has held includes CEO of Village Power Finance, Co-founder of SolFocus, Inc. and President of HelioPower.
Mr. Jagerson is a member of the University of California, Merced Board of Trustees, a Board Member of Phoenix Energy and an Advisory Board Member of Powerline. He has lectured at Stanford University for the past 13 years on energy technology and project finance and is a mentor at the TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy at Stanford, where he advised Aurora Solar, one of the first energy tech unicorns.
Mr. Jagerson holds an MBA from Wharton and 6 patents in various subject matters, including semiconductor interconnects and grid energy systems.
Former President & CEO, Maxim Integrated
Mr. Doluca has over 40 years of executive leadership and technical experience in the semiconductor industry. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer at Maxim Integrated. He also led R&D at Maxim Integrated, where he started the power management business unit and served as President of its portable, computing and instrumentation electronics business units.
Currently, Mr. Doluca serves on the board of Western Digital. He has designed over 40 products and received 11 patents. In addition, he is the author of “Maximum Impact,” the remarkable story behind the early years of Maxim Integrated.
Doluca holds a BSEE degree from Iowa State University and an MSEE degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Advisor/Operating Partner to infrastructure funds
Mr. Allen has over 25 years of experience as a power and energy trader, private equity Operating Partner and Independent Board Member. Previously, he was an options trader for Goldman Sachs and AIG Financial Products, where he managed multi-billion-dollar derivative risk positions and the Power and Gas Infrastructure COO of Barclays Capital. He was also an energy and infrastructure investor and served in Operating Partner and Director roles for Apollo Global Management, Warburg Pincus and BC Partners.
Mr. Allen currently serves on the board of directors for CBRE Investment Management, Grant Thornton LLP and BC Partners. He frequently serves as a litigation expert, testifying at trial in matters involving energy and infrastructure investment disputes. Mr. Allen and his family have resided in South Florida for over 15 years where they support causes for veterans, education, and autism awareness.
Allen holds a B.S. degree in Industrial and Labor Economics from Cornell University.
Chief Information Officer
A versatile senior technical professional with over 25 years of experience in cloud, cybersecurity and IT management, Raun leads the teams at Element Energy responsible for data integrations, security, and development of the SaaS product. He spent 10 years in the cloud security industry, where he was most recently the CIO for privileged identity management company Delinea. Prior to that, he spent 15 years in the semiconductor industry, managing security and technology for power electronics suppliers Volterra Semiconductor and Maxim Integrated.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS
FOUNDER, COO
Seth Kahn is a co-founder and COO of Element Energy, responsible for engineering, operations and business development. Seth earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. The earlier part of Seth’s career was dedicated to the field of power management, leading Volterra Semiconductor’s global design engineering teams in the development of innovative power conversion chips for the enterprise, communications and mobile markets. In 2013, Seth shifted his focus to the renewable energy sector, serving as Executive Director of Solar Products at Maxim Integrated. In this role, Seth developed extensive technical and market experience in the renewable energy space and built international manufacturing and supply chain partnerships. Seth is excited to continue his work in renewables and ultimately to see Element Energy accelerate the onset of the energy revolution.
Dr. Anthony Stratakos is Element Energy’s co-founder and serves as President and CEO. For nearly 30 years, Tony has been a leading entrepreneur and executive in the power electronics industry. In 1996, Tony founded Volterra Semiconductor, which went public in 2004 and was later acquired by Maxim Integrated. Tony served as SVP and CTO at Maxim before he formed Element.
BSEE and MSEE,The Johns Hopkins University PhD,
University of California, Berkeley
VP, Data Science
Dr. Chandan Gope is VP, Data Science at Element Energy, leading a team of engineers and scientists developing next gen AI algorithms for battery safety. Previously, he was the Director, AI&ML at Nortek Control, where he built AI-powered products for Automotive and Home Security markets. He has published over a dozen journal articles and conference papers, authored 5 patents, and has been an IEEE Senior Member since 2010.
B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
M.S, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of Texas, Dallas
Dr. Yves Saw serves as Element Energy’s CTO, with responsibility for software and systems, and as President of Element Energy Korea. He brings thirty years of R&D experience in software, artificial neural networks and battery energy storage systems. Prior to joining Element, Dr. Saw served as Vice President of BMS and System Engineering at LG Chem, the world’s largest battery manufacturer for automotive and ESS. Dr. Saw served as Vice President of LG Electronics in mobile software R&D before LG Chem.
BSEE and MSEE, Sogang University, Korea.
PhD, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Director, Battery R&D
Georgy Zerkalov is Director, Battery R&D at Element Energy, leading adaptive battery safety algorithm development efforts. Georgy has more than 15 patents and publications in battery research and energy industry. Georgy was a Division I athlete at Stanford, where he played tennis.
BS, MS, Stanford University
Principal Member of Technical Staff
VP, Engineering
Matt Murphy is President and Chief Executive Officer of Marvell. He has led the company since joining in July 2016 and also serves as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. In his role as CEO, Murphy is responsible for leading new technology development, directing ongoing operations and driving Marvell’s growth
strategy.
Prior to joining Marvell, Murphy worked for Maxim Integrated, where he advanced through a series of business leadership roles over two decades. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Business Units and Sales and Marketing, overseeing all product development and go-to-market activities. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President of the Communications and Automotive Solutions Group and Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.
Murphy is a recipient of a Silicon Valley Business Journal 2019 C-Suite award for CEO of a Large Public Company, and was a “40 Under 40” honoree in 2011. In 2018, Institutional Investor named him All-America Executive Team Best CEO in the semiconductor category. He also served as the Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) in 2018.
Murphy earned a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College, and is also a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program. He served on the Board of Directors of eBay Inc. from March 2019 to June 2022 and currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the SIA and Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).
Before co-founding Radar Partners, an early stage venture capital partnership, Kevin was a General Partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful high technology venture capital firms for almost twenty years. Kevin and his partners invested in many of the most powerful and high profile start-ups over the past 30 years, including Google, Intuit, VeriSign, Genentech, Citrix Systems, Netscape Communications, Amazon.com and Juniper Networks. Kevin has been featured in many technology publications, has been profiled in Fortune, Forbes and Inc. Magazine, and has been ranked as one of the top Venture Capitalists in the world over the last decade. The Forbes “Midas Touch” ranking of top investors has named Kevin as one of the top private investors in the world on numerous occasions ranking him in the top ten three times.
Outside of work Kevin enjoys family time, playing hockey and working with youth sports. His passion for sports extends into the professional sports arena as well. Kevin was the co-owner of the National Hockey League San Jose Sharks, the American Hockey League Worcester Sharks, and Sharks Sports & Entertainment from 2001-2012.
Mr. McIntyre has over twenty years of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, and advisor with technology start-up companies in Silicon Valley. As an investor, Mr. McIntyre served as a Partner at CMEA Ventures ($1b AUM) and an associate at H.I.G. Capital ($30b AUM) where he led many successful investments including Intermolecular (IPO), Schooner (acquired by Sandisk), Ageia (acquired by Nvidia), Visyx (acquired by Measurement Specialties), Lvl7 Systems (acquired by Broadcom), and Mojo Networks (acquired by Arista Networks). As an entrepreneur, Mr. McIntyre has served as a business development executive at several start-up companies including NextBio (acquired by Illumina), TeselaGen Biotechnology, and AirWave Wireless (acquired by Hewlett-Packard).
Mr. McIntyre holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the Wharton School, where he was a Palmer Scholar.
FOUNDER, CPO
Seth Kahn is a co-founder and CPO of Element Energy, responsible for engineering, operations and business development. Seth earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. The earlier part of Seth’s career was dedicated to the field of power management, leading Volterra Semiconductor’s global design engineering teams in the development of innovative power conversion chips for the enterprise, communications and mobile markets. In 2013, Seth shifted his focus to the renewable energy sector, serving as Executive Director of Solar Products at Maxim Integrated. In this role, Seth developed extensive technical and market experience in the renewable energy space and built international manufacturing and supply chain partnerships. Seth is excited to continue his work in renewables and ultimately to see Element Energy accelerate the onset of the energy revolution.
Dr. Anthony Stratakos is Element Energy’s co-founder and serves as President and CEO. For nearly 30 years, Tony has been a leading entrepreneur and executive in the power electronics industry. In 1996, Tony founded Volterra Semiconductor, which went public in 2004 and was later acquired by Maxim Integrated. Tony served as SVP and CTO at Maxim before he formed Element.
BSEE and MSEE,The Johns Hopkins University PhD,
University of California, Berkeley
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Jen Betz serves as Element Energy’s Chief Financial Officer. Jen is a strategic and highly regarded finance executive with vast experience scaling businesses. Prior to joining Element, Jen was Vice President of Accounting at Analog Devices (Nasdaq: ADI), a global semiconductor leader. Jen grew her corporate finance career over two decades at Maxim Integrated, a publicly traded, global corporation with gross revenues exceeding $2.4 billion. She started at the company as a financial analyst and rose to become Managing Director, Manufacturing Finance and later Corporate Controller and Vice President of Accounting. Maxim was acquired by Analog Devices in 2021.
Bachelor of Science, Finance, Santa Clara University
2014 Silicon Valley Business Journal Top 40 Under 40
2019 Silicon Valley Business Journal Woman of Influence
Edison International
Sergej Mahnovski is Managing Director of strategy, technology, and innovation at Edison International (EIX). He leads Edison’s corporate ventures and strategic planning teams, and is focused on identifying disruptive technologies and business models to achieve carbon neutrality in California through clean energy, electrification, and reimagining the grid.
Sergej previously served as the Director of the Utility of the Future team at Consolidated Edison. He also served as the Director of the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability and head of energy policy for NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, where his team was responsible for developing and managing citywide energy, sustainability, and resilience strategy (PlaNYC) and was awarded the Citizens Budget Commission Prize for Public Service Innovation. Sergej has served as Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He was previously Director for the Global Power Group at IHS CERA and Doctoral Fellow at RAND Corporation.
Sergej holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and B.A. in History from Stanford University, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School.
Prelude Ventures
As Managing Director of Prelude Ventures, Tim builds on over 25 years of venture capital investing experience working with talented entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Previously, Tim was a Managing Director for 15 years with Nth Power where he led investments in companies involved in renewable energy, demand response, advanced materials and outsourced utility customer management. He was the lead investment partner for that firm’s successful investments in Evergreen Solar (ESLR), Comverge (COMV) and Proton Energy Systems (DESC). Prior to entering the venture capital business, Tim was involved in the launch of First Source, a company providing industrial solvent recycling services. He received his MBA with honors from The Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA and a BS in Resource Economics from UC Berkeley in 1982. He currently serves on the board of directors for LevelTen, Encycle, MineSense, Powerhive, Voltus, LuxWall, Terabase and Pyka and he has oversight for Prelude’s investments in Element Energy, Recurrent and Solidia.
