Addison works between the worlds of research, business, and policy to drive the development and adoption of technologies to decarbonize industry. Prior to founding AtmosZero, Addison was an Associate Director for Energy Innovation at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) working on policies that became parts of the Energy Act of 2020, the bipartisan infrastructure deal, […]
Todd is a leader in thermal energy systems innovation, creating solutions to decarbonize the industrial sector. Before helping found AtmosZero, Todd spent 4 years at Modine Manufacturing, earned a PhD from Georgia Tech, and landed more than $15M in research awards as a principal investigator for Colorado State from ARPA-E, the U.S. Departments of Energy
Christian has spent his career incubating, launching and scaling emerging technologies as an operator and investor. He has held leadership roles through the hyper growth phases of some of the world’s largest technology companies, notably as head of international business development at Facebook (Meta) and head of new markets at Google. He started his career
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Dan Leff has extensive experience building, leading, and restructuring global companies in energy services, industrial automation, manufacturing, and technology. He is an active investor and board member in growth companies advancing climate technology and the energy transition, including serving as executive chairman of VEIR and Sparkfund, and as a board member of Ambri and Mantel
Michael’s career spans the intersection of finance, research and entrepreneurship. Michael began on the entrepreneurship side, helping launch Ambri, a grid-scale energy storage startup where he led market and business development efforts in the early days of the energy storage industry, working with customers in electric power across the United States. Michael joined the Engine
Michael Schwartz served as the President and CEO of Daikin Applied Americas (DAA), a subsidiary of Daikin Industries, Ltd. Under his leadership, DAA increased its revenue by 300 percent, doubled its employee count, and successfully transformed the company beyond an equipment manufacturer to a solutions provider focused on software and systems integration. Before DAA, Schwartz
Ashwin builds on his nearly 20 years of clean energy and climate background to advance meaningful technology development and drive commercialization. Before decarbonizing the industrial sector with AtmosZero, Ashwin completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, studying the thermo-physical properties of nano-carbonaceous layers in heat exchangers and diving into research based