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Dr. Tal Sholklapper is a co-founder of Voltaiq and serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Before co-founding Voltaiq, Dr. Sholklapper was the lead engineer on a DOE ARPA-E funded project at the CUNY Energy Institute, developing an ultra-low-cost grid-scale battery.

Prior to his work at CUNY, Tal co-founded Point Source Power, a low-cost fuel-cell startup based on technology he developed while at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and UC Berkeley. Dr. Sholklapper has a BS, MS and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Dr. Eli Leland is a Voltaiq co-founder and Chief Technical Officer, responsible for the company’s Product and Engineering functions. Prior to Voltaiq, Eli worked at the CUNY Energy Institute as lead engineer on an ARPA-E energy storage and power conversion research project. Before CUNY, Dr. Leland worked at Trilogy Software, where he successfully deployed large-scale enterprise software systems to Fortune 500 companies.

He was a Mirzayan Policy Fellow in Energy and Environmental Systems at the National Academies in Washington, DC. Eli has an MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley, and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton.

Paul Sinclair is Vice President of Global Accounts at Voltaiq. He brings a consistent track record of delivering transformative business results in firms ranging from startups to global enterprises. He is a proven commercial executive in data, SaaS, software, and mobile solutions. Over his career, Paul has built and led successful sales teams and sales motions that can scale. He relies on a data-driven approach to account engagement and development combined with a relentless focus on growth. Paul has held account leadership roles at: Ericsson, Oracle, RingCentral, Nokia, Motorola, Borland, and others. Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland.

Liam is the Senior Director of Customer Programs at Voltaiq. He is an experienced innovator with a 15-year history of working cross-functionally in the software, energy storage, start-up, and nonprofit industries.

Prior to joining Voltaiq, Liam held a variety of technical and customer-facing roles with Aquion Energy, lastly as their Head of Deployments and Field Services.

Prior to landing into the world of electrochemistry, Liam worked in the Outdoor Education field with organizations such as Venture Outdoors, the US Forest Service and SCA. He is also a trained baker, but couldn’t cut the early hours.

Liam graduated with a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Christianna is Voltaiq’s Director of Battery Science & Engineering. She leads a team of battery PhDs and industry experts, and is responsible for the battery intelligence embedded into the Voltaiq platform. She and her team are passionate about electrification and are proudly pushing the frontier in cutting edge battery analytics.

Christianna completed her PhD at Columbia University where she was a NSF Graduate Fellow and her postgraduate research at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Her research was in the chemical engineering discipline and focused on investigation of electrochemical systems for the exploitation of molecular-to-mesoscale properties to improve device-level performance.

John is the Marketing Director at Voltaiq. John brings 12+ years of marketing experience with a focus in developing a fast-paced, highly effective marketing organization to generate pipeline, drive thought leadership, and develop a thriving, sustainable ecosystem.

Working in senior management roles for publicly traded, private equity, and founder-owned companies, John knows how to collaborate to set company priorities, KPIs and strategy. His results-oriented approach to demand generation allows him to transform marketing into a strategic and measurable contributor by aligning marketing and sales to a shared go-to-market strategy. John graduated with a BS from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Dr. Tal Sholklapper is a co-founder of Voltaiq and serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Before co-founding Voltaiq, Dr. Sholklapper was the lead engineer on a DOE ARPA-E funded project at the CUNY Energy Institute, developing an ultra-low-cost grid-scale battery.

Prior to his work at CUNY, Tal co-founded Point Source Power, a low-cost fuel-cell startup based on technology he developed while at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and UC Berkeley. Dr. Sholklapper has a BS, MS and PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Paul Sinclair is Vice President of Global Accounts at Voltaiq. He brings a consistent track record of delivering transformative business results in firms ranging from startups to global enterprises. He is a proven commercial executive in data, SaaS, software, and mobile solutions. Over his career, Paul has built and led successful sales teams and sales motions that can scale. He relies on a data-driven approach to account engagement and development combined with a relentless focus on growth. Paul has held account leadership roles at: Ericsson, Oracle, RingCentral, Nokia, Motorola, Borland, and others. Paul holds a Bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland.

Christianna is Voltaiq’s Director of Battery Science & Engineering. She leads a team of battery PhDs and industry experts, and is responsible for the battery intelligence embedded into the Voltaiq platform. She and her team are passionate about electrification and are proudly pushing the frontier in cutting edge battery analytics.

Christianna completed her PhD at Columbia University where she was a NSF Graduate Fellow and her postgraduate research at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Her research was in the chemical engineering discipline and focused on investigation of electrochemical systems for the exploitation of molecular-to-mesoscale properties to improve device-level performance.