24M Technologies, Inc.
130 Brookline Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
617.553.1012
617.553.1018
info@24-m.com
A sustainable, clean and thriving future for the planet requires a critical enabler — affordable batteries. At 24M, our mission is to accelerate the path to this future with a better battery manufacturing process and platform.
Request More InfoOur team is led by some of the battery industry’s foremost inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs, and represents nearly 100 years of industry experience.
Mr. Wilder is a veteran entrepreneur with roots in communications and networking technologies. He was previously a co-founder of Crossbeam Systems (acq. BCSI), the market share leader in high-end network security platforms, and American Internet (acq. Cisco Systems CSCO), developer of the leading provisioning system for cable modem systems worldwide.
Mr. Ota is a recognized global expert in lithium-ion batteries, having been present at the birth of the technology in Japan 30 years ago. He co-founded Quallion, the first lithium-ion manufacturer in the US, serving the medical and aerospace industries. Subsequently, as CTO and COO of Enerdel, he led the HEV, PHEV, EV, and grid storage product lines and developed a 1GWh production capability.
Dr. Chiang is a professor of Material Science and Engineering at MIT and one of the top battery researchers in the world. He previously co-founded American Superconductor and A123 Systems, has published more than 200 scientific articles and holds more than 60 patents. He serves on numerous government and academic advisory committees.
Mr. Chleboski has 30 years of experience growing large and small high-technology firms. He's held senior management positions at several clean technology companies including LS Energy Solutions, ENTOUCH, TeraDiode, Canadian Solar, Bandgap Engineering and Evergreen Solar. At Evergreen he led the company through several private equity financings, an IPO and multiple follow-on public financings, growing Evergreen to over $1 billion in market capitalization.
Mr. Zagars is an exceptional leader with an extensive track record of achieving difficult technical and business objectives in a wide range of high-tech companies, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to 24M, Mr. Zagars had over 15 years of experience in battery manufacturing, from Chief Engineer of a plant running 24/7 making 140 million batteries a year, to leading the creation of next-generation manufacturing.
Mr. Yumoto has been a technical expert in the lithium-ion battery industry for over 25 years. At Japan Storage Battery, Quallion, EnerDel, Seeo and QuantumScape, he has been involved in the development of lithium-ion batteries for a variety of applications including cell phones, notebook computers, medical devices, aerospace and EVs. His responsibilities included R&D, materials development, prototyping and production start-up.
Mr. Tan is a business professional with an electrical engineering background. He has spent most of his career in the lithium-ion battery industry. He previously worked at Samsung SDI, where he led high-volume sales of behind-the-meter ESS and EV batteries, and championed partnership efforts at SEEO, Enerdel, and Quallion.
Mr. Rineck is a seasoned technical operations and engineering leader, focusing on managing and scaling manufacturing of novel technologies. He previously worked for Virent Inc., where he managed a 24/7 technical operations staff that successfully demonstrated their transformative technology at high volume scale.
Mr. Dudziak is a global engineering leader with over 35 years of experience at small and large companies in industries ranging from automotive safety systems to consumer electronics. The vast majority of his career has been focused on scaling innovative pilot-level manufacturing operations into successful high-volume production, helping to establish and ramp up new factories at multiple sites across Asia, Europe and Mexico.
Mr. Hartzog has over 20 years of experience in the development of lithium-ion battery applications. He previously held the Chief Engineer position for the battery electric school bus program at Cummins Inc. He also led product groups at Enerdel and A123 for global product deployment and development. He has managed many global engineering groups for the product development and manufacturing launch of battery systems in automotive and grid energy, heavy-duty and other motive applications.
Dr. Chen is an outstanding materials scientist with a focus on electrochemical energy storage and conversion for both transportation and stationary applications. He holds more than 50 patents/applications and research papers in lithium-ion and next-generation energy storage systems. He serves as a principal investigator in multiple government contracts as well as a subject matter expert for internal and external technical development programs.
Mr. Wilder is a veteran entrepreneur with roots in communications and networking technologies. He was previously a co-founder of Crossbeam Systems (acq. BCSI), the market share leader in high-end network security platforms, and American Internet (acq. Cisco Systems CSCO), developer of the leading provisioning system for cable modem systems worldwide.
Mr. McCarthy is a long-time successful entrepreneur and investor in many technology companies which include, A123 Systems, Wellfleet Communications, Mavenir, Computervision, Nasuni, and many more. He also co-founded the Northeastern University Venture Mentoring Network (VMN) in the Boston area and Danny's Place, a youth services non-profit based in the Acton-Boxborough area.
Mr. Ota is a recognized global expert in lithium-ion batteries, having been present at the birth of the technology in Japan 30 years ago. He co-founded Quallion, the first lithium-ion manufacturer in the US, serving the medical and aerospace industries. Subsequently, as CTO and COO of Enerdel, he led the HEV, PHEV, EV and grid storage product lines and developed a 1 GWh production capability.
Dr. Teinwan has over 30 years of experience in energy businesses, her expertise is in petroleum, coal and power. She is an Executive Vice President in Business Development at Global Power Synergy Pcl. (GPSC), where the core business is generating and supplying electricity and utilities. She also supports several energy companies as a chairman and director and is expanding her expertise into the new S-curve businesses to create long-term value for customers through energy technology innovation and sustainability.
ITOCHU Corporation is one of the leading trading firms in Japan with an annual consolidated turnover of $100 billion. Mr. Murase has been with ITOCHU for nearly 30 years and has been involved in the lithium-ion battery-related business for more than 25 years. Mr. Murase enters from production equipment business and is now heavily involved in the energy storage system business and material supply chain business including recycling. His main focus market is in Japan, the U.S., China, Australia and the EU.
Dr. Blase is in charge of the global mergers & acquisitions and venture investment activities at Volkswagen Group. In his role, he is driving the automotive transformation of the company across various areas from software to e-mobility along the entire value chain. Previously, he held various management roles within the Volkswagen Group. Prior to joining Volkswagen Group, he advised blue chip corporates and financial investors on M&A, ECM and corporate finance matters during his time in investment banking.
In Mr. Harris current role, he leads investments as part of KDT’s energy transformation vertical, with a focus on renewable generation, the battery value chain, and grid modernization. Prior to joining Koch in early 2021, Mr. Harris specialized in Energy Investment Banking and M&A at Truist Securities and Citi’s Global Energy Group, focusing primarily on the upstream and midstream subsectors. Mr. Harris was a Reconnaissance Marine in the United States Marine Corps from 2005 – 2011, deploying twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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