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Kevin served for 30 years as a Senior Scientist with Dow Chemical, commercializing inventions in markets ranging from microelectronics to solid-state lighting, and other materials science applications.

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Heath is a venture capitalist in the ESG/Impact/Energy sector and a former VC at BP Ventures, with a broad network with investors such as the corporate venture capital arms of large energy companies, climate-tech incubators and startup studios.

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Kira is Director of R&D at Our Next Energy and is a clean energy advocate, battery scientist, design thinking expert, and early stage venture coach.

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Reed has over 30 years of experience managing intellectual property and assisting in forming and early funding technology-based startup companies. His roles have included working at Carnegie Mellon University, where he assisted with the formation of startup companies, and licensing officer at the University of Pittsburgh. Reed also has extensive experience working in and with regional technology-based economic development groups.

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Terri Marts is an industry veteran who has managed energy, defense and infrastructure projects valued at over $1.2B per year, much of which involved national lab energy R&D.

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Chris Millard is a startup operations and SBIR expert who has held COO roles in multiple startups. He advises cohort members on operational issues and acquiring and managing SBIR / STTR grants and contracts.

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Vicki A. Barbur, Senior Advisor at Key Logic, Morgantown, WV, leverages her science and business expertise to support various company programs. With a background in multiple technical disciplines, she focuses on Technology Maturation and due diligence for Lab to Market initiatives. Barbur has held leadership roles at Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Cardinal Health, MITRE, and Battelle. She holds a Ph.D. and BSc in Physics from Imperial College, University of London, and an MSc in Applied Statistics from the University of Oxford.

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Andrew is the Vice President of Engineering, Reliability, and Manufacturing Excellence at Metallus/TimkenSteel, Mr. Bissot provides connections and advice to cohort companies in the metals, energy & manufacturing space.

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Budd Shaffer has over 20 years of experience supporting the energy sector with roles ranging from engineer, to entrepreneur, to management consultant. He currently serves as Director of Strategy at KeyLogic where he helps clients navigate the complex challenges of deploying advanced energy technologies within an evolving energy landscape.

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Leon Wolf is a grant specialist supporting SBIR/STTR and climate technology federal and state proposals. In the last 10 years he has helped hundreds of companies and organizations and delivered dozens of training sessions. He was formerly the director for Federal Funding Assistance at VertueLab and has his own consulting business. Prior, Mr. Wolf worked at Hewlett-Packard for 25 years, and has an MS/BS in Chemical Engineering.