People

The team behind PositivEnergy.

40+ years of combined experience in electrification. Our team brought deep operating expertise to PositivEnergy and built the alternative the industry was missing.

Founder & CEO

E.J. Wise

Six successful exits. Former President of Energy Storage Systems & CRO at Romeo Power (NYSE).

COO

David Gould

20+ years of operational leadership across Fortune 500 and growth organizations, including the U.S. Navy and United Airlines.

SVP of Sales

Russ Ellis

Career-long growth builder in technology and media. Spearheaded Romeo Power's largest energy storage contract.

Sr. Director of Project Management

Morgan Kerns

2+ GW of commercial and utility-scale renewables delivered at NextEra and Pike Renewables before joining PE.

Sr. Director, EV Charging Network

David Catron

Runs the operational backbone of PositivEnergy's public and fleet charging network.

Sr. Director of Sales Enablement

Devora Naftali

Leads the PE Ambassador Network and corporate-culture initiatives. International project veteran.

Director, Sales Engineering

Ankur Doshi

15+ years experience developing and deploying electrification infrastructure at scale across e-mobility and electric utility sectors including Rivian and MN8 (Charging partnership with Mercedes-Benz)

Strategic Sales & Solutions Engineer

Bertan Hatipoglu

Bridges client business development with the technical depth electrification requires.

Chief Engineering Advisor

Gigi Steele

30 years in energy and power systems at Tesla, SAIC and BAE Systems. First direct liquid-cooled Li-ion battery (1998); first MW-class ground vehicle architecture.

Strategic Advisor

Stephano Kim

Strategic advisor to PositivEnergy and Chief Strategy & Operations Officer at Fox Advertising.

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