MATT MAYER
Co-Founder & CTO
Matt Mayer is the Chief Technology Officer of ExoCell Power. Matt has worked with Dr. Besser since 2015 on hydrogen fuel cell technology at Stevens Institute of Technology. Matt graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and worked directly on the TFFC for over 3 years. In 2019 he began his PhD in NanoEngineering at University of California San Diego under Dr. Shirley Meng where he worked on next-generation lithium metal batteries. In June 2020 he took a leave of absence to pursue the commercialization of TFFC technology full-time. He has seven refereed journal publications and four provisional patents applications, including two related to TFFC technology.
DR. RONALD BESSER
Co-Founder & Tech. Advisor
Dr. Ronald Besser is the founding advisor of ExoCell Power. He recently retired from his role as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at Stevens Institute of Technology. He has numerous publications and 18 patents, including three in the area of novel fuel cell architectures. After receiving his PhD in Materials Science from Stanford Besser worked in Silicon Valley at a Fortune 1000 company as well as many years at a flat-panel display startup. Besser’s experience in electrochemistry, materials/device research, and commercialization paired with a multidisciplinary background has gotten ExoCell and the TFFC ripe for commercialization.
ADVISORY BOARD
TOM BLUM
Cleantech Investor
ExoCell’s business mentor
ROLAND SCOTT
Retired Executive and New Product Consultant
Go-to-market strategy/customer discovery
JOHN GARTNER
Experienced Fuel Cell Executive (Formerly VP at PLUG and Nuvera)
Product development/operational support
JUSTIN TZITZIS
Head of Product Development
ALEC JORNS
Senior Project Manager/Systems Integration
R&D Intern
BRENDAN REY
COSMO GALLARO
Head of Fundamental Studies
CHRIS KONDRATOWICZ
Engineering Consultant (pursuing PhD at Princeton U.)
THOMAS ABELLO
R&D Intern
Business Team
ZACH EBERDING
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
JOSH TROPPER
Head of Business Development
RYAN BARTHOLOMEW
Military Consultant
TYLER REINERT
Intern