Management

Oliver Janssen - Chief Executive Officer

With more than 15 years of strategic and financial advisory experience, Mr. Janssen has an outstanding track record of successfully developing technology-driven enterprises. Since 2007, he has served as Chairman of the Board of IntraOp Medical Corporation, a developer and supplier of electron-beam radiation therapy equipment for the treatment of cancer. Until 2008 he served as Managing Director of Hultquist Capital LLC, where he assisted development-stage and growth companies in the semiconductor, medical, and clean-tech sectors with M&A activity, equity and debt financing, business strategy, and developing alternatives for maximizing shareholder value. Mr. Janssen holds a B.A. degree in English Literature from Kenyon College and a master's degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Gene Krzywinski - Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Krzywinski’s entrepreneurial and technical background led him to co-found eIQ Energy in 2007. Before founding eIQ Energy, Mr. Krzywinski was CEO and co-founder of Ardtully Group/Technologies, a provider of media electronics and content management systems. Prior to that position, he held various technical marketing, sales, and technical management posts in several semiconductor-related companies (including Fairchild Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard, and Advanced Analogic Technologies and SilBridge, both of which he co-founded). He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers College of Engineering.

Troy Speers – Co-Founder and Vice President, Operations

An eIQ Energy co-founder, Mr. Speers, has nearly three decades of operations management and entrepreneurial activity in high-tech manufacturing. He has extensive hands-on experience running production lines and has headed operations for medical device foundry QuickSil, the Advanced Analogic Technologies/SilBridge organization, and Taiwanese chip maker Macronix (he also played co-founding role for the latter two). He holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering and a B.A. degree in marketing from San Jose State University.

Dimitry Goder – Vice President, Engineering

Mr. Goder brings over 20 years of experience in the area of design and engineering management in the field of power electronics. In his previous role as a co-founder of Switch Power, Inc. he has a hands-on experience of building a successful power management company. Also prior to eIQ Energy Mr. Goder served as VP of Engineering at Sipex Corp and held various management and engineering posts in semiconductor companies including IDT, Exar and Linear Technology. He holds an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Moscow University.

Michael Lamb – Vice President, Business Development

Mr. Lamb brings a unique combination of technical, management and legal experience to his role at eIQ Energy. His background includes seven years as a principal at Cornerstone Venture Partners, where he oversaw funding efforts for international renewable energy initiatives and helped companies create and manage strategic partnerships. He was a co-founder of Digital 5 where he served as VP of Sales and Alliances. He has over 8 years of experience in the energy management field and has held VP level alliance-building positions at companies in the global telecom and multimedia technology sectors. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University, and a J.D. degree from Rutgers University School of Law.

James A. Allen – Co-Founder and Chief Power Designer

Mr. Allen’s extensive background in power supply architecture and development, and his strong entrepreneurial spirit, made him the ideal candidate to head up design for eIQ Energy’s product line. Before to joining eIQ Energy, Mr. Allen was a partner with full engineering responsibility at Star Electro LLC, a power supply developer, and gained experience managing a manufacturing line. He also spent a decade running a successful consulting engineering practice in the power supply field serving clients like Celatron, KLA-Tencor, and Digital Power. He got his initial training and experience designing power systems during his tenure in the US Army.