Ghyrn Loveness is a technologist and entrepreneur based in Palo Alto, California. He studied energy systems, mechanical engineering and physics at Stanford, Caltech and Pomona. Ghyrn has worked at AeroVironment and NASA and served as the President of Caltech's Entrepreneurs Club. He helped start Duron Energy to provide affordable access to energy for people in rural communities living without reliable access to electricity and currently serves on its technical advisory board. Most recently he is on the founding team of employees at Amprius and early team at Quantumscape - both next generation energy storage materials companies. He has mentored numerous energy/software startups and classes at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Ghyrn’s interests include energy technology, startups, investing, sustainable development, biomedical devices, and aerospace systems. He enjoys skiing, tennis, cooking, and classical piano. He is also an avid pilot with multiple ratings and endorsements. Specialties: Energy systems, nanotechnology, semiconductor/solar processes, medical devices, materials and fabrication, metrology, modeling and lab testing. Pilot experience and mechanic experience. Venture formation, venture capital, team organization, IP and technology strategy.

Member @ aacit.caltech.edu From March 2006 to Present (9 years 6 months) Director of Engineering @ From February 2013 to May 2015 (2 years 4 months) Senior Scientist, Technical Director @ www.amprius.com 15+ patents Developed technology/IP, commercial battery prototypes, and production equipment for high energy density lithium ion batteries. From December 2008 to January 2013 (4 years 2 months) Advisory Board and Co-Founder @ www.duronenergy.com http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/why-indias-clean-tech-sector-is-attracting-us-europe-and-asia-pacific-entrepreneurs/articleshow/11469348.cms?intenttarget=no Acquired in 2012 From January 2008 to December 2012 (5 years) Graduate Student @ Energy Systems From June 2007 to June 2009 (2 years 1 month) Project Engineer and Co-Founder @ www.duronenergy.com From January 2008 to April 2009 (1 year 4 months) President @ http://www.emsociety.org This amazing organization has dramatically impacted the lives of student entrepreneurs around the LA area, helping to mentor and connect students who are aspiring entrepreneurs. From January 2007 to June 2007 (6 months) President @ The President of the eClub is responsible for all initiatives, networks, and events held, and serves as a focal point for student entrepreneurship at Caltech. From June 2006 to June 2007 (1 year 1 month) Summer Researcher @ My work at AeroVironment is with their technology initiatives group working on Architectural Wind Power and Ocean Power. From June 2006 to September 2006 (4 months) Summer Principal Investigator @ My work at NASA Langley was with the Aviation Operations and Evaluations Branch in Airspace Systems. I led a study within their Autonomous Flight Management research efforts on traffic interaction scenarios and the behavior of conflict resolution algorithms in a medium fidelity simulation environment as a summer project in the LARSS program. From June 2005 to August 2005 (3 months) NASA LARCSummer Researcher @ My work at the Langley Research Center the first year was to evaluate Human in the loop studies for the feasibility of Autonomous Flight Management as well as to evaluate ADS-B as an enabling technology for the concept as a summer project in the LARSS program. From June 2004 to August 2004 (3 months) NASA LARCFounder, Genetics Researcher @ Founding member of next generation biology research think tank based at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, envisioned and sponsored by Edward Jung, former Chief Architect at Microsoft, Co-Founder Intellectual Ventures From June 2001 to December 2001 (7 months)

MS, Energy Systems @ Stanford University From 2007 to 2009 BS with honors, Mechanical Engineering @ Caltech From 2005 to 2007 BA Cum Laude, Physics @ Pomona College From 2002 to 2005 Ghyrn Loveness is skilled in: Energy Systems, Venture Formation, IP and Technology..., Batteries, Aerospace, Air Traffic Management, Autonomous Vehicles, Team Organisation, Renewable Energy, Venture Capital, IP, Solar Energy, Matlab, Design of Experiments, Lithium-ion Batteries, Simulations, Materials Science, Start-ups, Management, Nanotechnology, Entrepreneurship