TRION’s Leadership Team

TRION’s proprietary technology is being advanced by highly qualified scientists. TRION’s four PhD scientists are supported and governed by a dedicated Management Team, Board of Directors and Advisory Board.

Former CEO of German Li-ion battery manufacturer, Liacon GmbH. (2018 – 2022)
Secured major sales contracts
Involved in raising US$35M
Led turnaround of Liacon’s US$150M plant
Secured major sales contracts for Liacon
Prior to Liacon, Sr. Investment Manager – Whiteridge Funds
Hedge Fund Analyst – Signet Capital London, UK.
B. Engineering in Renewable Energy (Hons) & B. Commerce in Finance from UNSW, Sydney AU.

Director

CEO/Founder Coulometrics, an advanced energy storage consulting and battery production/testing business based in Chattanooga, TN
26 years of experience in development materials & energy storage devices including Lithium-ion batteries, supercapacitors, NiMH batteries & lead acid batteries
Former CTO of Axion Power & Ioxus
Extensive connections with battery manufacturers, OEMs, material companies and U.S. government agencies.

Chairman

CEO Surmont Energy Ltd. & CEO Strategic Lithium Mining Corporation
International experience including; cross-border transactions, strategic alliance partnerships, commodity trading arrangements and regulatory matters
Former Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP
LL.B and B.Comm degrees from University of Alberta

CPA (CA) with extensive experience in management, finance, projects and business development
Leadership roles in several large organizations, as well as leading start-up ventures
Wide-ranging Board experience including sitting on audit committees

Director

Former Head of Global Capacity Planning at Amazon
Former Director of Global Supply Chain Management at Duracell
20+ years of Supply Chain experience with P&G
Proven track record of delivering outstanding product supply and business results
Extensive experience in mfg. ops and financial management

PhD Physics Dalhousie University J. Dahn Group
Post Doc, MIT, G. Ceder Group
10 years of industrial experience developing materials and technologies for LIBs at 3M
Commercialization of Si alloy materials
Prelithiation, materials synthesis, electrode design & cell design
Computational and experimental experience
6,000+ Citations

CPA who has served as Chief Financial Officer of several public and private firms throughout his career
Barry’s focus has been on corporate re-organizations and restructuring and has extensive experience in taking companies public in North America and Europe
Expertise includes financial accounting, overseeing the financial reporting and integration of complex M&A transactions
Meeting the regulatory requirements and implementation the reporting standards required for companies to go public
Preparing companies for an IPO and then taking them through the IPO process

Principal of Cyclikal, a consultancy firm specializing in high precision analytics and testing of batteries, based in St. Paul, Minneapolis
36 year career at 3M as a Battery Scientist and Executive. Developed extensive IP portfolio for 3M
Principle Investigator of 30kWh USABC project managed by 3M with partners Hydro-Québec and Argonne National Laboratories
3M spearheaded the development of NMC cathode material, invented by Prof. Jeff Dahn, for use in lithium-ion batteries. NMC materials have been used in the production of tens of billions of Lithium-Ion batteries in recent years
Initiated early efforts in main group metals and metalloids (e.g. Si, Sn, etc.) for use in high energy density Lithium-Ion batteries

Director JOG Capital Inc.
Former President & CEO GLJ Petroleum Consultants
Broad understanding of traditional and renewable energy sector
Extensive senior management & board experience with multiple energy related companies

Business turnarounds, leadership, product development, cross-functional team leadership, and entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur in residence – South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Former global business director microcircuit materials for DuPont

PhD, University of Manchester, UK
CPhys, Chartered Physicist, UK
Director, Composites and Polymer Engineering Laboratory (CAPE)
Team Leader - Joint Collaboration TRION/CAPE SiMoGraph™
Expertise: Processing, structure and properties of polymers, composites and nanocomposites
>90 refereed scientific publications, 15 book chapters, 1 book
9 granted US patents

PhD, Monash University, Australia
Developed fluorine-free lithium battery
Former Research Director at Ioxus – spearheaded scientific development & commercialization of TITAN™ Cell technology
Expertise: Electrolyte chemistry
Key patents for lithium-ion batteries, magnesium batteries & ultracapacitor electrolytes
Numerous highly cited academic publications