The TEAM

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

Passionate climate solutions advocate with experience at the Department of Energy, ExxonMobil, Verizon, and MUUS Climate Partners. MIT Sloan MBA, MIT MS, & University of Houston BS. His expertise in corporate sustainability and deeptech commercialization makes him a key driver of capital, customer acquisition, and talent recruitment. Named on Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

CTO & CO-FOUNDER

Dr. Swartwout, an MIT PhD in Solar R&D and Printed Electronics, has over a decade of experience in energy innovation. As a Tata Center Fellow, he co-developed MIT's GridEdge program and recognized the potential of flexible solar panels for remote areas. He brings deep technical expertise, inventing 3 of the patents in Active Surface’s IP portfolio.

CHIEF MANUFACTURING SCIENTIST

Dr. Mwaura was a Research Scientist at MIT’s ONE Lab, focusing on scalable printing processes and materials for organic thin-film flexible solar. He has over 20 years of experience in the field, having led technical teams at companies like Konarka, Sunew, and Armor, specializing in organic photovoltaics (OPV) development and scaling. Jeremiah holds a PhD in Chemistry and Materials Science from the University of Connecticut and is a veteran in roll-to-roll manufacturing scale-up.

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEV.

Harvard MBA with experience in climate-tech commercialization, early-stage investing, and product management at Clean Energy Ventures, energyRe, and General Motors.

DEVICE ENGINEER

With a PhD from Rice University & B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Tulsa, Austin specializes in protective barriers, encapsulations, and device design for perovskite.

DEVICE ENGINEER

With a PhD and B.S. in Materials Science from University of Pittsburgh, Matt joins with expertise in project engineering and deep tech SBIR research from Triton System. He specializes in PbS quantum dot solar cells, focusing on charge transport characteristics.

SPECTROSCOPIST

With a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford & B.S. in Engineering Physics from Carleton University, Elyse joins from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and brings expertise in advanced materials and optical engineering.

SENIOR TECHNICIAN

With over 20 yrs of experience from Verdox, LUCENT, Nokia Bell Labs, Ionic Materials, and various startups, Brian brings a vast amount of expertise in experimental work and lab expansions in optical/electrical manufacturing.

ROLL-TO-ROLL TECHNICIAN

With many yrs of experience from Verdox, Majilite Corporation, Hauthaway, BFGoodrich, Speciality Chemicals, and Key Polymer, Chris brings extensive experience in novel coatings formulations and coating techniques for electroswing adsorption projects.