Company Overview

Ioxus - Powering Green Industry

Taking advantage of heritage and strategic partnerships, Ioxus brings experienced and flexible manufacturing capabilities to the ultracapacitor business. Located close to the parent company, Ioxus leverages the military standard manufacturing expertise developed at Custom Electronics, Inc. for more than 45 years. Ioxus has extensive engineering and manufacturing resources with extensive experience in high voltage components and integrated systems.

Ioxus hired key manufacturing and materials experts with experience in ultracapacitor materials and cell assembly. Combined with experts in module design, Ioxus is capable of handling numerous cell or system integration challenges.

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Management Team Bios:

Michael Pentaris, chief executive officer

Michael Pentaris is acting CEO of Ioxus and president / CEO of Custom Electronics, Inc. (CEI), Ioxus’ parent company.  An accomplished business leader with a proven track record of engineering business turnarounds and improving profitability, Michael continues to increase sales and profitability at CEI while leading the strategic planning, capital sourcing and financial management efforts of both companies.

In his more than 25 years of experience, Michael has earned a reputation of being an effective negotiator with the ability to mobilize private and government investment sources.  Upon joining CEI, he reorganized the company and introduced lean manufacturing methodologies, as well as established a business development department to focus on new products to fuel company growth.

He has both a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s degree from Binghamton University.

 

Chad Hall, chief operating officer and business development

Chad Hall spent 14 years with Ioxus’ parent company, Custom Electronics, Inc. (CEI). For the last six years at CEI, he has served as the engineering manager.  His skill set has been instrumental in solving numerous engineering and manufacturing problems the organization has faced.  He has also been instrumental in helping the sales organization gain new customers and has negotiated a number of long-term contracts due to his intimate knowledge of the product line and his ability to interface with customers in a role of sales engineer.  His extensive mechanical engineering and business experience played a key role in the creation of Ioxus from funding, setting up the factory, and launching the company.  Chad is responsible for manufacturing and testing of standard products, as well as further establishing the company and building the team, increasing sales, locating funding, and spurring continued product development. Chad is also responsible for educating the market on Ioxus products and training sales personnel on the technical aspects of the expanding product. He overcomes business challenges with an innovative yet practical approach. 

Chad is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  Additionally, he was involved in several high-voltage, high-reliability capacitor projects at national labs, playing key roles in each project’s success.  He attended State University of New York, Delhi and received a 5-M certificate in electro-mechanical design and drafting.

 

Robert Jaworski , Ph.D., CFA – chief strategy officer

Dr. Robert Jaworski has more than 18 years of cleantech experience in academia, industry, capital markets and investment banking.  Before joining Ioxus, he started Vortex Advisors, and co-founded Jefferies cleantech investment banking practice.  As a senior member of Jefferies North American cleantech banking team, Robert was focusing on earlier stage and private companies.  In addition to the North American banking activities, he was responsible for Jefferies cleantech investment banking activities in China and was also involved in the European cleantech banking effort.  Before cleantech investment banking, Robert was a member of Jefferies convertible capital markets and convertible research teams.  Before joining Jefferies, Robert worked at Bellcore/Telcordia as a research scientist and consultant.  He built Telcordia's network power consulting business and was a part of the company's lithium ion battery development effort.  Robert’s clean technology experience includes research and consulting in energy generation, storage and efficiency at Bellcore, Telstra Research Laboratories in Australia and the Ohio State University.  Robert's technical expertise in clean technologies provides a unique combination with his finance, banking and capital markets experience, greatly benefitting Ioxus.  Robert received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Miami University and an MBA from Rutgers University.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

 

Thor Eilertsen, chief technology officer

With 30 years experience, Thor Eilertsen has pioneered new and groundbreaking technologies, setting in motion the fundamental concepts for expanded electrochemical voltage limits for the electrochemical double layer capacitor (EDLC).  At Ioxus, Thor is responsible for product development for both military and commercial product applications, as well as the continued education of customer and division employees to new and current project technologies and uses.     

Within the EDLC field, Thor has contributed to not only the electrochemical enhancements but to the electrical control and monitoring of critical power and energy for the system function technology.  Thor’s extensive education includes numerous degrees and certifications.