Engineering manager, leader, and consultant with a successful record of leading teams of scientists, engineers, and technicians to make breakthroughs in energy technology.My "superpowers:"1. Leading and managing high-caliber teams. I've dedicated my life to studying and practicing the science of good people-management.2. Managing complex projects, especially R&D projects fraught with high levels of uncertainty.3. Teaching and training. My engineering background enables me to distill complex team dynamics into simple principles and actionable techniques.- Volunteer tutor at the Youth Tutoring Program of Catholic Community Services of King County for over 7 years.- Avid musician and songwriter; in a metalcore band called Shards of Narsil. Check us out on Spotify!
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Director Of EngineeringBiomesenseChicago, Il, Us -
Founder & ConsultantAkcelerate Consulting Jun 2024 - PresentTurbo-charging professional teams by providing a wide array of training services for teams and managers.- Team training: communication guidelines, collaboration tools, decision-making techniques, etc.- Manager training: project management, people-management, key leadership skills, etc.- Technical training: test Planning, DOE, R&D and innovation management, risk management, estimation, etc. -
Director Of EngineeringModern Hydrogen May 2023 - Mar 2024Woodinville, Wa, Us- Led a team of Engineers, Scientists, and Technicians to engineer new advances in Modern Hydrogen's methane-to-hydrogen technology.- Codeveloped a continuous pyrolysis reactor from concept prototype to product deployed at customer sites.- Inventor of several units of said pyrolysis reactor system.- Helped grow a startup company from 3 employees to over 70, through series A and series B funding rounds.- Versatile engineer who has worn many technical "hats" to solve problems related to electrical engineering, materials science, high-throughput testing, and solids handling. -
Senior Engineering ManagerModern Hydrogen Jun 2017 - May 2023Woodinville, Wa, UsLed a team of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians to develop novel heat-to-electricity converters
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Research And Development EngineerModern Hydrogen Aug 2015 - May 2017Woodinville, Wa, UsDesigned, fabricated, and tested components of novel heat-to-electricity converters. Designed novel devices and fabricated them using nanofabrication techniques. Built high-throughput test setups to test them.
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Graduate Research AssistantThe University Of British Columbia Jun 2013 - Aug 2015Vancouver, British Columbia, CaDesigned and fabricated novel thin-film devices using carbon nanotubes for direct heat-to-electricity and light-to-heat-to-electricity conversion, as part of an externally funded project. Performed electron beam experiments on these devices in an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment.Performed ab-initio density functional theory simulations on newly discovered carbon-based electronic materials. -
Led EngineerGe Lighting Jan 2013 - Sep 2013East Cleveland, Oh, UsDeveloped a combined technical and financial analysis tool which enabled the selection of optimally cost-effective LED components which met product requirements for high-efficiency LED lamps. -
Undergraduate Research Assistant (Advisor: Dr. Paul R. Berger)Department Of Electrical & Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University Feb 2012 - Dec 2012Synthesized large-area graphene using custom-made CVD system. Characterized and transferred graphene onto various substrates.
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Technical Co-OpGe Appliances Jun 2010 - Dec 2010Louisville, Ky, UsDesigned automated tests to analyze tolerances of various electronic devices in the Monogram and Profile ranges. Received basic Lean and Six Sigma training.
Andrew Koch Education Details
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The University Of British ColumbiaElectrical And Computer Engineering -
The Ohio State UniversityElectrical And Computer Engineering
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Andrew Koch works for Biomesense
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Andrew Koch's current role is Director of Engineering.
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Andrew Koch attended The University Of British Columbia, The Ohio State University.
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