Josh Lake Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Co, Us

Our mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition by helping people electrify and modernize their homes through improved air quality and comfort. We believe climate change is an urgent fucking problem and progress is not being made fast enough. We’re building Elephant Energy to make an 🐘-sized hole in carbon emissions. We’re doing it through the single largest lever: your home’s energy consumption. All-Electric and Efficient Heat Pumps, Mini-Splits, EV Charging, Induction Stoves, Heat Pump Water Heaters, and More! https://www.elephantenergy.us/#ElectrifyEverything #JoinTheHerd

Independent Consultant and Adviser:1 - Autonomous Trucking - working with a leading startup on key partnerships, business development, and operations2 - Fleet Electrification - working with a large utility to deploy an integrated solar + battery storage + EV charging solution for fleet customers3 - Meal Kit Company - working with my wife's direct-to-consumer startup in a variety of strategy and operations capacities4 - Robotics Startup - We combined robotics, computer vision, and light electric vehicles to build a teleoperations platform for micromobility.5 - Mix of smaller projects in EV charging, long-haul trucking, logistics, and more

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Nuro builds unmanned autonomous vehicles for food and grocery delivery. I built and oversaw the Operations team focused on AV road testing, customer pilots, mapping, software operations, etc. As the company Operations lead, my teams also oversaw program management, supply chain, manufacturing, total cost of ownership, go-to-market strategies, and general company ops. We also worked closely with our Product and Business Development teams on key partnerships, product-market fit analysis, and go-to-market strategies.

Venice, California, Us

• Launched Evercar, a new mobility as a service platform in Los Angeles for the on-demand economy• Led recruitment and formation of team of 20 to build all operational systems, tools, processes, and capabilities required to deploy a network of shared Electric Vehicles for Uber and Lyft• Oversee vehicle operations, shift operations, fleet analytics, vehicle utilization (car sharing), infrastructure deployment, and customer operations for Evercar• Developed the first pay-per-mile Total Cost of Ownership model for deploying electric vehicles in municipal fleets• Board Member

Seal Beach, Ca, Us

• Lead cross-functional new product development program from design to volume manufacturing of new photovoltaic system resulting in several successful >$1M demos• Developed prototype suppliers; lead detailed cost analysis of entire BOM to identify cost savings• Supported China manufacturing JV development and technical due diligence for strategic investments

Seal Beach, Ca, Us

• Led manufacturing scaling at greenfield site resulting in on-time-delivery of $25M in product to the world's largest concentrated photovoltaic solar energy generating station in Alamosa, Colorado

Seal Beach, Ca, Us

• Developed >500 kilowatts in solar projects from concept through commissioning; navigated permitting and interconnection, negotiated Power Purchase Agreements, secured project financing, & oversaw installation • Established and managed key utility, developer, and IPP relationships; developed pipeline of solar projects

Newport Beach, Ca, Us

532 Solar was a solar project developer focused on accelerating the installation of distributed generation solar energy projects.• Recruited management team, advisory board, and partners; developed product; raised $10M in project equity• Developed portfolio of distributed generation solar projects, project finance models, & consultative sales tools• Project Portfolio and IP acquired in Apr '10 by Amonix following Series B financing with Kleiner Perkins

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Spent 2 1/2 years as a Management Consultant at a Telecom, Media, and Technology firm in Boston• Optimized network expansion plans resulting in deployment of $60B in new fiber network for Telco • Led M&A due diligence on telecom deals; analyzed product roadmaps, financials, and growth strategies • Designed and developed new pay-for-performance online advertising platform for Web 2.0 company

• Designed, engineered, and built handheld device to predict heart failure & determine hydration levels in athletes and soldiers; filed provisional patents; recruited MD/PhD advisory board • Secured $5K seed financing; Led Angel/Series A negotiations; Exhausted funding amidst IP development

Bio/Nanotechnology startup focused on chiral separation products.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Developed and tested novel carbon nanotube doped polymers.

Albuquerque, Nm, Us

Developed Silicon Nanowire Chem/Bio-Sensors

B.S, Materials Science And Engineering

Certificate, Mechanical Engineering - Design For Customer Value & Market Success