Stephen Harrison Email & Phone Number

Consulting on various technologies as diverse as energy storage, lithium, extractive metallurgy, sorbents and biotechnology.Advising on Technical Development, Patent Strategy as well as Strategic Development and Planning. DryLet, LLC advising on Intellectual Property and Technology development. North American Lithium, Inc. (NAL) Leading the redesign and engineering of NAL's process plant to convert spodumene to lithium carbonate. Cumulus Energy Storage consulting on various aspects of battery developmentAlger Alternative EnergyEnergy and Mineral Development Company designed to extract lithium from brine sources and produce high purity and battery-grade purity lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide monohydrate

Stephen joined Simbol soon after it received venture backed funding from Mohr-Davidow and Firelake Capital. He led its scientific and engineering teams through a rapid process development, taking less than one year to develop the process to extract lithium from geothermal brine to a pilot scale proof of concept. In addition, his team developed new processes for the extraction of manganese, zinc and potassium from those same geothermal brines. That development program led to the filing of a family of patents. Today Simbol has 15 allowed US patents and 23 US patent applications. From a commercial point of view, the process he and his team developed is recognized as the lowest cost production method to lithium hydroxide, a key feedstock for lithium ion batteries.• Led Simbol’s technology team through the research and development phases of its process development for lithium, manganese and zinc extraction and their conversion to products• Included laboratory scale studies, scale-up to a 1/1000th scale pilot plant for lithium extraction; and proof of process to produce lithium carbonate inside 12 months• Developed SIMBOL’s IP Strategy and managed its IP portfolio of greater than 50 + patents• Reported to the board and the CEO on all aspects of technology • Developed a dynamic R&D culture leading to rapid process development combining scientist and engineers from diverse backgrounds in a start-up environment• Co-ordination of the detailed engineering and design/FEED package development for the 17.000 MTY lithium hydroxide to 38.000 MTY including lithium carbonate production. T(ncludes a 60.000 and 120.000 ton /a chlorine plant (a $ 450 million project)• Processes developed specially to obtain extra high pure battery grade LiOH and Li2CO3• Invention and development of a novel sorbents for the extraction of lithium chloride• Principle Investigator for the Critical Materials Institute: lithium project

Technology leader for the development of new processes for the extraction and recovery of copper, zinc and lead from acid mine drainage and mine tailings. Managed the development of the design of an electrolyzer for the recovery of the valuable metals. Responsible for the development the technologies, and managing the planning and execution of the projects.

Technical and management of key projects of a technology innovation incubator. AIC invented and incubated new technologies and processes and developed them until ready for external funding through either licensing or the generation of start-up spin-off’s. Stephen lead the technology development during the technology transfer to the spin-off company’s.Plurion: A utlilty scale energy storage battery based on the cerium-zinc couple. Stephen joined AIC (then EDA) to lead its Plurion Battery project eventually acting as Plurion’s Chief Technology Officer(CTO) as it set up new facilities in Fife Scotland. He lead a multidisciplinary team including teams from LOTUS engineering and NORAM engineers as well as AIC’s and Plurion’s technical teams. Managed relationships with key suppliers and equipment manufacturers. The project combined chemistry, electrochemical and chemical engineering with electrical engineering to link the battery to the electrical grid. Stephen was responsible for all aspect of the technical program including: budgets, planning and technical leadership. Water TreatmentProject LeadershipCo-inventor and technology leader of new technologies to recovery and destroy perchlorate and nitrate in drinking water, combining ion-exchange and electrochemistry. Lead projects to demonstrate and pilot these technologies at the Baldwin Park Operable Unit (Los Angeles, CA), including the engineering and design and the operation of a skid mounted unit the proved the technical viability of these technologies. Leading to licensing of the nitrate technology to Rohm-Haas. Responsible for the development the technologies, and manging the planning and execution of the projects.

Chief Technology Officer of Plurion Ltd (UK based joint venture) 2005 to 2008 • Co-inventor of the PLURION storage battery, including the development of graphene and Ebonex electrodes• Management and Technical leader for variety of R&D projects including Plurion Battery; Electrochemical Regeneration of Ion Exchange Columns• Management of sub-contractors: Lotus Engineering and NORAM Engineering & Constructors Ltd., and a number of R&D sub-contractors

This company was formed to produce high purity lithium carbonate. It was a spin-off from a project to produce lithium metal while Dr. Harrison was at Hydro-Quebec. Stephen managed the initial project while at Hydro-Quebec and was the co-inventor of the technology and was responsible for the scale-up of the technology from the laboratory through to commercial operation and even some of the early sales to Japanese trading company Marubeni. This involved leading the design in collaboration BPR-Geniviel a Quebec based engineering company to construct a commercial facility and increase the capacity the initial pilot plant to a full commercial plant of capacity of approximately 400 tonnes per year. The plant operated in Shawinigan Quebec for over ten years until its acquisition by Simbol Materials. During the companies start-up phase Dr. Harrison was responsible for its operation, quality control and had P&L responsibilities from 1999 through to his departure to AIC. He was also responsible for all R&D. Limtech received a grant from the Canadian government to support it’s R&D efforts. Dr. Harrison was responsible for this R&D project . Limtech also had an ongoing project in collaboration with Phostech to produce lithium iron phosphate After Stephen left for AIC he retained his role as being responsible for technology but not production for a two more years. Leading projects to produce lithium dihydrogen phosphate and lithium niobate. Highlights• Developed and commercialized a patented lithium carbonate manufacturing process• Creation of successful operating team and management systems for lithium carbonate plant • Management of the design and construction of a commercial lithium carbonate plant• Made the first commercial sale of the Limtech product to a Japanese trading hfirm

Montréal, Québec, Ca

At Hydro-Quebec Stephen was a team leader responsible for the management of a group of scientist and engineers and Hydro-Quebec’s initiative to develop new clean energy using technologies. As such he was in part responsible for developing the strategy for which technologies were to be developed based on commercial and technical viability. He successfully lead a development program from the laboratory to the demonstration plant scale for the production of anthraquinones, and aromatic aldehydes that led to the commercialization of a process to produce vitamin K now owned by Lonza corporation. In partnership with consultants he also help develop a strategy to commercialize these technologies. • Project management from bench-scale to commercialization, construction and operation • Inventor of commercial processes to manufacture menadione and lithium carbonate • Chemical and electrochemical process development from laboratory to commercial plant (anthraquinone, aminoanthraquinone, naphthoquinone, anisaldehyde, ethylene glycol and lithium)• Design and management of industrial organic electrosynthesis manufacturing process development including pilot plant operation • Combined electrochemistry with two phase reaction and liquid-liquid extraction, filtration and drying • Engineering/design of new electrochemical cells, pilot plants and commercial plants

Phd, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Electrochemical Science

B.Sc, Chemistry