The Technology and Product Strategy Lead ensures the tech team outputs convert to revenueopportunities.This is done through ensuring strategic alignment across technical and business teams to supportcorporate priorities, company values, and long-term viability of Electra as an organization with thefollowing success criteria:● All technology developed and its relevant outputs deliver value to departments across Electra● All products developed have commercial relevance, technical viability, and support Electra’svalues● Roadmaps for product releases, technology deployment, revenue generation, and resourceavailability are perfectly aligned and continuously updated● Processes for productization and technological innovation are clearly understood and widelyimplemented● Efficient allocation of technical resources based on company priorities● Synergistic collaboration across verticals to execute technology strategy● Communication flowing in and out of tech to amplify tech knowledge base

The Research and Development Strategy Lead will have to use creative abilities and research methods to improve existing products based on industry trends and develop new products to meet the needs of the company’s target market. You are expected to report on any technical product issues that are discovered during evaluation and manage pre-production product testing and evaluation, assessing the models and data used, the efficiency of the process, and the effectiveness of the final product.R&D Tactical LeadershipLead key projects with R&D to support business goals.Develop research programs incorporating current developments to improve existing products and study the potential of new products.Understand customer expectations on pre-production products.Create roadmap to transition Electra innovations from early stage concepts to defined productsResearch, and evaluate new technologies entering commercialization, or academic researchDetermine and execute improved technologies used by suppliers, competitors, and customers.Support department to hire and develop R&D personnel.Transfer new technologies, products, and manufacturing processes into and out of the company.Suggest training tools to enhance employee performance and skill development.Monitor team metrics and objectives ensuring meeting of goals.Document all phases of research and development.Establish and maintain testing procedures for assessing algorithms, processes, and finished products

• Guide development of flagship products EVE.Ai and EnPower• Work with business partners to assist onboarding of EnPower technologies• Coordinate technical team development timelines to align with business objectives• Communicated needs and desires of potential business partners with technical team to optimize product and software developmentand improve business partner relations

• Co-wrote & filed provisional patent on control algorithm & Design Optimization Software• Built database of energy storage devices, both conventional and emerging technologies• Principal researcher for hybrid energy storage design and control industry trends• Co-developed performance optimizing control algorithm• Co-developed optimized system design algorithm and user interface

• Company representative at MassChallenge Boston 2016, StartupFest Montreal 2016, IDTechEx Electric Vehicles & Energy StorageLaunchpad 2016, Clean Tech Open Northeast 2017 business accelerator programs• Expanded network of business partners through networking events in Boston, Montreal, Vermont, and Silicon Valley• Redesigned company website and pitch deck slideshows• Created customer inquiry form, company poster, one-page information sheet• Oversaw company internship candidate selection & interview process