Jim Castelaz

Technology startup founder and technical expert with a passion for Freeing Fleets from Fossil Fuel.

Technology startup fundraising from seed through growth stage ($65M+ total); development of complex IP portfolios, technologies and products; building and leading A+ teams from 1 to 60+ people; finding and closing missionary sales - and doing it all as capital-efficiently as possible.

Engineering experience: power system design; embedded system design, advanced battery packaging; state-based control; solid-state transformers; smart, self-powered fault indicators for power utilities; solar panel and inverter remote monitoring system; MEMS-based power devices; hydrogen embrittlement of metals; radiation damage in semiconductors; large-volume gaseous neutron detectors; radiation mapping; directional radiation detection systems.

Graduate Studies: optimization, stochastic calculus, dynamic systems, modern control, optoelectronics, MEMS, environmental entrepreneurship, electric vehicle venture formation, high-tech strategy