2026 Advisory Board
#TheBatteryShow
2026 Advisory Committee Members
Ajay Gnanasekaran
Senior Program Director, Battery Workforce Challenge
Argonne National Lab
Alyssia Bostrom
Consultant
323 North Consulting, LLC
Amy Brinson
Vice President Global Consortium
Soteria Battery Innovation Group
Ben Wrightsman
Founder | Lead Advisor
XC TECH
Brian Engle
Director, Business Development
Amphenol
Dave Rich
Subject Matter Expert
Timi High Power Batteries
Dawn New-Echlin
Strategic Advisor
CellBlock FCS
Ilias Belharouak
Corporate Fellow
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jay Zhou
SAE Fellow
SAE
Jody Leber
Global Business Manager, Energy Storage
CSA Group
John Warner
Chief Customer Officer
American Battery Solutions, Inc.
Katherina De Senne
Editor/ Price Reporter - Americas
S&P Global Energy
Lokupitiya Hasala , Ph.D.
Senior Polymer Scientist
Lyten
Michael Malley
Associate Research Professional, Strategic Partnerships & Proposals
Alabama Transportation Institute
Paul Charles
Principal
Charles and Associates, LLC
Shmuel De-Leon
Founder and CEO
Shmuel De-Leon Energy Ltd.
Simon Buderath
Managing Partner
P3-group
Wolfgang Bernhart
Partner
Roland Berger