Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Teague Egan
Founder & CEO
Teague Egan is a serial entrepreneur who has built a highly experienced team of scientists, engineers, and renewable energy experts. Egan invested in Tesla in 2013 at $7 per share and made a small fortune, which he has used to start and fund the majority of EnergyX to date. He is the leading investor and shareholder in the company.
Bob Wowk
CFO
Bob Wowk is responsible for all economic modelling, operations, and partnerships at EnergyX. His career includes 30+ years in the industrial gas and renewable energy sectors in the USA, Singapore, Canada, Munich, Dubai and South Africa. He has supported the business development and financing of projects valued at over $10 billion in a variety of industries and global locations. Wowk received his MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Amit Patwardhan
VP of Technology
Dr. Amit Patwardhan heads all technology development at EnergyX including both the LiTAS™ program and the solid state battery program. Prior to joining EnergyX, Dr. Patwardhan held senior leadership roles at Rio Tinto, a global Fortune 500 company with over $40 billion in revenue, in their Industrial Minerals business group and corporate technology group. He received his BS degree in Chemical Engineering as well as his MS, PhD and MBA degrees.
Dr. Benny Freeman
EnergyX Science Advisory Board, Chairman
Most of the EnergyX lithium membrane extraction technology to-date has come from Dr. Freeman’s lab and his group’s research. A professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Freeman has been a faculty member for 29 years, and is described in 433 publications and 27 patents / patent applications. He is currently the director of Materials for Water and Energy Solutions (M-WET), a US Department of Energy-funded research center.
Bob Galyen
Advisor
Bob Galyen, an energy storage technology executive, was the founding CTO of CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited), the world’s largest battery manufacturer. With 38 years of experience in battery technology, Gaylen specializes in clean technology, lithium ion battery systems used in electric vehicles, and high efficiency storage systems. He currently serves as the Chairman of SAE International Battery Standards Steering Committee.