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	Home about about_us About us A look at the people who bring you this site Staff Ann Colcord, Business Manager In 2006 Ann co-founded Hybrids Plus, where she developed the management systems. There, she had the deepest understanding of both the PHEV technology and PHEV market, and the clearest view of how the technology and market deserved to be developed. She brings to Elithion her efficient and effective management skills, her clear understanding on the needs and potential of the battery pack market, and her ability to restore perspective in an otherwise tumultuous development environment. Ann has a Master in Non-Profit Management (Regis University, 2002). Davide Andrea, Electrical Engineer Davide Andrea is the owner of Elithion LLC, founded in August 2008 with the goal of making his Lithium Ion Battery Management System technology available to an industry searching for Li-Ion BMS solutions. He brings to Elithion an unique ability to develop all aspects of BMS and battery products (software, electronic hardware - analog, digital, power, and mechanical design) in a rapid and effective manner. Davide is the author of the book "Battery Management Systems for Large Lithium-Ion Battery Packs , which was published Sep 30th 2010. Previously, Davide co-founded Hybrids Plus, where, using his BMS technology, he developed Prius and Escape PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid) conversions. There, he also developed the Inverger™, a bidirectional Charger / Inverter for V2G (Vehicle To Grid) applications. Previously, Davide offered electronic consulting services through DAVIDE, DBA. Davide has 25 years experience in electronics design, a BS is Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (University of Colorado, 1982), and 3 years experience in the Li-Ion Battery Management System field. Eben Johnson , Marketing Eben joined Elithion June 2011 to give marketing support. He left in October. James Corbin, Manufacturing James joined Elithion September 2011 to staff Elithions manufacturing department. James is a former member of the Boulder Emergency Squad and is a certified EMT. Robert Helvestine, Electrical Engineer Robert joined Elithion September 2011 as a tech support person. He received a Masters in Electrical Engineering in the spring of 2012 and left Elithion to pursue a career in technologies that are better matched with his education. Steven Van Buskirk, Reinaissance man Steven joined Elithion April 2012 as a tech support person. Todd Baxendale, Mechanical Engineer Todd joined Elithion March 2012 to design and build battery packs. Consultants Arthur Fowler, Technician Arthur provides a variety of technical services to Elithion, bringing his experience and creativity to the product development process. Arthur has a Bachelor of Science and Economics From Lewis and Clark College in Portland Oregon in 1994. Bill Cochran, Patent attorney Bill has over 40 years of experience in patent law and is the founding member of Cochran Freund & Young LLC. He started his career in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Examiner in the computer arts and received several superior performance awards while working at the Patent and Trademark Office. Bill has prepared Elithion's 2 patent applications. Doug Werner, PE, Thermal engineer Doug is a mechanical engineer with 30 years experience. He owns Douglas Engineering, a consulting engineering company specializing in thermal-mechanical engineering and design, in business since 1991. Some of his recent projects include mechanical design and analysis, cooling of electronic equipment, thermal analysis, cryogenics, biotechnology, medical instruments, and analytical support of industrial design. Michael Baranello, PE, Mechanical designer Michael is the principal of Barnwerks, an industrial design and engineering firm in Longmont, CO. He has been a contract designer for since 2000, in various industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, automation, consumer sports and recreation, after-market automotive accessories, various consumer products, solar, oil and gas, dental and medical. Mike has three design patents related to the defense industry and one design patent for an automated packaging machine. Scot Colburn, Contract designer Scot Colburn loves to program little microprocessors. He has a BS in Math from UCD and a MS in Telecommunications from CU. Scot served as part of the KillaCycle pit crew in Las Vegas and Phoenix when the KillaCycle drag-bike first broke and then broke again the world-record quarter-mile elapsed time for an electric vehicle. Scot has worked as a network engineer at NCAR and a PC technician in Antarctica. Scott Fullerton, Business adviser Scott is a 25 year veteran of several successful domestic and international software and manufacturing startups. These include Model N, a leader in revenue management software, where he served as Senior Director, Customer Engineering; and Advanced Lighting Technologies, a developer and manufacturer of high efficiency lighting, where he was President of its Metal Halide Technologies subsidiary and General Manager, International Business Development. He has participated in all aspects of the business lifecycle from formation, financing and high growth through M&A, divestiture and IPO. He currently splits his time between mentoring startups and commercialization of emerging technologies. Thomas Cook, Battery engineer Thomas has worked and consulted for various companies on everything from batteries for hand-held devices to electric car batteries. He been in the electric vehicle field for 10 years. A Mechanical Engineer by training, Thomas is now starting a business, LithiumStart designing and producing 12V lithium based batteries. Advisers Elithion is blessed by having an effective Board of Advisers, composed of capable and experienced leaders in the industry. The board meets several times a year to receive reports from the Elithion staff, and to advise it on larger management issues. Offices Our offices are in a charming office building in North East Boulder.