Mr. Magnotti has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Electriq since September 2018 and as a member of the Electriq Board since October 2016. Mr. Magnotti is an energy technology executive, clean tech executive and health tech executive specializing in innovative products and technologies or disruptive business models that impact our world positively while making excellent returns for investors. Mr. Magnotti was the President, Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Comverge, Inc. (founded in 1998), believed to be the first pure play smart grid company to go public in 2007. Mr. Magnotti was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fluitec International, LLC from 2010 – 2015 and spent 14 years (1983 – 1997) at AT&T Bell Labs / Lucent Technologies, Inc. in a variety of senior roles prior to founding Comverge, Inc. Companies Mr. Magnotti has led have won either Top Cleantech Company or Top Cleantech Innovation four times. Mr. Magnotti has special interests in smart grid, energy storage, energy efficiency, demand response, wind, solar, rotating machinery, biofuels, specialty additives and antioxidants. Mr. Magnotti has strong skills in engineering, research & development, program management, big data analytics, SaaS, product launch, global sales (he has set up sales channels in 69 countries), regulatory and energy markets, equity and debt fund raising including angel, venture capital, private equity, IPO, project finance and federal and state government programs. Mr. Magnotti has more than 30 years of C-Suite executive leadership experience leading, building and scaling energy and technology-related companies.
Mr. Magnotti earned a Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.