received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in power from Drexel University in 1987, and a Master of Science degree in EE with a power concentration from Northeastern University in Boston MA. He works at American Battery Solutions developing products for grid energy storage and is inventor and coinventor of more than a dozen patents. He has authored and co-authored several technical publications on batteries, power systems and topologies and energy storage architectures and cost models.