MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to deliver the world’s highest-powered, highest-energy-density rechargeable battery for electric vehicles and consumer electronics while maintaining our commitment to environmental sustainability and profitability for our investors and shareholders.
OUR VISION
“We believe our unique 3D electrode architecture will change lithium battery technology the way the transistor changed vacuum tube electronics. It will enable electric vehicle batteries to be built at half the current cost and provide twice the range for the same size battery.”
– DR. MORY GHARIB, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Dr. Gharib is the Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bio-Inspired Engineering at Caltech.
WHO WE ARE
Sienza Energy is an exceptionally-talented, elite team that has rapidly brought new technology from demonstrating concept feasibility to building test cells, exceeding the best production cells—all, remarkably within four years and with less than three million dollars in funding!
We are located in Pasadena California about 2 miles from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where our technology originated and the feasibility first demonstrated. We are a venture-capital-funded company with an aggressive development schedule and timeline to demonstrate a commercial product.
OUR TECHNICAL TEAM
Dr. Isabelle Darolles
Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Isabelle Darolles has over 15 years of experience in lithium battery R&D, both in industry and...
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Dr. Azin Fahimi
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Azin Fahimi is a nanomaterial scientist with expertise in synthesis and integration of carbon...
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Dr. Matthew Tasooji
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Tasooji joined Sienza as CEO in January 2019 and brings with him his previous experience...
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Sean Mendoza
Sr. Engineer, Product Manager
Sean Mendoza worked at Tesla's Cell Research Lab developing lithium anodes and battery charge protocols...
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Shannon Choate-Santana
Process and Fabrication Engineer
Shannon Choate-Santana has years of experience synthesizing organic and inorganic compounds in Biochemistry...
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Dr. Mory Gharib
Chairman of the Board and Scientific Advisor
Prof. Mory Gharib has served as the Vice Provost for Research at Caltech, has over 90 US patents,...
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Jeff Arias
Technical Advisor
Jeff Arias has 50 years of running new-product development programs, including 16 years at his own...
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Tushar Verma
Sr. Battery Engineer
Tushar has 4 years experience researching electrode and electrolyte materials for lithium batteries....
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Cyrus Sobhani
Environmental and Sustainability Engineer
Cyrus Sobhani is a recent graduate of Drexel University, where he received a B.S. in Environmental...
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Mory Gharib
Chairman of the Board
Prof Mory Gharib is the Hans W. Lipmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bio-Inspired Engineering and...
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Board Member
Matthew Tasooji did his undergraduate and PhD studies at USC in Communication Systems. Matthew...
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Dr. S. Rob Sobhani
Board Member
Dr. Sobhani graduated from Georgetown University in 1989 with a Ph.D. in Political Economy with...
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Jim Demetriades
Board Member
Jim Demetriades is a lifelong inventor, entrepreneur, and investor. With only $5,000, he started...
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Rama Ayman
Board Member
Rama has over 28 years of experience in corporate finance, capital markets and private equity advisory...
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OUR INVESTORS
Kairos Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, CA that works closely with the world’s leading universities and research institutions to identify and support the commercialization of transformative technologies. Kairos invests in patented scientific advances in life sciences and engineering that have the potential to deliver substantial impact for our world, and remarkable returns for our Investors. In addition to providing capital, Kairos supports our portfolio of companies with the professional business and scientific expertise to maximize their potential from early seed through incubation and growth.