Tim Heidel
Chief Executive Officer

Tim Heidel has served in energy technology leadership roles in a variety of domains, with 15+ years of experience in academic (MIT), government (U.S. DOE ARPA-E), trade association (NRECA), and private investment (BEV) organizations. He brings a depth of hardware and software experience in utility grid technologies, power electronics, power semiconductor devices, and photovoltaics.

He holds BS, MEng, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Technology Policy from MIT.

Adam Wallen
Chief Operating Officer

Adam Wallen is a proven entrepreneurial talent, with noted successes in Cleantech, MedTech and Healthcare IT. He brings two decades of executive experience, earned at organizations like British Petroleum (BP) and Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), and he has developed and marketed several innovative technology, product and service businesses 

He holds an MBA from The University at Buffalo, and a BS in Ceramic Engineering from Alfred University

Franco Moriconi
VP Engineering

Franco Moriconi has global experience in utility power systems, superconducting material applications, and renewable energy.

He has 20+ of experience in designing new products and managing product engineering from concept to market launch, at firms such ABB, Bruker, Zenergy Power

He has extensive experience developing technology and products such as HTS superconducting fault current limiters, flow batteries, and microgrids

He holds an MS/BS in Mechanical Engineering at University of California Berkeley.

Steve Ashworth
Lead Scientific Consultant

Steve Ashworth is a scientist/engineer with a 30+ year career primarily focusing on superconductivity and cryogenics and an international expert on HTS power transmission. He is the inventor of  HTS overhead power cables and cryogenic technologies.

He is an author of 80+ papers spanning basic physics, cryogenics, electromagnetics, heat transfer, optics, superconductivity. Steve was previously a Senior scientist at Southampton and Cambridge Universities (UK), Brookhaven and Los Alamos Laboratories (DoE), and Chevron.

He holds a BSc (Math/Physics) from the University of Manchester (UK), a PhD (Physics) from the University of Exeter (UK) and is a Fellow Institute of Physics (UK) and a Chartered Electrical Engineer.

Open Roles at VEIR

ENGINEERING/CRYOGENICS TECHNICIAN (CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING)

VEIR is seeking a qualified Engineering/Cryogenics Technician to join our team. This individual will support VEIR’s Cryogenic Systems Engineering team in designing, constructing, and maintaining VEIR’s liquid Nitrogen supply infrastructure for both laboratory operations and grid tied product delivery systems.

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HEAD OF FINANCE

The Head of Finance should be an experienced Financial Controller, or Comptroller, to undertake all aspects of financial management, including corporate accounting, regulatory and financial reporting, budget and forecasts preparation, as well as development of internal control policies and procedures. Head of Finance responsibilities will also include financial risk management and be the go-to finance thought partner – the “CFO in the room” – for business leaders and convey data driven insights and recommendations for better decision making.

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SR. ENGINEER, HIGH VOLTAGE ENGINEERING

The Head of High Voltage Engineering will assist in the design, development and testing of VEIR’s high voltage equipment and subsystems (including substation equipment, power cables, cable splices, cable terminations, and dielectric insulation systems). This position will have lead responsibility over the development of one or more HV subsystems.

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