About us

Management

The management team consists of individuals who have a proven entrepreneurial track record in the independent power plant industry and in other businesses. The principal researcher, Dr. Sean McGrady, has an established track record of successful invention in molecular chemistry, and more than two decades experience of research into reactive inorganic materials and metal hydrides.

Christopher Willson
President
After receiving a degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Chris spent 10 years with Energizer Battery Company in various Quality Engineering roles developing processes, process support, and product improvements for powdered metal processes, injection molding operations, metal stamping, miniature battery manufacture, zinc-air manufacture, Lithium-MnO2 coin cell, and Lithium AA manufacture. In 1998, he moved to the Energizer Westlake, Ohio research and development facility in the role as a Quality Assurance Engineer as the key contact for technology and quality issues relating to silver oxide-zinc batteries, Lithium-MnO2 batteries, Lithium-FeS2 batteries, and all miniature battery packaging. He was also a key statistical analysis and training contact at the Westlake R&D center, often acting a problem solving advisor and facilitator, developing and teaching many statistics classes, and facilitating scenario planning and strategic planning sessions.

Dr. Sean McGrady
Chief Investigator
Dr. McGrady has over two decades experience in handling reactive inorganic materials. He carried out his PhD at the University of Oxford (UK), under the supervision of Prof. A. J. Downs, one of the world’s leading inorganic hydride chemists. Dr. McGrady subsequently spent three years in industry with Oxford Lasers, Ltd., and developed a successful solid-state fluorine source for use with excimer lasers (US Patent 5,363,396), which is commercially available. This system shows many of the features of hydrogen storage materials such as Mg2NiH4 (the so-called ‘hydrogen-fluorine analogy’). Dr. McGrady currently holds a prestigious University Research Professorship, which allows him to concentrate full-time on research.