Innovation in Energy

Speaker: 
Robert Piconi
 
18 Sep 2020
 
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Co-sponsors: 
Student Innovation Center

WINNER OF THE 2020 WORLD ECONOMIC PRIZE FOR INNOVATION

Robert Piconi is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Vault, responsible for the overall vision, strategic direction and operational performance of the company. Energy Vault creates highly disruptive and innovative solutions  focused on long duration, utility-scale energy storage that for the first time enables renewables to deliver baseload power 24/7 below the cost of fossil fuels.Robert’s experience includes prior Executive leadership roles in Fortune 100 public companies across various industries including Diversified Energy (Amoco/British Petroleum), Telecommunications (Bell LabsLucent Technologies, Alcatel), and Security/Network Management Software(Danaher Corporation).  Within the private sector, he also founded and developed several innovative health care service and medical device companies within the European market which were later acquired by Private Equity funds and/or large industry conglomerates.

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