Take Charge Podcast

Developing your own battery cell is hard, it’s not easy! A phrase commonly used for sure, and one that today’s guest highlights.

Omkar Nadgauda joins me, who is the Chief Operations Officer of EnPower Inc, which interestingly has the largest cell manufacturing capacity of any US-based startup!

Jamie helped Omkar join EnPower Inc last year, so it was a real pleasure to welcome him onto Take Charge!

We hope you enjoy.

This podcast is created by Strativ Group, experts in the CleanTech talent market.

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Get best practices for battery fire prevention & suppression from 3 battery fire experts:

- Patrick Durham, Captain & Training Officer | StacheD Training

- Wayne Aho, Sr. Product Manager | Seimens

- Brian Morin, CEO | Soteria Technologies

In this 45-minute session, you’ll:

- Get the latest data on the rise or fall of battery fires and what the future holds for this growing issue.

- Hear key takeaways from an extensive report on battery safety and fire prevention.

- Understand the newest advancements in suppression technology and what’s coming next.

This content was created by global talent solutions provider, Strativ Group.

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Doesn’t everyone deserve a 2nd chance?

In this case, we’re talking about EV batteries having a 2nd life through BESS applications. We're proud to welcome Sumreen Rattan in this episode, who is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operations Officer of Moment Energy.

It’s fair to say that Moment Energy are the talk of the town right now, or perhaps the company of the Moment in this space, after their recent DOE funding and close of their Series-A funding round.

We talk about what this means for their business, their plans, projects and culture, whilst also discussing all things battery recycling. We hope you enjoy!

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Welcome to 2025, the year when Donald Trump takes over the US… again!

What does that mean for the US Battery & Clean Technology market?

Today, Jamie welcomes Sham Ramnarain, who is the Founder & CEO of BlackTeal Energy.

They’re a business who’ve moved quickly in recent months, taking the administration change into consideration, soon to close their seed round and have established a new entity in Holland, MI.

Hear from Sham as he shares his story, strategy and his outlook for the industry under Trump’s administration. We hope you enjoy!

The Take Charge series is created by Strativ Group, a talent solutions organisation - with a team of consultants dedicated to the battery industry.

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What are Flow Batteries?…

Well, the technology has been around for a while, but it’s fair to say it’s never really taken off.

Perhaps until now…

XL Batteries’ Founder & CEO, Tom Sisto, joins us to educate us on all things Flow Batteries, sharing his story and how their version can be game changing for grid energy storage.

We think you’ll find this conversation flowed quite nicely, we hope you enjoy!

The Take Charge series is created by Strativ Group, a talent solutions organisation - with a team of consultants dedicated to the Battery industry.

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Myth or Fact, Sodium-ion batteries are cheaper than lithium-ion batteries? What do you think?

In today’s episode we clarify several claims or myths around sodium-ion batteries, and to do so, we have a real expert in the field to help.

Darren Tan, the CEO of UNIGRID Battery joins me for our last episode of 2024! We cover topics around technology, manufacturing and commercial adoption, taking a deep dive into the history, present capabilities and future scope of sodium-ion batteries.

We hope you enjoy!

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What fate faces today’s EV Batteries at the end of their life?

Jamie is joined by Dr Christian Marston, the Co-Founder & COO of Altilium, as we discuss the importance and complexities of battery recycling and decarbonising our supply chains.

There’s talk of new batteries eventually being made from old ones and the demand on mining raw materials to be heavily reduced, if not removed in a couple of decades time.

We’re here today to run through the statistics and outlook, we hope you enjoy!

Take Charge is a series created by the global CleanTech talent solutions company Strativ Group.

If you'd like to get in touch about this ep or would like to be involved in a future episode, please feel free to message our host Jamie at [email protected].

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Ten… Nine…

The clock is ticking for our time on planet earth!

Jamie is joined by Ten-Nine Technology’s Founder & CEO, Paige Johnson.

To secure our future, it’s so important that the battery industry thrives across the world to achieve electrification. To do so, creating an environment where teams can thrive and innovate to build better batteries is imperative.

This is something Paige is very passionate about, as we discuss Paige and Ten-Nine’s inspiring journey over the past 10 years, how she’s been able to build inclusive teams that innovate together, the trends around investment which includes some very interesting statistics, and of course we learn about TENIX, their proprietary cathode nano additive solution.

We hope you enjoy.

This podcast episode is powered by the Volta Foundation.

Take Charge is a series created by the global CleanTech talent solutions company Strativ Group.

If you'd like to get in touch about this ep or would like to be involved in a future episode, please feel free to message our host Jamie at [email protected].

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Solid-state batteries made with silicon, as opposed to lithium metal…

It’s a rare case, which is why we're excited to be joined by Blue Current, who’ve been gathering momentum with this chemistry over many years.

Susan Stone, the new CEO of Blue Current joins our host Jamie, as well as Kevin Wujcik, the long-standing CTO, to talk about their journey so far and why this is our chemistry of the future.

Given Susan’s background, she also gives us her take on the current investment landscape, as well as her outlook for the future.

As always, they answer questions from you, our battery community, as well as one from a former guest. We hope you enjoy.

This episode is powered by the Volta Foundation, with the series created by cleantech talent solutions experts: Strativ Group.

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Live from Battery Show North America, we get strategic!

Jamie speaks to 3 incredible leaders, about building important partnerships in the batter industry;

• Vick Singh – SVP of Technology – Dragonfly Energy
• Dean Miller - Senior Scientist – TESCAN USA Inc.
• Wesley De Boever – Product Sales Leader - TESCAN USA Inc.

Thank you so much for joining us and sharing your insight!

For more info about the Take Charge community and podcast feel free to email our host Jamie Sheard at [email protected].

This series is created by Strativ Group - talent solutions experts in the battery industry.

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