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Management

Trygve Burchardt
Chief Executive Officer
Trygve Burchardt
CEO ECO STOR AS and GmbH — 2017-present
The company was established to commercialize innovations in second-life EV batteries. As the CEO of the company, Burchardt has, since 2018, raised about 100 million NOK to develop, build, and install systems from small residential to large grid-connected systems. ECO STOR now has around 40 employees in Germany and Norway with over 100 MW in committed, commissioned, and installed systems and sales of more than 50 million euros for 2022
Profile
Education:
University of Oslo, Norway — PhD, 2000
University of Oslo, Norway — MS, 1996
University of Oslo, Norway — BS, 1994
Product-focused, innovative, LEAN-skilled industry veteran with R&D and production experience in both startup and established companies. High work ethics and a passion for bringing concepts to market. Thrives in challenging environments that require problem-solving. Boasts a broad industrial background and the ability to find solutions through cross-functional thinking. Strong international network and cultural understanding from living in 6 countries and leading numerous projects and companies in Europe, Asia, and the USA.
Experience
Burchardt co-founded the company and is the inventor of several of the company's patents. He led all R&D activities, prototyping, FDA approval, and production for the company's medical ultrasound device product. The company signed an exclusive contract with a major medical supplier, and the product received FDA clearance for product launch. Burchardt was responsible for modeling the ultrasound signal, mechanical and electrical design. The company was sold for USD 20 million to a listed medical device company.
CEO, InCube AS — 2012-present
Burchardt co-founded and has led the company from concept to commercialization. The focus has been on clean tech for buildings. Burchardt developed and spun out the company Baurox AS, a new cellular glass-based building system for cost-effective integration of PV and Energy Storage in homes. The incubator INCUBE's latest spin-off is INCUBE Lighting, a company for fiberoptic lighting with OBOS as the lead investor.
Founder/CTO/CSO, ReVolt Technology Inc/AS — 2004-2012
Founder of the company and inventor of several new battery systems. Burchardt led the R&D, prototyping, and scaling for pilot production in both Germany and Portland, USA. He was responsible for catalyst development, electrode formulation, and mechanical design of the flow battery, as well as the integration of range extenders into EVs.
Senior Scientist, SINTEF — 2001-2004
Project leader and manager of the corrosion science and battery groups. Cross-functional role responsible for several larger programs with industrial partners and universities. R&D activities in material technology with a focus on steel, aluminum, titanium, zinc, and PP/PE plastics.
Scientist, Zetek Power — 1999-2001
Development of low-cost energy conversion solutions with responsibility for scaling product on a pilot line, debugging solutions, and securing LEAN transfer and operations on the production line. The technology focus was on catalyst development and pilot production of thin films.

Harvey Mancey
Chief business development officer
Harvey Mancey
Responsible for upstream and downstream partnership development, day to day operations, technology & product development.
Harvey in 5 sentences
An engineering and technology OEM industry professional with senior management and board level experience in general management, business development, sales, marketing, operations and R&D. A pragmatic business leader experienced with international start-ups, engineering SMEs and large manufacturing businesses dealing with technical and commercial evolution or change. Market focused and results driven with an excellent track record established over nearly 30 years in high technology and industrial markets including clean technology, automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, defence and renewable energy.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Electronics Engineer but has forgotten more than he can remember! Fortunately, he has more than 25 years experience working for some of the world’s leading battery technology companies.

Halvor Stokke
Chief Financial Officer
Halvor Stokke
Halvor is driving business growth from the intersection between finance, strategy and operations.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Halvor joined ECO STOR from the global SaaS company Confirmit, where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Confirmit, he spent five years with Kvaerner, an engineering and construction organization delivering complex projects to the international energy industry, as Vice President, M&A and Business Development. He also has experience from the Carlsberg Group and has worked as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. Halvor has a master’s degree in Finance and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).
Halvor in 5 sentences
Looking at ECO STOR from the CFO role, Halvor is curious about people, technology and operations, and works across the business to enable growth and identify areas of improvement. Outside of the office, Halvor is a keen outdoorsman and can be found skiing with his family or hiking in the mountains with his fishing gear. He is passionate about future generations’ ability to experience the nature and wilderness, and truly enjoys the opportunity ECO STOR offers to combine the development of a world class commercial business with enabling the green energy shift.

Sigrid Schibbye
HR Manager
sigrid.schibbye@eco-stor.no
Sigrid Schibbye
Relevant education and previous experiences
Her choice of profession evolved from a genuine fascination in people. Understanding people behaviour in organisations and try to identify the key elements that drives a group of people in the same direction is the core of HR.
Sigrid joined the ECO STOR team in 2023 to take part in the further development of our company and become a first choice employer. ECO STOR was an easy choice for her with a fantastic team and potential impact the circular economy.
Who is Sigrid?
With a sense of urgency due to limited time on this earth it is important that every day has small moments that matters!
Moto: I smile does more magic than you know 😊
Commercial

Leif E. Rønning
+47 458 02 152
Sales- and Business Development Manager
lr@eco-stor.no
Leif E. Rønning
Leif is part of the operational management team and responsible for the commercial department and activities regarding ECO STORs second life systems. This mostly involves Business development, sales, marketing, strategic thinking and product development among other things.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Leif is an educated Mechatronics engineer from the University of Agder, who joined ECO STOR from Viessmann Refrigeration Systems and Envo, where he held the position of International Sales and Product Manager. He was responsible for business development, product and project management of the company’s building management and monitoring system, Tec2Track. Prior to Viessmann and Envo, Leif was a key account- and project manager for JFKnudtzen, a supplier of components to the electrical and automation industry.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
If Leif could choose one superpower, he would be able to cook every dish there is, even without having all the ingredients, in five minutes, without making any dishes to wash.
Leif in 5 sentences
Leif is a very energetic and optimistic person. He has high ambitions and brings with him a burning interest in (green)technology and business development. Besides work he likes cooking, cycling, music, sailing, football, and helping others. Leif is a problem solver and has the foolhardy attitude

Peder Bache-Mathisen
+47 90 06 52 74
Business Development
peder.bache-mathisen@eco-stor.no
Peder Bache-Mathisen
Technical

Helge Kolstad
Technical Director
Helge Kolstad
Helge serves as the facilitator for the technical team and is responsible for aligning the company's direction in collaboration with the management team. Additionally, he provides oversight and supervision to ensure the team's effectiveness.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Master degree (Siv.ing) from NTNU on electrical power engineering
PhD in Power electronics and motor control from NTNU
4 years experience as Senior engineer at Aker Elektro / Aker Kvaerner developing a modular up to 4 MW low voltage drive for marine applications
4 years experience as SW R&D engineer and ASIC designer at Tandberg Storage
3 years experience as team leader at Think EV with responsibility for the power train
4 years experience as Principal engineer at Aibel designing electrical power system and system responsible for the power system at Gudrun offshore platform
11 years experience as a Principal engineer at ABB developing subsea components and power from shore power transmission systems.
Prizes/awards
2022 UTC Award for Subsea Electrification Technology
2022 The Global Technology Innovation Leadership Award in the oil and gas automation industry is awarded to ABB.

Mikkel Heiene
Project Manager
mh@eco-stor.no
Mikkel Heiene
Relevant education and previous experiences
MSc Electrical Power Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Started at ECO STOR right out of university.

Thomas Hobson
Project Manager
th@eco-stor.uk
Thomas Hobson
Tom has joined us as Project Manager. He will be working to expand the first life German operations, into the UK as ECO STOR looks to expand overseas.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Tom brings with him project management experience from Formula 1 and Google, along with engineering experience in Battery Energy Storage solutions.
Tom has an M.Eng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College London.
This is us
Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no

Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no

Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no

Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no

Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no

Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no

Peter Førsund
+47 90 88 55 61
Design Lead
peter@techweb.no