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The Team:

Leif E. Rønning
+47 458 02 152
Sales- and Business Development Manager
lr@eco-stor.com
Leif E. Rønning
Leif is responsible for the commercial 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 that “nothing is impossible, it just takes a bit more time”, even though he knows that some things are actually impossible.

Marita Hjertvik
+47 950 04 233
Sales- And Customer Support
mhj@eco-stor.com
Marita Hjertvik
Marita is responsible for helping out with everything customer related, wether it is sales, customer support or monitoring operational systems.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Marita has a bachelor in economic – and business law, and have since 2011 worked with sales and costumers.
If i could choose one superpower what would it be?
If Marita could choose one superpower, she would be able to read minds
A summary of Marita
Structured, motivated and cheerful.

Mikkel Heiene
+47 478 57 351
Project Manager
mh@eco-stor.com
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.
Mikkel in 5 sentences
Finish the sentence; If I were a battery…
If Mikkel were a battery, Mikkel would be a solid-state battery. It has huge potential, but is not yet mature and could end up being a massive flop.

Thomas Hobson
Project Manager
th@eco-stor.com
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.
How would Tom save the planet?
If Tom were to save the planet, he would concentrate on rolling out proven technologies, and remove the barriers stopping us from doing so.

Trygve Burchard
+47 405 31 595
Chief Executive Officer
tb@eco-stor.com
Trygve Burchard
CEO ECO STOR AS and GmbH — 2017-present
The company was established to commercialize innovations in second life EV batteries. As CEO of the company Burchardt has since 2018 raised about 100M NOK to develop, build and install systems from small residential to large grid connected systems. ECO STOR has now around 40 employees in Germany and Norway with over 100 MW in committed, commissioned and installed systems and a sales of more than 50 M Euro for 2022.
Profile
University of Oslo, Norway — MS, 1996
University of Oslo, Norway — BS, 1994
Experience
Burchardt co-founded the company and is the inventor of several of the companies patents. All R&D activities, prototyping, FDA approval and production for the company’s medical ultrasound device product was lead by Burchardt. The company signed an exclusive contract with a major medical supplier and the product received FDA clearance for product launch. Modeling of the ultrasound signal, mechanical and electrical design was done by Burchardt. Company was sold for USD 20M to a listed medical device company.
CEO InCube AS — 2012-present
Burchardt co-founded and have lead the company from concept to commercialization. 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 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 was leading the R&D, prototyping and scaling for pilot production in both Germany and Portland, USA. Catalyst development and electrode formulation was part of Burchardt inventions together with mechanical design of flow battery and integration of range extender 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 focus on steel, aluminum, titanium, zinc and PP/PE plastics.
Scientist Zetek Power — 1999-2001
Development of low cost energy conversion solutions with responsibility to scale product on pilot line, debug solutions and securing LEAN transfer and operations on the production line. The technology focus was on catalyst developments and pilot production of thin films.

Halvor Stokke
+47 954 71 857
Chief Financial Officer
hs@eco-stor.com
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.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
If Halvor could choose one superpower, he would be able to travel in time. Just imagine the impact we could have if we were able to utilize tomorrow’s technology and solutions today.

Harvey Mancey
+44 7884 076123
Chief business development officer
hm@eco-stor.com
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.
Prizes and awards
Proud recipient of the of the league winners cup for under 12 youth football in 2011 (as team coach!)
Finish the sentence; If you were a battery…
If Harvey were a battery, he would be a lead-acid starter battery. A little overweight but dependable.

Giovanni Strasorier
VP of Technology Transfer
gs@eco-stor.com
Giovanni Strasorier
As VP of Technology Transfer, Giovanni will initially focus on bringing technologies developed by ECO STOR in grid-scale battery storage (BESS) plants to new markets, as well as pursue opportunities in propagating second-life applications. Giovanni is a technologist with strategic thinking ability and a strong passion for innovative energy systems and business models.
His multidisciplinary expertise rests on a solid combination of engineering and business backgrounds, gained in the automotive, robotics, and energy systems and services sectors. After his MBA in Management of Technology and Innovation, Giovanni has spent the last 12 years co-founding and/or building companies. Over this time, he went from creating products for completely new markets, to building the teams to create innovative products.
On the personal side, Giovanni is enthusiastic, curious, and open. He has lived on three continents (Europe, North America, and Asia). In his free time, he enjoys being outdoors in nature, learning about other cultures, and most of all, meeting and connecting with people.

Andreas Sævig
Finance Manager
Andreas Sævig
Andreas works with a wide area of different tasks that lies under CFO’s responsibility; (financial reporting and audit in both companies, controlling and business process in AS, and different corporate overly tasks such as financing, investors eg.)
Relevant education and previous experiences
Andreas has a Msc in both finance and audit from Norwegian school of economics and has previously worked as an auditor and consultant in PwC. He can be structured and boring as an auditor, but from time to time sometimes he comes alive, just like a second life battery.
Finish the sentence; If you were a battery…
If Andreas were a battery he would be a steady going Nissan leaf second life battery.

Bjørner Bolle
Project Leader
Bjørner Bolle
Leading building integration of battery systems, coordinating with architectural and structural parts of buildings, as well as site planning and architectural designs for project specific applications.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Bjørner explained in 5 sentences
Finish the sentence; I do ... in everyday life to save the planet.
Bjørner works for an holistic approach to make environmental architecture be a part of everyday life to save the planet.
Prizes and awards
- Price winner at open design competition 2019 for innovative energy storage arranged by Oslo municipality in cooperation with Statsbygg etc. The goal is to help Oslo municipality to reach their goals of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
- ECO STOR was finalist at Climate KIC 2019 and Bjørner brought ECO STOR to win grant at the final completion.
- Finalist on behalf of ECO STOR in the completion Innovation of the year by the building industry in Norway.

Markus Henriksen Fossnes
Software Engineer
Markus Henriksen Fossnes
Develop BIU (Battery Interface Unit) software, ensuring communication with-, and the safety of, our – batteries, as well as other supporting software. In charge of the networking of our battery systems and the integration of our EMS(Energy Management System).
Relevant education and previous experiences
This is Markus
What does Markus do to help save the planet?
Markus picks up trash he finds in the nature to help save the planet.

Lumbini Tammita
Senior Engineer
Lumbini Tammita
Lumbini is responsible for the electronics design and testing of the Battery Interface Device produced by ECO STOR for interfacing batteries with the overall system. She also manages the overall product development for the device and sets the software design requirements.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Lumbini has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Brunel University (London) and over 10 years of experience working in industrial design. She has previously worked in Development of Plasma coatings for medical and electronic applications. Her design background also includes work on Metrology probe electronics, FPGA applications and firmware development.
Lumbini in 5 sentences
Lumbini is passionate about electronics and working with new technologies. If challenged to a Star Wars trivia contest, she will most likely win. Outside of her professional career she enjoys travel, warm weather and exploring new cuisine.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
If Lumbini could choose one superpower, she would be a force-sensitive Villain.

Mathias Winther Thorsen
Battery Systems Engineer
Mathias Winther Thorsen
Mathias works with everything battery related, such as selection of battery types, battery testing and safety considerations for use, storage, handling and transportation of batteries.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Masters in Electric Power Engineering, thesis focused on designing a converter for an EV on board charger. Worked two years with developing battery systems for Marine and Offshore use at Siemens Energy.
Mathias in 5 sentences
Nature is Mathias’ second home, and no weekend is complete without a lot of fresh air. He has a deep respect for nature and its solid yet fragile balance. On the weekdays he rides his bike to work with a goal to make the world a little bit greener every day by enabling the reuse of the valuable resource that used EV batteries are. He tries to make sure that his colleagues are safe and happy, and likes to bring the coffee break outside when the sun is up. Mathias likes to repair, build and understand, and has gained lots of practical experience from lab work and general handywork.
Continue the sentence; If I were a battery...
If Mathias was a battery, he would be a 18650 Li-ion cell with integrated protection circuit. Safe, versatile and thoroughly tested.

Martin Lillebo
Software and Energy Systems Engineer
Martin Lillebo
Martin is involved in developing the new industrial product line. His main competence area is in electric power engineering, and a normal day at work revolves around sourcing and assessing system components, troubleshooting issues, and making everything work together as a safe and reliable system. On the software side he also involved in speccing out software requirements and assisting the developer team in testing/refining functionality.
Martin in 5 sentences
Martin has grown up in Engerdal, Hedmark. He studied in Trondheim and currently lives in Oslo. On his free time you can find him in a bouldering hall, in a basement tinkering with soon-to-be-restored bicycles, or in a comfy chair with a sci-fi novel.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Martin has a civil engineer degree in electric power engineering from NTNU Gløshaugen, and a B.Sc. in economics from the same university. He previously worked as a power quality consultant in PQA AS.
Continue the sentence; If I were a battery...
If Martin was a second-life battery, he would be running a customized power cycling program that maximized his remaining service life, while continuously delivering first class energy services.
Prizes and awards
He participates in NEK's battery system committee NK 21/120, and has been involved in standardization work with NEK since 2019.

Mats Olsson
Mechanical Design Engineer
Mats Olsson
Works with product development, mechanical design, system design, product animations, workshop layout, equipment and tools acquisition, cake consumption and evaluation.
Relevant education and previous experiences
Mats has a background as an industrial mechanic, machine technician and a engineer in industrial design. Work involved supporting workshop and external customers with CAD design, pricing and follow up of products for assembling and disassembling of mechanical components. Including transport and storage solutions, prototype work and follow up of final product for customers within the railway industry. Other areas of work include updating layouts in workshop, finalize specifications, revisions of procedures and drawings for customers.
Finish the sentence; If you were to save the planet...
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
If Mats could choose one superpower, he would upon will let the voice of David Attenborough narrate life around him.

Jordi Vila
Electro Technician
Jordi Vila
Project installation / installation management.
Jordi in 5 sentences
Relevant education and previous experiences
Vocational Education and Training in electricity and Certificate of Higher Education in light & sound technology for live shows.
If you could have a superpower, what would it be?
If Jordi could choose one superpower, he would have the personal instant transmission to go anywhere. This saves time, is sustainable and doesn’t pollute.

Christian Ocampo
Electrician
Christian Ocampo
Christian has the responsibility to build and deliver the battery brackets with good quality to our customers
If you could have a superpower what would it be?
If Christian could choose one superpower, Christian would choose super speed so he can build the battery barracks super fast.
Christian in a few sentences
Christian has the ability to solve problems, orderly and responsible. He has experience from previous jobs as an electrician. He is easy to talk to, cheerful and open about everything.

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.
If you could choose one superpower what would it be?
Helge would choose to be able to stay up late.
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.
Helge in 5 sentences
Helge is an innovative type who blossoms when he can work with new ideas or improving existing processes or equipment. He is honest and self-motivated. Most people are either theoretically or practically strong, however Helge is both. Having a strong technical background whilst being able to implement theory in his work. He is truly the best of both worlds.
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