David Wilkins

EaglePicher Technologies LLC provides energy power solutions. The firm’s products include thermal batteries, primary battery packs, secondary battery packs, charging stations, energetic devices and custom packaging. The company was founded in 1842 and is headquartered in Joplin, MO.

University of Nevada functions as a college and university. It provides education, research, scholarship, creative activities, and clinical services. The company was founded on September 10, 1957 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

Kollsman, Inc. manufactures avionics and electro-optic systems for aerospace, defense, and medical applications. The firm’s products include commercial aviation systems, including flight and aviation vision systems, cockpit instruments, cabin pressurization control systems, air data test equipment, and air data products. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Merrimack, NH.

Battery Systems, Inc. engages in the distribution of motor vehicle batteries. It offers battery products for automotive, commercial, golf car, marine, recreation vehicles, power sports, industrial, and solar use. The company was founded on March 11, 2003 and is headquartered in Garden Grove, CA.

Independence Resources Management LLC operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company. It intends to target onshore oil and gas acquisition and play extension opportunities in known producing basins in the Mid-Continent and Rockies regions of the U.S. with an initial focus on the Anadarko Basin. The firm focuses on plays with large amounts of hydrocarbons in place and low recovery factors, where advanced drilling and completion techniques can create compelling risk-adjusted returns. The company was founded by John Nicholas, Michael D. van Horn, Rod L. Steward and Charles Minero in 2014 and Houston, TX.

Xl Batteries, Inc. aims to bring widespread electrochemical storage to the grid for use anywhere, anytime. Xl Batteries is based in Marlborough, MA. The company focuses on producing and using energy efficiently and cleanly, which is essential for our future. The company has welcomed Bart Riley as Chief Commercialization Officer, who was the co-founder and CTO of a major lithium-ion battery manufacturer. The company has also welcomed David A. Christian, retired Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of Dominion Energy, as an advisor. In October 2021, Xl Batteries successfully completed work on their NSF SBIR Phase I award project, delivering a long list of compatible options for battery fabrication and a working prototype made from inexpensive and easy-to-process plastics. In December 2018, the company was selected for PowerBridgeNY's boot camp, which helps entrepreneurs commercialize their cleantech inventions. The CEO of the company is Thomas Sisto.