Marty Neese
President and Chief Executive Officer at Ballard
- Role
- President and CEO at Ballard Power Systems
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Marty Neese
Marty is deeply committed to addressing climate change. He has spent the last eighteen years in the clean energy industry working to make solar, green hydrogen and now transportation the lowest cost, most economic and sustainable choices globally. In solar the focus was on achieving \"grid parity\", in green hydrogen innovation was needed to establish a path to \"fossil parity\", in transportation the combination of low cost renewable energy, plus low cost clean hydrogen, unlock the potential for transportation to reach \"diesel parity\". Ballard is uniquely positioned to address heavy duty motive applications using its industry-leading fuel cell solutions.Marty was the CEO of Verdagy a green hydrogen electrolyzer company based in Moss Landing, California. Verdagy fundamentally changed the way industrial-scale hydrogen is produced in order to massively decarbonize the most difficult sectors of our global economy. Verdagy developed a Dynamic AWE technology that fundamentally changed the equation and produce economically attractive green hydrogen at industrial-scale.Marty is also the co-founder of Nuvosil A.S.(now doing business as Circmet) an Oslo-based company. Circmet is focused on innovating the remanufacturing of metal scrap/waste such as aluminum to valuable end-market industrial applications and products. Circmet has developed and pioneered a solid-state recycling process that is more than 90% greener than existing recycling and alloying processes. Pilot plant operations in Norway are demonstrating the technology and will be scaling commercially in 2026 onwards.Marty previously held the position of chief operating officer of SunPower from 2008 to 2017. While at SunPower, he was responsible for leading the company’s research and development, supply chain, global manufacturing operations and sustainability efforts. SunPower was a purpose-driven company and an innovation pioneer, producing the world’s highest efficiency, most reliable, eco-friendly solar products. Marty led distributed operations across four continents, supplying over 30 countries with solar energy product solutions. Marty serves on the Boards of Ballard, a PEM fuel cell company and Renu Robotics. He is the 2017 recipient of the Hutchens Medal in recognition for his achievements and leadership in social responsibility and societal change. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and received his MBA from the University of Florida.
Experience
President and CEO
Jul 2025 — Present
Education
United States Military Academy at West Point
Bachelor of Science (BS)
1980 — 1984
University of Florida - Warrington College of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Skills
- Event Planning
- Online Research
- Community Outreach
- Product Management
- Photojournalism
- Trombone
- Sql
- Portrait Photography
- Securities
- Public Speaking
- Editing
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Wordpress
- Fund Services
- Music Production
- Photoshop
- Vocal Jazz
- Social Networking
- Business Modeling
- Social Media Marketing
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