Vladimir Novak
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
- Role
- Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Utility
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Vladimir Novak
As a zero-carbon energy-transformation leader with deep technical background and experience in climate tech, I have effectively led commercial growth and investment direction of energy supermajors and startups. Working with boards and executive teams, I find and enable new markets, build profitable lines of business, develop and commercialize new technologies, and create commercially successful multi-industry global ventures.Highlights: developed project and sales pipelines that doubled companies values, turned around a $1B+ revenue operation, consolidated international businesses, formed strategic partnerships with Fortune 100 companies focused on creating new clean energy markets through joint infrastructure investments and technology development. 25-year professional experience; hold an Executive MBA from Rice University, and a PhD and MS (Mech. Eng.) from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Experience
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Aug 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Utility is focused on decarbonizing hard to abate sectors: mobility, steel, chemicals, refining, and oil & gas. H2Gen® produces hydrogen from water without electricity while concentrating CO₂ from industrial off-gases for cost-effective carbon capture. H2Gen is highly scalable, modular, factory built and compatible with existing infrastructure resulting in a reduced capex, opex and record small footprint.
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering
2000 — 2002
Rice Business
Executive MBA, Finance and Strategy
2009 — 2011
University of Belgrade
Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering
1993 — 1998
University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business
Executive Education, Executive Integral Leadership
2013 — 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering - Fusion Energy
2002 — 2006
Skills
- Team Development & Leadership
- Engineering
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Industry
- Nanotechnology
- Performance & Cost Improvement
- Energy
- Business Development
- Wind
- Strategic Planning
- Next-Generation Technologies
- Natural Gas
- Multi-Sector Experience
- Inter-Organizational Collaborations
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Engineering Management
- Technology Development & Acquisition
- Thermodynamics
- Fuel Cells
- Power Generation
- Leadership
- Gas Turbines
- Energy Management
- Petroleum
- Cleantech
- Licensing Agreements
- Project Planning
- Alternative Energy
- Heat Transfer
- Oil & Gas
- Fluid Mechanics
- Product Development and Commercialization
- Energy Efficiency
- Multinational Relationship Building
- Major Capital Project Management
- Project Engineering
- Emerging Energy
- Process Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Innovation
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