Executive Team
E9 Hydrogen is led by an experienced team with multi-disciplinary backgrounds in engineering, electrochemistry technology, industrial manufacturing, business and finance
Darrel Smith, P.E.
Chairman & Chief Technology Officer Founder, Mechanical Engineer
43 years of professional experience in Process Engineering and Manufacturing. E9 green hydrogen electrolysis inventor, Licensed Professional Engineer
Mark Allen, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
45 years of professional experience in Executive and Operations Management, Technology Start-ups, Systems Engineering and Integration, Energy Transition, Decarbonization, Licensed Professional Engineer
Cassio Conceicao
Chief Financial Officer
35 years of professional experience and leadership roles in Global Operations, Engineering and Product Development, Supply Chain, Services, and Business General Management with multi-billion- dollar organizations, midsize public and private companies, and start-ups
Bill Croyle
Chief Marketing Officer
44 years of professional experience in Information Technology, Sales & Marketing. Private Equity, Technology Start-ups, Energy Project Development, and Energy
Transition
Blake Putney
EVP Strategic Systems
45 years of professional experience in Engineering, Risk Analysis/ Systems Thinking, Modeling Complex Systems, Systems Integration
Joel Butler
Senior Advisor
Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering 35 years of professional experience in Business and Operations Management, Technology Start-ups, Global Manufacturing & Supply Chain Systems and Operations, Software & Technology Integration with Business Processes, fundraising & alliance partnership development
Darrel Smith and other members of management have been investigating green hydrogen production systems for over a decade. Together, they have joined forces in a new venture, E9 Hydrogen, Inc., with the goal of bringing E9’s break-through electrolysis technology and innovative system design to market. The Company will be recruiting additional team members in tandem with commercial launch and scale-up.
E9 is a member and/or participant with leading
hydrogen industry organizations including:
