John has more than 30 years experience in manufacturing automation, product design and product development. Based at the G24 laboratory in Lausanne Switzerland he works in close collaboration with the original inventor Professor Michael Graetzel. John is the principal engineer for the transition from lab to manufacture and is the lead architect for the next-gen DSSC products.

The majority of his career was spent at Polaroid Corporation in the US, developing battery manufacturing and new film products. He also has vast experience in the design and manufacture of fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, as well as manufacturing using high speed web assembly automation.

John gained degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University, a Master of Business Administration Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and currently holds 22 US and international patents.