Powered Armor Technologies
About Us
Powered Armor Technologies is reinventing energy storage so that utilities can embrace renewable energies and address climate change with lightweight, cost-effective alternative to lithium-ion batteries that won't harm the environment.
Meet Our Founders
Alan Merriman
Eric Rubenstein, Ph.D
Patrick VanBeek
An accomplished attorney and military veteran, Alan Merriman is a Major and Judge Advocate officer in the National Guard, with a combined 18 years of military service. Although he has extensive experience working in federal government agencies, he now represents employers in all aspects of labor relations matters. He is also an investor w
An accomplished attorney and military veteran, Alan Merriman is a Major and Judge Advocate officer in the National Guard, with a combined 18 years of military service. Although he has extensive experience working in federal government agencies, he now represents employers in all aspects of labor relations matters. He is also an investor with knowledge of finance and serves in advisory roles to small companies.
Patrick VanBeek
Eric Rubenstein, Ph.D
Patrick VanBeek
Patrick brings over 20 years of experience in the commercial energy space where he held a leadership role overseeing operations, contracting, supply chain, regulatory and risk-related activities. He has a proven track record in startup/early-growth companies where he controlled an $80M budget – growing the company valuation from $10M to $
Patrick brings over 20 years of experience in the commercial energy space where he held a leadership role overseeing operations, contracting, supply chain, regulatory and risk-related activities. He has a proven track record in startup/early-growth companies where he controlled an $80M budget – growing the company valuation from $10M to $80M. With a passion for clean energy and efficiency, Patrick works with customers to increase footprint and revenue by optimizing their data and digital transformation pipelines.
Eric Rubenstein, Ph.D
Eric Rubenstein, Ph.D
Eric Rubenstein, Ph.D
With more than 20 patents to his name and a PhD from Yale, Eric played a key role in the development of the ultracapacitor technology. An experienced corporate executive, Eric has led the development of innovative new products and been awarded $20M+ in contracts with governments and private industry. Eric currently serves as a U.S. Navy
With more than 20 patents to his name and a PhD from Yale, Eric played a key role in the development of the ultracapacitor technology. An experienced corporate executive, Eric has led the development of innovative new products and been awarded $20M+ in contracts with governments and private industry. Eric currently serves as a U.S. Navy Reserve Commander supporting Naval Aviation and the Intelligence Community.
Meet Our Advisors
Richard Kane
Marek A. Wójtowicz
Andrea Cecutti
Telecom entrepreneur Richard Kane founded Inc. 500 company Coastal Technologies Group (CTGi) in 1996. With over 20 years of proven experience in high–performance computing, Kane holds a number patents and copyrights and continues to lead R&D in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.
Spurred on by the belief that the inte
Telecom entrepreneur Richard Kane founded Inc. 500 company Coastal Technologies Group (CTGi) in 1996. With over 20 years of proven experience in high–performance computing, Kane holds a number patents and copyrights and continues to lead R&D in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.
Spurred on by the belief that the intellectual property developed over this timeframe has direct implications for the burgeoning air taxi industry, Richard directed efforts to apply the framework to aerospace.
Andrea Cecutti
Marek A. Wójtowicz
Andrea Cecutti
As an advisor for Powered Armor Technologies, Andrea draws on his deep and extensive experience in manufacturing. Andrea founded AC&A, a vertically integrated manufacturer of large, complex composite tooling in the aerospace and automotive industries, serving customers such as Boeing, Tesla, and SpaceX. Under his leadership, AC&A earned i
As an advisor for Powered Armor Technologies, Andrea draws on his deep and extensive experience in manufacturing. Andrea founded AC&A, a vertically integrated manufacturer of large, complex composite tooling in the aerospace and automotive industries, serving customers such as Boeing, Tesla, and SpaceX. Under his leadership, AC&A earned its reputation as an industry-leading provider of high quality, cost-effective parts. He grew the company to $25M in sales, 150+ employees and created a successful exit for the company in 2016.
Andrea holds a BA in Architecture from IUAV Venice.
Marek A. Wójtowicz
Marek A. Wójtowicz
Marek A. Wójtowicz
Dr. Marek A. Wójtowicz is the Vice President for Clean Energy and Carbon Materials at Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (AFR), a private contract research and development and consulting firm in East Hartford, Connecticut. He has extensive expertise in carbon materials, energy and fuels, coal and biomass conversion, air-pollution control, gree
Dr. Marek A. Wójtowicz is the Vice President for Clean Energy and Carbon Materials at Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (AFR), a private contract research and development and consulting firm in East Hartford, Connecticut. He has extensive expertise in carbon materials, energy and fuels, coal and biomass conversion, air-pollution control, greenhouse-gas mitigation, solid-waste conversion and utilization, and hydrogen production and storage. He has more than 120 papers and several patents in these areas.
He acted as the Program Secretary (1999-2003) of the Fuel Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS), was elected the Division Chair for 2005, and since 2007 he has served as a Trustee of the Division of Energy and Fuels Trust Fund.
In 2017 Dr. Wójtowicz was elected a Fellow of the ACS, one of the highest honors given by this organization for scholarship and science.
He holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and an M.S. degree in Applied Mathematics, both from Brown University.