Rick has extensive commercial and technical experience leading successful energy storage project teams; transforming complex manufacturing, project, and service operations. 

Prior to joining ABS, Rick was VP, Grid Integration and Service at A123 Systems and NEC Energy Solutions where he was responsible for industry leading project management, engineering, and service teams from customer award to site acceptance and through the operations lifecycle for 100+ energy storage projects world-wide (1GW/1.5GWh).  

He received Bachelor and Master engineering degrees from the University at Buffalo.