Patrick Hurley PhD Email Address

Senior Vice President and Global Chief Technology Officer

Our unrivaled expertise and experience in low voltage battery production makes A123 the world leader in starter batteries and 48V systems, offering outstanding brake energy recuperation and increased cycle life.

• Aggressive and innovative business / R&D leader with extensive experience in technology management and new business creation. • Proven record of creating new business opportunities and transforming R&D organizations to initiate and translate engineering into new products and processes with bottom line impact. • Focus on commercialization of technology by solving the most challenging technical and business problems along with management of R&D teams and budgets. • Directed multi-disciplinary high performing teams that have implemented new processes and products. • Awarded over $25 M in U.S. Department of Energy grants. • Negotiated and managed Intellectual Property Agreements, Joint Development Agreements,and Mergers & Acquisitions • 2013 Edison Award “Energy Advancement Center” for Collaborative Innovation. Specialties: Inorganic / Organometallic chemistry, solid state physics, electrochemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, solar technology, alternative energy, new business and new product development, disruptive technologies.