Full Name
David Howell
Job Title
Vice President
Company
Strategicmi
Speaker Bio
David Howell, Vice President at SMI, has over 38 years of experience successfully planning and executing complex research, development, & manufacturing activities for the Federal government that includes high- power/high-capacity batteries and critical minerals, electric vehicle drive systems, connected & autonomousvehicles, and advanced polymer & intermetallic materials and structures.
Dave previously served 20 years at U.S. Department of Energy, most recently as the Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC). He led DOE efforts to establish multi-billion-dollar programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act to catalyze the development of an energy sector industrial base through investments that secure domestic clean energy supply chains and manufacturing. Prior to his MESC role, Dave served as the Director of the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) and Program Manager for Electric Vehicle R&D.
In those roles, Dave
• Led the Federal Government team that developed the 2021 President’s Executive Order 14017 “100 Day Report on the High-Capacity Battery Supply Chain” report detailing Federal actions needed to enable a resilient domestic high-capacity battery supply chain. This Federal consensus document identifies key opportunities and makes bold recommendations that the federal government and private sector should take across all five stages of the battery supply chain (Minerals-to Cells-to Recycling) to seize those opportunities and secure a leading position in the global battery market.
• Led the planning and execution of the BIL $6.0 Billion Battery Manufacturing and Processing Grant Initiative.
• Served as DOE technical adviser to the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service in support the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C) Program.
• Chartered and chaired the U.S. Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) that brings Federal agencies together to coordinate and leverage investments to establish a domestic supply chain for lithium batteries. Led the development of FCAB’s National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries.
• Served as DOE’s representative to the United States Advanced Battery Consortium Management Committee to develop commercial EV batteries, lead the Executive Committee for the Battery500 Research Consortium to research next generation battery systems, and serve as DOE’s representative on various international and inter-government collaborations and agreements supporting the development and commercialization of electrified vehicle batteries.
Prior to DOE, Dave also served 12 years as a Research Associate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on polymer composites, and 6 years as a commissioned office in the U.S. Air Force assigned to the Air Force Materials Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB.
Dave holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee.
Dave previously served 20 years at U.S. Department of Energy, most recently as the Principal Deputy Director of the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC). He led DOE efforts to establish multi-billion-dollar programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act to catalyze the development of an energy sector industrial base through investments that secure domestic clean energy supply chains and manufacturing. Prior to his MESC role, Dave served as the Director of the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) and Program Manager for Electric Vehicle R&D.
In those roles, Dave
• Led the Federal Government team that developed the 2021 President’s Executive Order 14017 “100 Day Report on the High-Capacity Battery Supply Chain” report detailing Federal actions needed to enable a resilient domestic high-capacity battery supply chain. This Federal consensus document identifies key opportunities and makes bold recommendations that the federal government and private sector should take across all five stages of the battery supply chain (Minerals-to Cells-to Recycling) to seize those opportunities and secure a leading position in the global battery market.
• Led the planning and execution of the BIL $6.0 Billion Battery Manufacturing and Processing Grant Initiative.
• Served as DOE technical adviser to the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service in support the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C) Program.
• Chartered and chaired the U.S. Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries (FCAB) that brings Federal agencies together to coordinate and leverage investments to establish a domestic supply chain for lithium batteries. Led the development of FCAB’s National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries.
• Served as DOE’s representative to the United States Advanced Battery Consortium Management Committee to develop commercial EV batteries, lead the Executive Committee for the Battery500 Research Consortium to research next generation battery systems, and serve as DOE’s representative on various international and inter-government collaborations and agreements supporting the development and commercialization of electrified vehicle batteries.
Prior to DOE, Dave also served 12 years as a Research Associate with Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on polymer composites, and 6 years as a commissioned office in the U.S. Air Force assigned to the Air Force Materials Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB.
Dave holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tennessee.
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