Vincent Pluvinage, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder of OneD Battery Sciences which has developed SINANODE®, the silicon anode technology platform that increases EV battery performance while lowering cost. Vincent’s career began at AT&T Bell Laboratories where he developed novel sound processing techniques. He went on to ReSound where he produced a new digital hearing aid with programmable custom silicon circuits. A serial entrepreneur and inventor, Vincent co-founded the software company Preview Systems (NASDAQ IPO, 1999), and later, IP Value Management, co-founded by Goldman Sachs to manage large patent portfolios of companies like Xerox, PARC and British Telecom. He then led the Private Equity team at Intellectual Ventures with the purpose of creating innovative pathways that leverage patented inventions. Vincent graduated summa cum laude from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium where he studied Applied Physics Engineering. He received a PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Michigan on a fellowship from the Belgian American Educational Foundation. He is an inventor of more than 100 patents worldwide and is passionate about bridging the gap between invention and commercialization, and creating innovative partnerships across the world that promote positive change.