William H. Gardner
`22 Hayward Mill Circle – Concord, MA 01742 – 857-869-0619 – fog86@yahoo.com
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`October, 2006 – February, 2013
`WALTHAM, MA
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`September, 2011 – February, 2013
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`February, 2013 – Present
`SAN JOSE, CA
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`QuantumScape
`SR. DIRECTOR, CELL DEVELOPMENT – SR. DIRECTOR, CELL ENGINEERING
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` Managing a staff of 25+, thru advanced materials engineering, platform design engineering, process engineering
`and execution, and electrical testing of an ultra-high energy density energy storage technology.
` Built the cell engineering team from the ground up. Institutionalized engineering processes and tools including
`CAD, PDM, FMEA, and change management.
` Led the successful development and implementation and sustaining of highly adaptable, scalable R&D material
`fabrication and cell assembly processes for coin, pouch, and prismatic can cells in small and large formats.
` Co-invented a process for achieving a low resistance interface between lithium-stuffed garnet solid electrolytes and
`lithium metal, demonstrating <2 Ω·cm2 at 25°C and cycling >20 um Li at >2 mA/cm2 thru a <100 um thick
`membrane. Described in US20170214084
` Co-invented a battery design capable of maintaining compressive pressure on an electrode stack that incorporates
`a lithium metal anode and changes volume by 10-40% during cycling. Described in US20140093760
` Developed, released and sustained a suite of data visualization tools utilizing JMP scripting language and SQL that
`substantially reduced time spent querying, manipulating, and analyzing process and electrical test data.
` Negotiated key terms of pilot production agreements and managed overseas project execution.
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`A123 Systems, Inc.
`CELL PRODUCTS GROUP
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`DIRECTOR, CORE CHEMISTRY AND ADVANCED ENGINEERING
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` Retooled, retrained, and redeployed existing personnel, demonstrating new form factor, can based prismatic HEV
`cell with industry leading life, power, and abuse tolerance - concept to demonstration in 5 mos.
` Organized and led implementation of a phases and gates based product realization process, integrated with core
`technology development. Successfully rolled out across R&D and Engineering organizations.
` Led development of next generation automotive start/stop battery concept to support business plan, demonstrating
`double digit cost reduction. Successfully presented and defended design concept to multiple automotive OEM’s.
` Led development of EV cell hardware concept, achieving double digit gain in volumetric efficiency and reduced
`cost at system level by implementing holistic design analysis approach. Successfully presented and defended
`design concept to multiple automotive OEM’s.
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`DIRECTOR, CELL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
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` Staffed an organization of Chief and Development Engineers from ground up in 6 months, resulting in successful
`validation and production implementation of 2 2nd generation cylindrical li-ion cell products.
` Developed and implemented product development resource planning tool, capable of accurately projecting
`resources to complete product development phases from concept through production launch, improving accuracy
`of program budgets and enabling data based go/no-go decision making.
` Consistently demonstrated compliance of cell development engineering organization to automotive TS16949
`quality standard through annual continuous compliance audits.
` Championed implementation of DFMEA as a core tool in development of design records, design verification plans,
`risk analysis, and program planning.
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`SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER – ENGINEERING MANAGER
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`Introduced FMEA to A123 and led development of first nanophosphate technology based li-ion cell DFMEA. Led
`organization and implementation of DFMEA process, rigorously embedding the tool into the design process driving
`out risk prior to production launch.
` Led engineering development through launch and PPAP approval of 1st generation automotive cylindrical HEV
`cell, including implementation in Asia based manufacturing and supply infrastructure - both developed concurrently
`with product design.
` Successfully mentored an incumbent team of bright, energetic startup company scientists and technical
`contributors into disciplined engineers.
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`July, 2010 – September, 2011
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`October, 2006 – July, 2010
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` Designed and implemented a multiple web winding model, capable of accurately predicting impact of micron level
`changes in electrode geometry on wind geometry, eliminating multiple iterations of cell build+test to optimize
`wound cell design.
` Added multiple tools to the engineering core toolkit that demonstrated continued value, including handheld XRF,
`high precision thickness gaging, sealing simulation, KF moisture measurement, Minitab statistical analysis, ANSYS
`FEA, Monte Carlo simulation, and IQ-FMEA.
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`Electrochem Commercial Power
`SENIOR ENGINEER, PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
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` Led the development of an 11 Ah cell capable of fitting within 21 mm diameter constraint of tractor-trailer
`monitoring devices, overcoming challenges of electrode utilization efficiency and manufacturability by analyzing
`historical data to create predictive cell capacity and electrode winding models.
`Identified opportunities and implemented changes to reduce product cost through material selection, increasing
`manufacturability of component designs, and utilizing six sigma methods to increase first pass yield.
` Managed the successful development of an improved low temperature performance lithium thionyl chloride product
`meeting program cost targets and exceeding customer requirements.
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`Double E Company, Inc.
`ENGINEERING MANAGER, COMPOSITE ROLLS, CORES, AND REEL SPOOLS
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` Led company to a 130% increase in roller sales over 5-year span after 3 consecutive flat years by working directly
`with customers to propose solutions, standardizing product components, and increasing product quality through
`optimized design and manufacturing processes.
` Developed abuse resistant reinforced polymer coating for carbon fiber composite unwind/rewind shafts, reducing
`product weight and allowing sales into applications previously unserviceable.
` Developed failure model for composite shafts based on statistical field data, reducing warranty repair costs.
` Developed, implemented, and sustained product configurators for 2 product lines, utilizing MS Visual Basic for
`Applications, reducing customer quotation turnaround time and engineering errors by >50%
` Developed and managed business relationships with suppliers to become a least cost producer of composite film
`tower and converting idlers.
` Conducted finite element analyses utilizing ANSYS software to design and optimize shrink fit joints as robust
`replacements for weldments in heat-treated steel assemblies.
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`Duracell, Inc.
`PRODUCT ENGINEER - PROJECT MANAGER, CELL ASSEMBLY
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` Managed a group of 11 technical and professional level employees in the fabrication of over 100,000 alkaline,
`Li/MnO2, Li - ion, and zinc air development cells annually.
` Successfully merged the operations of two assembly groups to boost efficiency through reduction of redundant
`systems and effective utilization of cross training, resulting in a 30% productivity increase.
` Designed an electronic requisition, quality control and data collection system including an electronic request
`approval cycle and providing a permanent storage location for requisition documents, as well as all data collected
`during assembly trials.
` Developed polymer and metal components and assemblies for high volume production in manufacturing sites
`worldwide. Manufacturing processes utilized include injection molding, progressive metal stamping and forming,
`deep drawing, laser welding, and powder compaction.
` Used ANSYS finite element methods extensively to model highly non-linear behaviors experienced during the
`production, use, and abuse of product components and assemblies. Some analyses performed include assembly
`simulation of an alkaline battery, prediction of plastic battery seal rupture under abuse conditions, metal forming,
`and laser weld failure prediction.
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`August, 2005 – October, 2006
`CANTON, MA
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`December, 1999 – August, 2005
`WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA
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`October, 1994 – December, 1999
`NEEDHAM, MA
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`PATENTS
` 11 US patents on battery and web handling technologies issued, 2 published applications pending: US6025090,
`US6042967, US6126704, US6127062, US6716148, US8119280, US8163410, US8236441, US8501345,
`US8632907, US8871373
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`EDUCATION
`B.S. Mechanical Engineering
`RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
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`October, 1994
`NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
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`JLab/Cambridge, Exh. 1004, p. 2
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