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Our DNA

We are individuals motivated by changing the status quo.

A core principle of our team is climate change mitigation.
Our ability to be a non-critical mineral and low cost energy storage device will play a significant role in that objective.

Our People

Russell Goldfarbmuren

Co-founder - CTO/COO

John Fox

CEO
Luke Erickson

Luke Erickson

Director of Research and Development
Bob Ligi

Bob Ligi

VP of Business Development and Supply Chain
Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge

Manufacturing Technician
Kimsoo Como

Kimsoo Como

Program Director
Eric Irwin

Eric Irwin

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Supporters

Clean Energy Ventures
Grimley Capital
Third Derivative

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Russell Goldfarbmuren

Co-founder - CTO/COO

Russell Goldfarbmuren is the CTO/Co-founder of Rebound and the inventor of Rebound’s IcePoint® technology. While his technical knowledge traverses several engineering and scientific categories, he specializes in the thermal sciences, process equipment design, and transient performance modeling. Under Russell’s technical leadership, Rebound has raised $3.5M in non-dilutive grants for technology development, primarily from the National Science Foundation, but also including the Department of Energy, USAID and the State of Colorado.

Prior to Rebound, Russell was the technical lead on several Department of Energy and arpa-e grants awarded to Abengoa Solar and focused primarily on thermal energy storage options for grid-scale solar thermal power plants. Russell also won over $5M in US government grants for his ideas while at Abengoa.

Russell is technically motivated by solving tough energy problems using economically practical means, a path that led him away from high temperature storage research and towards ambient condition alternatives. After seeing startup after startup fail to approach energy related problems with the long term, nuanced, and integrated approach they require, Russell decided to act. He created IcePoint® on the fundamental idea that new technology integrated into existing infrastructure can provide energy services like energy storage at a fraction of the cost of stand-alone energy storage technologies like batteries.

Russell graduated magna cum laude from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana spending his summers interning at two startups, NASA @ JPL, and NREL. He received his Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley focusing on increasing absorption cycle efficiency via thermal energy storage. Immediately after passing prelims and entering the PHD program, Russell realized that the development pace in academia was too slow to create the impact he desired and thus he left for industry with a Master’s degree in September 2008.

John Fox

CEO

John Fox is driven senior executive with a broad base of experience from a Fortune 50 company to a true start-up. Areas where he excels include driving complex engineering, product design, development and manufacturing projects by maximizing investments; human capital and organizational efficiency and optimization. He has proven to deliver successful outcomes within the most challenging environments.

John was most recently ElectraTherm’s CEO and Managing Director. ElectraTherm is a world leader in waste heat to power. He joined in 2010 and oversaw the complete design turn of ElectraTherm’s Power+ Generators followed by commercial product launch. Two of his many highlights during his tenure at ElectraTherm were a visit from former US President Barack Obama, and the company’s acquisition by BITZER, the world’s largest independent manufacturer of refrigeration compressors. Prior to ElectraTherm, John worked for United Technologies Corporation across several Divisions. He graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and then an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics. He also graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with an MBA.

Luke Erickson

Luke Erickson

Director of Research and Development

Luke Erickson is the Director of Research and Development at Rebound and is responsible for IcePoint® engineering, equipment specification, and technological validation. Luke’s primary skillset is analyzing open-ended, novel thermofluids challenges and solving them by engineering innovative equipment and processes. Since joining Rebound in 2014, he has modeled and prototyped fluid separation technologies, built novel, high efficiency ice makers, developed cloud-based control software, and scaled up IcePoint® from prototypes from 100W to 10kW. These technology development efforts drove Rebound’s recent commercial pilot successes.

Previously, Luke worked at Abengoa Solar where he focused on design and performance modeling of innovative concentrated solar power technology. He patented four inventions at Abengoa, including three as first author. Luke has also conducted research in sulfur compound synthesis for geoengineering and biomass gasification for biofuels.

Luke earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Physics from Hendrix College.

Bob Ligi

Bob Ligi

VP of Business Development and Supply Chain

Bob Ligi is the VP of Business Development and Supply Chain at Rebound Technologies. Bob brings tremendous energy with 18 years of Supply Chain and 21 years of Sales and Marketing experience in the aerospace, industrial, and recreational markets. His most recent role was VP of Business Development and Supply Chain for Precision Holdings Inc.

His strong strategic background and experience in complex dynamic environments will help build the “front end” infrastructure critical in positioning Rebound for future growth. Bob will drive a culture of excellence with many years of experience in Business Development, Global Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, and Commodities with companies including UTC Aerospace, GKN Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky Aircraft, Collins Aerospace, and Hexcel Corporation.

Bob earned an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BA in Political Science from Fairfield University.

Chelsea Bridge

Chelsea Bridge

Manufacturing Technician

Chelsea Bridge joins the Rebound team as a manufacturing technician specializing in welding and fitting. Her eight years of welding experience and certifications are a critical component of Rebound’s transition from product development to production.

Prior to Rebound, Chelsea spent seven years with UE Compression in Henderson, Colorado producing compression solutions for the oil and gas industry and two years producing low pressure vessels for Leed Fabrication, now owned by Tri-Point Oil & Gas Systems.

Kimsoo Como

Kimsoo Como

Program Director

Kimsoo is the Program Director at Rebound and is responsible for their supply chain management, IcePoint® project management, and administration operations. She brings former experience in small business operations, recruitment, sales, and project management. In addition, she brings experience in professional development to assist in the growth of Rebound’s future.

Prior to Rebound, Kimsoo focused on recruitment and development at Northwestern Mutual. She is a Certified Coach from Coach Training Alliance® and has earned a Bachelor’s degree in Art from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Eric Irwin

Eric Irwin

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Eric Irwin is a senior design engineer for Rebound and is responsible for IcePoint® structural design.  Eric has a broad background in mechanical design of components and mechanisms. His curiosity for all things mechanical, understanding of production processes, orchestration of assembly, and user experience focus have led him to a portfolio of over 30 U.S. patents. Eric comes to Rebound from a stint in consulting at Porticos.

He has had a long career working for companies as large as Whirlpool Corporation and as small as Veritas Tools. He was instrumental in the product development at Boa Technology which helped them grow from $7 million in revenue to over $100 million.

Eric earned Bachelor’s degrees in both Aerospace and Mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona.