Sera E.

Embedding with teams and providing fractional executive support in manufacturing/production development, hardware engineering, strategy, hardware product development, supply chain development, startup corporate development and test protocol development. Have worked with over 10+ startups. Cost savings totaling $3M+ with up to 6 months project time savings recorded. Portfolio: VEIR (Boston) - superconducting cables for the grid. Carbon to Stone (NYC) - carbon + residual materials conversion to resources. Trillo Bio (SF) - lab experimentation automation robotics. Chill It (Uruguay/Mexico) - rapid beverage cooling system. MIMIC Systems (NYC) - thermoelectric HVAC solutions. Okra Solar (Portugal/Sydney) - microgrids. FORGE (Greentown Labs) - various startups ScaleForClimatetech (NYC) - various startups Shott Accelerator at the Royal Academy of Engineering (London) - various startups HotGreen Solutions (London) - electrification of heat pumps for industrial heat Cartwheel (Boston) - lice eliminating bonnet Pascal (Boston) - novel solid refrigerant for HVAC CleanCrop (Boston) - cold plasma for seed decontamination Host and creator of hardware venture development podcast called “The Builder Circle™, sponsored by Onshape PTC, and Second Muse (Scale For Climate Tech Accelerator), JIGA, and AllSpice.

Advising climate tech startups as a part of their Accountability Boards on manufacturing, supply chain and hardware development strategy.

Advising portfolio companies out of Greentown Labs (and MA) to get products to higher TRL/MRL levels to have successful engagements with manufacturing partners.

Advising Encode: AI for Science cohort (supported by UK ARIA) on discovery to startup conversion strategy and execution in industrial automation/robotics industries.

Led the end-to-end development and deployment of first-of-its-kind manufacturing equipment, from initial concept through to successful site acceptance. Directed the implementation of a multi-million-dollar, high-throughput superconducting production line, significantly advancing manufacturing capacity and operational readiness. Served as an embedded engineering consultant, partnering closely with Manufacturing and High-Temperature Superconductivity (HTS) teams to design, de-risk, and deliver critical superconducting system capabilities.

Recognized as an All-Star Mentor in 2022, providing ad-hoc mentorship, workshops and guidance to hardware tech companies as a part of the Paris Techstars Accelerator.

I worked with the Dexterous Manipulation team to research and develop soft robotics methods to enable whole body manipulation utilizing tactile feedback and compliance. My day to day consisted of managing technical strategy with tech leads, test strategy and execution, mechanical design/assembly, technical roadmapping, schedule/budget/risk management and mentoring.

(now Revolution Space) · Managed schedule, budget, key decisions, risks/risk retirement, technical trade-offs and all technical deliverables for main TILE product · Lead a matrixed 17-person technical team composed of; Systems, Mechanical, Electrical and Firmware Engineers.

Responsibilities include; Technical Contribution/Leadership: · Owning systems integration and system architecture for main R&D project · Leading system design, testing, production and commissioning for multiple manufacturing processes and equipment design · Working closely with the procurement team on high capex equipment purchases and negotiation · Performing a variety of design and system integration tasks for timely completion of priorities · Leading R&D team design and manufacturing weekly meetings · Managing 4 R&D engineering interns · Assembling and testing multiple sub-systems for manufacturing processes · Working with extremely talented team to produce hardware prototype samples of product with manual processes to better understand and develop manufacturing risk landscape · Managing workflow through verification/validation and quality infrastructure Management: · Set up the R&D department and developed the department strategy with the Chief Science Officer according to the risk retirement needs of SPARC (the demo fusion device) · Tracking high-level progress and assessing performance of portfolio R&D projects and reporting to leadership team · Perform resource analysis and operational optimization to ensure maximum project output and resource utilization (minimizing over-utilization) · Acting as a formal bridge between R&D and internal departments (procurement, manufacturing, ops, tokamak design, business unit) · Owning and building the playbook for successful R&D project set-up (for multiple complexity level projects) at CFS

Began aiding the 3D integration team to design the SPARC fusion device subsystems. Transitioned to and currently belong in the R&D department where my responsibilities include; mechanical design/manufacturing process design, systems engineering/integration, supply chain outreach/management for R&D projects as well as development of our R&D project pipeline management.