Nick Twork’s Post

After nearly four years of helping build Our Next Energy (ONE) from scratch, I'm bidding farewell to the company. My journey with ONE founder, Mujeeb Ijaz, began at Ford. He's one of those exceptional leaders you instinctively want to follow. Initially, during the seed funding phase, I was not taking a salary. We brainstormed over Zoom, debating strategies to showcase our ambition of doubling EV range. After much debate, I convinced the team to refit a Tesla Model S with a prototype ONE battery, which achieved a remarkable 752-mile range. During my tenure overseeing Strategy, Business Development, Marketing, Communications, and IT, we forged partnerships with Motiv (Jim Castelaz), BMW AG (Juergen Hildinger), GE (Alessandro Vecchi), Shyft Group (Eric Fisher), Torqeedo (Thomas Fuchs), Bollinger Motors (Robert Bollinger) and others. Collaborating with talented creatives like Andrew Nethery, Marc F. B., and a skilled team of freelancers, we narrated the story of an American battery company aiming for global prominence. You can see a summary of that work here (https://one.ai/knowledge). As the team expanded, I delegated responsibilities to skilled individuals like Justin Thompson, Jim Vurpillat, Michael Ciaccio, Samuel Haberl, Sydni Williams, Daniel Pierce and others. Securing manufacturing partnerships was critical. A cold call to Vinnie Johnson led to a fruitful collaboration with Piston Automotive (Bob Holloway, Tanya C. Sakhleh). As my role evolved, I hired key personnel like Bill Goeman to lead IT and introduced our Grid leader Jan Jacobson to the company. Leading our Series A fundraising with CFO Jody Davis, we strategically attracted marquee investors like Breakthrough Energy Ventures (Libby Wayman), Volta (Jeffrey Chamberlain) and Assembly Ventures (Chris Thomas, Jessica Robinson). Introductions from friends and associates also played a pivotal role in securing investments. An introduction from a media friend led us to Marcus Behrendt at BMW i Ventures. Later, Baris Guzel became our investor and a tremendous partner. I'm immensely proud of the ONE team's achievements. Thanks also to my friends and close associates, Kevin Alfred, Deeana Ahmed, Jonathan Chandrakumar, Jason Davis, Christy Hayes, Amy Helner, Steven Kaye, Krzysztof Klesyk, Gregory McCown, Nathan Saliga, Paul Sedlik, Ryan Rozek, Tony Gambrel, T. Ryan Whelan and Wayne Williams. As for my next steps, I'm exploring opportunities where marketing and communications can influence organizational strategy. Meanwhile, I'm open to consulting roles. I look forward to reconnecting with many of you soon over a coffee or a meal! #management #marketing #entreprenuership #careers #branding #socialmedia #education #sales #technology #EVs #batterytechnology #evs #rangematters #innovation #future #venturecapital #leanstartups #technologynews #automotiveindustry #opentowork 

Today is the beginning of a new chapter at Our Next Energy (ONE). Industry veteran Paul Humphries has joined our company as CEO, seasoned entrepreneur and venture company builder Faysal Sohail becomes Chairman of the Board and our founder Mujeeb Ijaz is now Vice Chairman and CTO. While the last few weeks have been difficult, we are becoming a stronger, more efficient ONE, which will benefit our employees, customers, investors, and the communities where we operate.  As someone who has been with this company from the beginning, the future ahead looks bright to me. Thank you for your continued support! #technology #technologynews #oneteam #batterytechnology #batterymanufacturing #evs #automotiveindustry #innovation #venturecapital #leanstartups Libby Wayman Baris Guzel Richard A. Piliero Chris Thomas Peter Gajdoš Jeffrey Chamberlain Abdullah Al-Harthi Scott Walbrun Phil Larochelle Kapil Chadha John Staudinger Mike J. Steve Zadesky

The future of the stationary energy storage market is extremely bright. As costs are driven down, more new projects become viable and companies like GE Vernova and Our Next Energy (ONE) are well positioned to grow. When we announced our new ONE Circle factory in Michigan last year, GE saw the opportunity to secure supply of locally produced LFP batteries to fuel growth in its GE Vernova business. This is the beginning of more to come… Thanks for your partnership, Alessandro Vecchi! #lfp #technologynews #renewableenergy #renewables #oneteam #michigan

Steve LeVine's latest story is a reminder that lithium ion batteries are a pretty new invention. Their first commercial application came in 1991 - there's a lot of invention ahead in this industry. Like many other companies, Our Next Energy (ONE) will continue to develop new solutions to improve energy density, safety and supply chain economics. #batteries #innovation #evs #technology

One year ago, we announced ONE Circle, Our Next Energy (ONE)'s first cell factory. That factory just produced its first LFP cells, right here in Michigan. Stay tuned to learn more about why Iron is what’s next in electric! Hat tip to Gabrielle Coppola for reporting the story and covering our journey and for Daniel Pierce Andrew Nethery Jim Vurpillat Marc F. B. and the rest of the ONE Communications, Marketing and Creative team for your efforts. #lfp #lfpbattery #evs #lithiumionbattery #techadvancements #manufacturing #ournextenergy #oneteam #iron

Check out this video that was just released by one of my favorite YouTube content creators, Matt Ferrell. He does a masterful job explaining how Our Next Energy (ONE)'s Gemini dual-chemistry range extending battery architecture delivers 600 miles of range on one charge. Very cool to see such a talented creator take the content produced by our team and deliver an awesome explainer film! #evs #technology #batteries #batterytechnology #OurNextEnergy #cleanenergy #electrification #advancedengineering #Gemini #ONETeam

Stop by and see us at The Battery Show in booth #2301. We’ll be serving fresh batteries and delicious coffee!

I just registered for RE+ 2023! The largest energy show in North America is heading back to Las Vegas this September. Will you join me on-site? https://lnkd.in/dzycH2q4