Team

  • Dr. Daniel Betts

    Founder - Chief Executive Officer

    Daniel has worked in energy technology and advanced energy systems space since 1997. This work has spanned R&D, product development, consulting, and executive management of various startups. 

  • Greg Tropsa

    Founder - EVP Business Development

    Greg is a seasoned startup professional who has developed and/or managed the sale and implementation of distributed generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, and peak demand reducing solutions for the past 20 years.

  • Matt Graham

    Founder - EVP of Engineering

    Matt focuses on material investigation, mechanical design, and fluid analysis of the system’s HMX devices, and IP development. He has worked on the design of liquid desiccant air conditioners since 2013.

  • Matt Tilghman

    Founder - Chief Technology Officer

    Matt sets the technical direction of the company, as well as oversees overall system design. He is an expert in air conditioning, heat transfer, and thermodynamics.

  • John Hingley

    EVP of Operations

    John has a broad range of responsibilities assisting the leadership team and managing supporting functions within the business. He is an experienced entrepreneur, business developer, and engineer. 

  • KB Gorane

    EVP of Manufacturing

    KB is responsible for developing and executing the company’s manufacturing strategy. KB has deep experience developing establishing manufacturing lines and processes, starting from engineering concept to mass production. Prior to Blue Frontier, KB was an executive at Alfa-Laval.

  • Cesar Gamez

    EVP of Field and Customer Services

    Cesar is Head of Product Services and Customer Experience, in charge of initial pilot deployments, field technical support and customer service, he is a mechanical engineer with over 35 years of marketing, sales, service, and project management on commercial and applied HVAC installations.

  • Ted Yang

    Principal Scientist

    Ted is a world-renowned scientist in chemical engineering & materials science with 30-year R&D experience in both academia and global industries. He focuses on addressing major technical issues for liquid desiccant- based air conditioning.

  • Dinier Quiros

    Head of Marketing

    Results-driven marketing expert with more than 16 years’ experience in marketing, from high-level strategy to execution of the full suite of marketing deliverables for early-stage and established businesses. His broad skillset includes communication and marketing strategy, social media management, business planning, product launch, data analysis and lead generation. My passion is translating vision and ideas into compelling visuals communications that tell engaging stories.