Mr. Artinian has over 30 years of experience in domestic and international business development/management and specializes in creating profitable business growth by identifying and developing disruptive technologies in the energy sector. He successfully formed and increased the shareholder value of multiple start-up companies while previously serving as the Executive Vice President of Calnetix Technologies. From 2010 to 2016, Mr. Artinian was the Managing Director of Access Energy, a Calnetix subsidiary, where he was responsible for commercializing a complex waste heat recovery system in several applications (industrial, geothermal, marine, etc.) and putting together multiple global licensing deals to build a large installation base around the world. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Vice President of Business Development for Calnetix spin-off Direct Drive Systems (DDS), and played a major role in its acquisition by FMC Technologies in 2009. He holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Mr. McMullen has over 35 years of experience in the magnetic devices field for high-speed equipment. Prior to joining Upwing Energy, he co-founded parent company Calnetix Technologies, where he served as the Chief Technical Officer and was the key subject matter expert on all of Calnetix’s technologies and integration capabilities. He played a major role in identifying, evaluating, developing, acquiring and selling IP for all Calnetix spin-off companies, including Upwing. While at Calnetix, he also led the formation of VYCON, another Calnetix subsidiary, where he served as its Chief Technical Officer from 2003 to 2013 and ramped up flywheel system production to 250 units per month. Prior to the establishment of Calnetix, Mr. McMullen was the Vice President of Research and Development at Avcon, Inc. He is the author of multiple patents and publications in high-speed turbomachinery and holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame.

Ms. Frey has 20 years of experience defining marketing and organizational strategies and evaluating emerging markets. She specializes in driving external communications efforts for early stage companies that effectively differentiate their market positioning, while building out and managing their internal operations infrastructure and talent to support organic growth. Before joining Upwing, Ms. Frey served as the Director of Marketing for Calnetix Technologies and its subsidiaries VYCON, Access Energy and Direct Drive Systems (DDS) from 2008 to 2016. She was instrumental in the sale and transition of DDS to FMC Technologies in 2009. Previously, Ms. Frey held multiple marketing, operations and communications management roles in the oil and gas industry, including positions with venture-capital backed ORYXE Energy, Gulf Oil, Conocophillips, Tosco and Mobil Oil. Ms. Frey holds an MBA from California State University, Long Beach and a B.A. in Public Relations from the University of Georgia.

Dr. Chen has over 25 years of experience in engineering and technology management. Dr. Chen has returned to Upwing after spending five years as the Vice President of Engineering and CO2 at Energy Recovery, Inc.  Previously, he was the Vice President of Engineering at Upwing, where he created technology strategies and built the engineering organization at the company’s outset.  Prior to that he served as the Senior Technology Manager for Halliburton, where he managed new product development and sustaining engineering.  Dr. Chen also served as the Vice President of Engineering for China National Petroleum Corporation USA and spent 17 years at Schlumberger advancing from an individual technical contributor to Technology Manager, managing global organizations. He is the author of over 50 patents and multiple publications and holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University.

Mr. Biddick has 15 years of experience in product development and project management. Prior to joining Upwing, he was the Project Manager for Integrated Completions at Schlumberger, where he was responsible for managing mechanical and electrical engineering, manufacturing and supply chain teams in the U.S. and Europe and developing reservoir monitoring and flow control technology into the first fully electric integrated downhole system. Previously at Schlumberger, he was the Technical Champion for Core Completions in Asia and the Business Development Manager, Completions for Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines. Prior to that, Mr. Biddick spent 7 years on Schlumberger’s Completions Team in Houston, advancing from Design Engineer to Project Manager to Team Lead. He is the author of multiple patents and holds a B.S in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville.

Mr. Tesfamicael has nearly 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with extensive knowledge of international strategy, product development, service delivery and operations management. Prior to joining Upwing, he held multiple positions with Schlumberger and ChampionX, where he spent a significant portion of his career focused on business management for the artificial lift sector across numerous continents, including the Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Elbehery has more than 25 years of experience in the oil and gas industry with an extensive portion of his career focused on artificial lift. He specializes in managing regional performance and driving profitable growth for oil field service and equipment product lines. Before joining Upwing, Mr. Elbehery served as Region Vice President of Oil Field Service Equipment (OFSE) for Sub Sahara Africa at Baker Hughes, where he drove market share expansion, facility standardization and development of HSE culture within the region. Prior to that, Mr. Elbehery held multiple positions at Wood Group ESP, GE Oil and Gas and Baker Hughes (a GE Company), now known as Baker Hughes Company, where he advanced from Regional Sales Manager for Artificial Lift in MENA and some parts of Asia to Regional Product Line Director for the same locations. Mr. Elbehery holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Cairo University.

Mr. Abu Hantash has over 15 years of diverse energy industry expertise in management and business development, consistently accelerating market growth and expanding business portfolios. Prior to joining Upwing, he was the Managing Director for Prime Petroleum Technologies, where he was responsible for seeking novel technologies to add value within the industry and provide carbon emissions reductions, as well as driving the establishment of new divisions catered to evolving demands. Previously, Mr. Abu Hantash was the Group Managing Director for Petro Middle East Group, where he oversaw numerous joint ventures and was responsible for establishing dynamic strategies and plans. He holds a B.E. in Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Jordan. 

Mr. Burke brings more than 25 years of financial and operational leadership experience across energy, manufacturing, telecom, automotive and international services businesses. Prior to joining Upwing, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Locke Solutions, where he helped build the financial, operational and people infrastructure that supported rapid organic growth, expansion from one facility to three and recognition as one of Houston’s fastest-growing private companies. Earlier, Mr. Burke served as Chief Financial Officer of HydroDive Group, a private-equity-owned offshore oilfield services company operating across West Africa, where he led financial reporting, audit readiness, sponsor communications and strategic finance initiatives. His career also includes senior finance, treasury, tax and strategic advisory roles with Shell and Cable & Wireless Communications, where he supported complex international operations, joint ventures, treasury transformation and portfolio strategy. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Oklahoma.

Dr. Cheldelin has more than 20 years of leadership experience scaling start-ups in the energy sector across engineering, operations, materials, service, product management and new product development. Before joining Upwing, he was the Vice President of Engineering Program & Project Management at Bloom Energy, where he was responsible for technical project management and company-wide program management for new product releases. Previously at Bloom Energy, he held positions launching strategic international supply partners, driving aggressive cost reduction initiatives, and scaling installation and service businesses.  Prior to that, he worked at Advanced Energy driving the product roadmap of the company’s inverter solutions business supporting residential, commercial, and utility inverter offerings.  He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University with a focus on product development and design for manufacturability.

Mr. Zollinger has more than 20 years of experience in rotating equipment, product development and transition to production. Before joining Upwing, he was the Vice President of Customer Success at NEXA3D, where he was focused on application engineering and customer support for 3D printed solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Zollinger worked at XponentialWorks as the Senior Director of Additive Manufacturing, in charge of consulting, partnership development and establishing an R&D Lab with emphasis on additive manufacturing. Previously, he spent 17 years at Honeywell Turbo Technologies, advancing from VNT Platform Engineer to Senior Manager of Global Advanced Manufacturing Technology. He holds a Master of Engineering in Engine Systems from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering from Brigham Young University.