Madisen McCleary, PhD
Madisen McCleary, Ph.D. is the CEO and first hired employee of Skip Technology. Previous to taking the position of CEO, Dr. McCleary was lead hands-on cell development R&D. She is an expert in fuel cells, corrosion studies, coating technologies and material design and manufacturing. Madisen earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Portland and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Montana State University. Madisen cares deeply about our planet and has dedicated her career to bringing climate change solutions to fruition.
Benjamin Brown, PhD
Benjamin Brown, Ph.D. is the co-founder and president of Skip Technology. Dr. Brown is an expert in fluid dynamics, and he leads our research efforts. He earned his B.S. in Physics from Harvey Mudd college and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from University of Colorado Boulder. He has served as a tenured professor of astrophysics at CU Boulder for over a decade, and his academic work on the solar dynamo was recently featured on the cover of Nature magazine. Ben is passionate about helping develop the solutions we need for our warming and climate-changing world.
Brennan Gantner, PhD
Brennan is an accomplished rocket engineer. He has designed and flown space-certified hardware (equipment/machinery) successfully and has over 20 years of experience in project management as well as prototype design, building and testing with NASA, Lockheed Martin and NOAA.
He translates Ben’s designs into buildable devices: his skills in team leadership, modern additive manufacturing techniques, and material science have underpinned the development of our clean power infrastructure systems. Brennan also brings expertise in clean tech entrepreneurship, leading the core team who are developing our business.