Our Ironclad Promise:
Empowering your Shift
to Clean Energy
Our Ironclad Promise: Empowering your Shift to Clean Energy
Our purpose is to make decarbonization easy with an iron-powered solution
that stores renewable energy from days to months to years,
and delivers it at high temperatures approaching 900 °C.
Our purpose is to make decarbonization easy with an iron-powered solution that stores renewable energy from days to months to years, and delivers it at high temperatures approaching 900 °C.
Team members hail from:
Meet the Team
With proud Canadian roots, our technology was invented at McGill University’s
world-renowned Alternative Fuels Laboratory, and was co-founded by the leading
climate technology venture studio and fund, BXVentures.
Hayden Smith
CEO & Board Member
Hayden brings 17-years of energy
innovation and leadership
experience, most notably as co-
founder of Siemens Energy Ventures
and senior management at Siemens
and Rolls-Royce. He is a Certified
Project Manager and has a Bachelor
of Engineering from McGill University.
Prof. Jeffrey Bergthorson
Chief Scientific Advisor & Board Member
Professor Bergthorson has 17-years
experience in academia for impact,
and is currently a McGill University
Professor and the head of its
Alternative Fuels Laboratory. He is
recognized as a world expert in
alternative combustion and energy
systems, and has a PhD in
Engineering from Caltech.
Jochem Kamstra
Business Development
Jochem has 20-years of experience in sustainability, with roles in
leadership and business
development. Most notably, he held
leadership positions at Siemens
Energy and Ingersol Rand. He has a
Bachelor of Engineering from Saxion University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, and an MBA from Royal
Roads University
Dr. Marc Guilbert
CFO & Chairman
Dr. Guilbert has 18-years experience
in finance across markets, strategy
and treasury, and is a serial
entrepreneur. He holds a PhD in
theoretical physics from the
University of Cambridge.
Parinaz Farhadi
Scientist
Parinaz is the inventor of the iron-
based decarbonized heating
prototype, the centerpiece of
FeX energy’s innovation. She has a
Bachelor degree from Sharif
University of Technology, and a
Masters of Engineering from McGill
University.
Dr. Jan Palecka
Scientist
Dr. Palecka has 12-years of
experience in the alternative fuels
and metal combustion field. He
is completing a postdoctoral fellowship
in metal fuel systems and has a PhD
in Engineering from McGill University.
Joel Jean-Philyppe
Product Integration Lead
Joel has 5-years of experience in
aerospace and rocketry, as well as 3
years of experience in metal fuels
combustion. He holds a Bachelor of
Engineering at McGill University and
is currently pursuing his PhD with the
Alternative Fuels Laboratory.
Our Values
We act with trust, care, and impact in all that we do for each other, for our partners and for the world.
SUSTAINABLE
We’re deeply committed to building an emission-free solution that empowers industries to adopt renewable energy, eliminate greenhouse gasses, and preserve our planet for future generations.
We’re deeply committed to building an emission-free solution that empowers industries to adopt renewable energy, eliminate greenhouse gasses, and preserve our planet for future generations.
EFFICIENT
We are driven by efficiency, aiming to build energy-efficient
solutions that will help our customers optimize cost savings
— prioritizing both operational and environmental efficiency.
We are driven by efficiency, aiming to build energy-efficient solutions that will help our customers optimize cost savings — prioritizing both operational and environmental efficiency.
DEEP CARE FOR OUR
CUSTOMER'S NEEDS
DEEP CARE FOR OUR CUSTOMER'S NEEDS
We’ve tailored our product to meet the unique energy needs
of industrial process applications, building, and off-grid heat
and power, and heavy transport industries, moving beyond
a one-size-fits-all solution.
We’ve tailored our product to meet the unique energy needs of industrial process applications, building, and off-grid heat and power, and heavy transport industries, moving beyond a one-size-fits-all solution.
FORWARD-THINKING
With an eye on tomorrow, we boldly innovate and use the
latest advanced technology and approaches to enable a
decarbonized future and empower our employees and
partners to grow and thrive.
With an eye on tomorrow, we boldly innovate and use the latest advanced technology and approaches to enable a decarbonized future and empower our employees and partners to grow and thrive.
RELIABLE
We are committed to consistency and stability as we build
technology that offers secure, long-duration energy storage
without degradation.
We are committed to consistency and stability as we build technology that offers secure, long-duration energy storage without degradation.
Join the Charge for a
Decarbonized Future
Our team is committed to our ironclad promise of empowering
the shift to renewable energy, guided by our foundational
values. Get in touch, we’d love to talk.
Our team is committed to our ironclad promise of empowering the shift to renewable energy, guided by our foundational values. Get in touch, we’d love to talk.
