Heliogen, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Christie Obiaya as Chief Executive Officer and added Ms. Obiaya to the board of directors, effective immediately. Ms. Obiaya, head of Heliogen's Executive Committee and formerly its Chief Financial Officer, replaces Bill Gross, who was removed as Chief Executive Officer and has resigned from the board of directors. Ms. Obiaya joined Heliogen in March 2021 as Chief Financial Officer and has worked closely with the Company's management team on commercializing its solar energy and thermal storage systems technology. Prior to joining Heliogen, Ms. Obiaya served as the head of strategy and chief financial officer for Bechtel Energy's multi-billion-dollar, global energy business unit from 2017 to 2021. She also held various leadership roles at Bechtel in finance, strategy, project development, investment, and execution from 2010 to 2017. Prior to Bechtel, Ms. Obiaya worked on renewable energy projects in Kenya and India from 2008 to 2009. Ms. Obiaya began her career as an engineer, designing products and scaling up manufacturing processes at a multinational consumer goods company from 2004 to 2008. Ms. Obiaya graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. As part of the leadership transition, Kelly Rosser has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms.
Rosser has served as Heliogen's Chief Accounting Officer since August 2022. Ms. Rosser brings over 20 years of financial executive experience as chief accounting officer, corporate controller, and auditing public companies.
Heliogen, Inc. is a renewable energy technology company. The Company is focused on providing robust clean energy solutions that accelerate the transition to renewable energy. Its solar energy and thermal storage systems deliver carbon-free heat, steam, power, and green hydrogen at scale to support round-the-clock industrial operations. The Companyâs product offering delivers industrial process steam around the clock using thermal energy storage. This steam can also be used to produce green hydrogen when coupled with a solid oxide electrolyzer. The Companyâs business lines include Carbon-Free Steam Production System, which is engaged in the production of heat or steam for use in industrial processes; Net Zero Power Generation System focused on the baseline system as the foundation, and the addition of a turbine generator system enables power generation, and Green Hydrogen Production System an electrolyzer with the baseline system as the foundation, produces green hydrogen fuel.
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