Diamond Power’s Team
BJ Johnson
CEO
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford with a focus on Energy Systems. Co-Founder and CEO of ClearFlame Engines, Product Strategist at Mainspring Energy.
Katrina Karch
COO
Current COO at AEI, led dust ingestion testing at GE Aerospace on commercial gas turbine engines, directed a team of dust particle experts to determine dust recipe for ingestion testing
Nicholas Karch
Chief Engineer
Current Chief Engineer at AEI. Background in engine performance, led combustion performance and emissions on Cummins 6.7L gasoline engine, led performance engineering team on F35 Military Engine Technology at GE Aerospace.
Industry Advisors
Dr. John Wall
Cummins VP and CTO, International Council on Clean Transportation, SAE Fellow, Chevron Fuels Research, ASME Soichiro Honda Medal, CARB Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award. Industry leader on diesel emissions.
Craig Barnes
Cummins Chief Engineer, Executive Director, CTO India, CTO Components. John Deere, SAE Executive Committee Member. Currently advising several clean energy start-ups.
John Whittington
Grammer Logistics VP Government Relations, CEO of Vickery Transportation, Director of National Tank Truck Carriers, Chairman of the Indiana Motor Truck Association. Leader in Ammonia transportation and logistics
Gary Johansen
Cummins VP of Power Systems, Navistar Director of Engineering, Technical Inspector for International Motorsports Association. Decades of experience in the power generation market.
Angela May
Current CEO and President of AEI, co-inventor of the exhaust gas recirculation system at Cummins, board advisor for banks.
David May
AEI Founder and current CTO, Inventor of the world’s first real-time lube oil soot analyzer, Leader of diesel emissions
Brandon Simmons
17 years of experience in internal combustion research and development at AEI. FAA Certified A&P.