Mission
Empower people to make their own energy by delivering breakthrough technologies.
Company Story
Modern Electron is a breakthrough energy technology company. Our mission is to enable anyone to generate efficient electricity using our breakthrough technology. Over 80% of electrical power consumed worldwide is still produced from heat, using engines & turbines invented centuries ago. Modern Electron is developing advanced thermionic converters, a new direct heat-to-electricity technology, to revolutionize thermal power and enable efficient, on-demand distributed generation.
Meet the Team
Employee Spotlights
Meet the Advisors

Carsten Voigtländer
Carsten Voigtländer is a board member of Modern Electron. Previously, he headed the Vaillant Group as CEO until 2018. With 13,000 employees and over €2.5 billion/yr revenue, Vaillant is a market leader in the HVAC market. Carsten has a PhD in thermodynamics. He has more than 25 years of international management experience in mechanical and plant engineering, in series production, in the energy sector and in the service industry.

Alex Molinaroli
Alex Molinaroli served as the Chairman and CEO of Johnson Controls, a leader in building systems and efficiency products with over 100,000 employees worldwide and $30 billion/yr revenue. He was with the company for 34 years serving as CEO beginning in 2013 to 2017. Prior to that he was the President of the company’s Power Solutions battery business.

David LaGrand
David J. LaGrand was the CEO of Nortek, a major manufacturer of Residential and Light Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning products. He was with the company for 29 years serving as President since 1997 and CEO beginning in 2001 to 2017. During his tenure the business grew more than six fold. Mr. LaGrand also served on the Board of Directors of the Air Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).

Ed Williams
Ed Williams is a serial entrepreneur in the technology and energy industry. Ed was the CEO of SilLion, Novinda Corporation, Firefly Energy, and Accumedia, and has served on the boards of Solid Power, Catalyst Repository Systems, and the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association.
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