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Rocky Mountain Institute’s Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Vice President, Mr. Waters is an entrepreneurial and business development professional with over 20 years experience in energy consulting, enterprise development, strategic planning, and high-volume production of engineered products and solutions. Mr. Waters lead the PHEV team in providing a whole-system product solution for the transportation sector. Previously, Mr. Waters was the Vice President of Business Development for EnerDel, Inc. a lithium battery joint venture with Delphi Corporation, Manager of Product Engineering (2001 2004) and Manager of Advanced Engineering (1997 2001) at Delphi Corporation, and worked for Electronic Data Systems Corporation where he led numerous projects, including the development and production of the battery pack system for General Motors’ first electric vehicle and subsequent electric vehicles (i.e., GM’s EV1, and the Electric S-10). In this role Mr. Waters’ invention of the EV1 structural battery tray was recognized by the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) as the automotive design Grand Award for 1997. He repeated winning the industry award the following year for the Electric S-10 battery pack design. Mr. Waters has been awarded four U.S. patents, two international patents, holds two defensive papers in battery pack designs, and has received numerous industry awards. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering and is a member Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical Engineering Honorary Society. | 