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Dr. Copeland was appointed Altair’s President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2008. He joined the company in November 2007 as Vice President, Operations, of Altair’s Power and Energy group., leading global operations and supply chain management for the company’s lithium titanate battery products.
Prior to joining Altair, Dr. Copeland operated T. M. Copeland Associates, an engineering, technology and operations consulting firm.
In 2000, Dr. Copeland joined Millennium Cell, Inc., a development stage company in the hydrogen fuels sector as Vice President, Product Development, and quickly expanded his role to include Research and Development.
In 1992, he joined Duracell as Director of Engineering for North America.
In addition to expanding the engineering organization, he was responsible for the program leading to the development of Duracell's on-cell battery tester. He was asked to take over the ailing manufacturing facility in Lexington, NC, and was credited with turning around that operation in a short period of time. Dr. Copeland went on to lead Duracell's largest plant in North America, with 1000 employees, in Lancaster, SC. When Gillette purchased the company, Dr. Copeland moved to Boston as the company’s Director of Product Development.
Dr. Copeland began his professional career with the DuPont Company in Research and Development, where he was granted three patents based on his first two years of work. His tenure with DuPont led to responsibilities in international marketing and manufacturing, culminating as Manufacturing Manager with responsibility for the output of several plants in North America.
Dr. Copeland graduated from the University of Delaware in 1973, with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. He then earned a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978, with a minor in law. | 