Achates Power Leadership

James Lemke is a Founder, Chief Scientist at Achates Power and is based in San Diego, California. He has worked as CEO/Founder at Spin Physics Inc. James works or has worked as Board Member at Achates Power, MEMBER at National Academy Of Engineering, and FELLOW at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. He attended Northwestern University, Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering, and University of California Santa Barbara.

Fabien Redon joined Achates Power in 2009 and is now the vice president of technology development. In this role, Redon is responsible for advancing the state-of-the-art Achates Power opposed-piston, two-stroke engine as well as preserving the organization’s technical leadership. Formerly, he was the vice president of performance and emissions development and oversaw support for customer projects and combustion development. His many contributions included leading the work that unlocked the opposed-piston engine combustion system, allowing for demonstrable superior performance when compared to four-stroke engines. Before joining Achates Power, Redon was a lead development engineer for General Motors Corporation, where he oversaw the vehicle development of the 4.5L Duramax engine for the U.S. light-duty truck market. Earlier in his career, Redon was an advanced development and application engineer for Detroit Diesel Corporation. While there, he coordinated the integration of advanced light-duty diesel engines, and was responsible for the Mercedes medium-duty diesel engine application for Freightliner. Redon earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Florida Institute of Technology, a Master of Engineering in automotive engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, San Diego.

Automotive Executive with strong experience in product development, program management and manufacturing. Highly effective and experienced in both American and European automotive environments. Experienced in international partnership management.

Specialties: Program Management, Engine Development, Electric Vehicles, Product Development, Automotive Engineering, Automotive Manufacturing, Sustainable mobility, International automotive partnerships

Laurence Fromm joined Achates Power in 2004 as the market-facing executive of the company’s founding team. While managing the business development, government relations and marketing for Achates Power, Fromm leads engagements with leading engine, commercial vehicle and passenger vehicle manufacturers around the globe. Prior to Achates Power, Fromm served as CEO of Chaos Telecom, a venture-backed, early-stage company, where he helped create the company’s first product — licensed embedded software for digital subscriber line modems. Prior to Chaos Telecom, Fromm was the vice president of Widcomm, Inc. (sold to Broadcom Corporation), where he managed development of the Bluetooth LAN access point and developed the company’s channel program in Europe, North America and Asia. Previously, Fromm was part of the executive team at Dialogic as the company grew to $400M in annual revenue, went public and was purchased by Intel Corporation. In addition to his responsibilities with Achates Power, Fromm is a board member of NCast Inc., a company developing a webcasting Internet appliance, as well as a steering committee member of CommNexus NextStage, a nonprofit industry organization that mentors early stage companies through an entrepreneur advisory program. Fromm earned a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in computer engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

James Lemke is a Founder, Chief Scientist at Achates Power and is based in San Diego, California. He has worked as CEO/Founder at Spin Physics Inc. James works or has worked as Board Member at Achates Power, MEMBER at National Academy Of Engineering, and FELLOW at Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. He attended Northwestern University, Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering, and University of California Santa Barbara.