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John E. Waters joined Sagamore in March of 2011 as senior fellow of the New Energy portfolio. Also president of Waters & Associates Consulting, Waters has over 25 years experience in sustainable enterprise development, product development, and successful implementation of complex solutions. Most recently, Waters conceived and co-developed a $2 billion business plan for the energy supply and transportation sectors. Leveraging a consortium he founded between Alcoa, Johnson Controls, and Google, he launched Bright Automotive, Inc, in January 2008, of which he now serves as Vice Chairman.

Previously the vice president of Transportation at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Waters established the practice and provided energy strategy for Fortune 500 companies (e.g., Alcoa, Ford, Wal-Mart, etc.).

Prior to RMI, Mr. Waters was the Vice President of Business Development for EnerDel, Inc.—a lithium battery joint venture with Delphi Corporation. He led the joint venture and was responsible for developing new markets, commercial sales, and strategic partnerships. As manager of product engineering at Delphi Corporation (2001–2004), Waters initiated strategic customer partnerships and launched a new lithium battery business for Delphi. He was responsible for the design, testing, and production of multiple lithium battery products, including the Segway^®.

Prior to Delphi, Mr. Waters worked for GM where he led numerous projects, including the development and production of battery pack systems for GM’s first electric vehicles (i.e., GM EV1, and the Electric S-10). Mr. Waters has been awarded five U.S. patents, two international patents, holds two defensive papers in battery pack designs, and has received numerous industry awards.