Ilja Pawel
He started his own consultancy company in 2016. From 2016 to 2018 Ilja had an appointment as Director of Sales EMEA for ViZn Energy Systems, Inc. an US-based flow battery manufacturer as independent consultant.
Before joining ViZn, he was five years project leader with GILDEMEISTER energy storage GmbH (Cellstrom), a Vanadium flow battery manufacturer, and responsible for worldwide customer projects. In addition, he was responsible for internal quotation processes and order management. His interests lie in the exploration of innovative business models for electrical energy storage.
He started his career in the semiconductor industry and worked in the development team for power MOSFET transistors at Infineon Technologies AG in Austria and gained industry expertise as consultant in the automotive industry, where he helped implementing a corporate product data management system into existing processes.
Dr. Ilja Pawel has a degree in industrial engineering and management and a doctorate degree in electronics, both from Technical University Ilmenau, Germany. He lives in Vienna, Austria.
