David Deak

Prior to co-founding Maple Materials, David was the CTO of Lithium Americas Corp., where he spearheaded technical, project, and marketing developments of two of the world’s largest lithium assets. David led the battery materials supply chain team for Gigafactory 1 at Tesla. He also managed product and process development programs for Ambri Inc., a Bill Gates-backed energy-storage start-up spun out of MIT. His professional career started in the CTO’s office at Siemens Wind Power in Denmark, where he focused on supplier technology development and component warranty cases. David holds a D.Phil. in Materials Science from Oxford University and a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto.