Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Mangino is Chief Executive Officer of Sion Power.  Prior to   joining Sion Power, Mangino served as President and CEO of   NSF International, a global leader in testing, product certification, ISO-9000 registration and standards development.  Under his   leadership, NSF experienced a fivefold growth in revenue while   broadening services provided to companies operating in 85   countries.Earlier, Mangino held executive positions with BP America, Inc., Weirton Steel   Corp., PPG industries and EniChem America, Inc. where his responsibilities included   strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, quality systems management and general   management of both commodity and high technology based businesses.  He has   extensive international experience in the areas of technology licensing and business   partner development. Mangino received his B.S and Ph.D. degrees in ceramic   engineering and ceramic science, respectively, from Rutgers University.  He also   completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School.

Chief Technical Officer

Dr. Affinito has been developing vacuum deposition processes and thin film based product applications for 25 years. He is presently leading Sion Power’s development of a fully vacuum deposited Li anode with integral multi-layer stabilization coatings. As Vice President of Spectrum Polytronics John successfully led both the process R&D and prototype manufacturing for a fully vacuum deposited multi-layer capacitor product. At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory John won both an R&D 100 Award for a new manufacturing process for polymer electrolytes and the Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Technology Transfer for development of Li battery technology under contract to Sion’s predecessor Moltech Corporation. For other companies Dr. Affinito has developed vacuum deposition based products and patented processes ranging from stealth technology (radar, microwave, IR and optical signature control), energy conserving window films, color-shift pigments for security coatings, a variety of optical coatings and ultra-barrier technology for flat panel displays. John has 48 journal publications, 26 issued U.S. patents, 14 pending U.S. patents, many Foreign patents pending and issued and he has given numerous invited presentations at technical conferences and corporations. John has B.Sc. degrees in both Chemistry and Physics from Lawrence Technological University, an M.Sc. in Solid State/Nuclear Physics from Wayne State University and a Ph.D. in Solid State/Thin Film Physics from the University of British Columbia.

Vice President Product Safety    

As Sion Power's Vice President for Product Safety, Dr. Doughty will oversee all programs related to product safety of high energy, rechargeable lithium sulfur batteries.  Prior to joining Sion Power, Doughty managed the Advanced Power Source Research and Development Department, Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Doughty has 14 years experience in battery research, development and production of batteries and capacitors for defense and energy applications. He has contributed to understanding and improving safety and abuse tolerance of batteries from a fundamental and practical level.  Dr. Doughty was instrumental in developing test methods and standards that characterize the response of energy storage devices to abusive conditions and led Sandia’s experimental effort to evaluate the response of many types of batteries and capacitors for the US Department of Energy and automotive companies. Dan holds a Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Minnesota.  He received the DOE Award for Excellence in 1989, has over 90 publications, 4 patents, and has co-edited four technical proceedings volumes.

Director of Commercial Operations    

John Kopera is Director of Commercial Operations where he is responsible for the sales, marketing and battery product development activities.  He has over 15 years of experience in developing systems and technology for high performance batteries.  John previously served as Director - Stationary Solutions for Cobasys, developing nickel metal hydride battery systems for stationary power applications.  Prior to Cobasys, he was with Exide Corporation as Director of Product Development for Emerging Technologies, where he was responsible for developing new technologies for energy storage.  Previous to Exide he was with DaimlerChrysler where he held increasingly responsible roles for engineering of alternative fuel vehicle systems and electric vehicles.  He was a key contributor to the battery and propulsion systems for the DaimlerChrysler TEVan and EPIC electric vehicles.  John is the inventor or co-inventor on over nine alternative fuel, battery management and electronics patents.  He received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University, and his Master of Science in electrical engineering from Oakland University.  John is also a graduate of the Chrysler Institute of Engineering.