Enabling the energy transition.
Our customers are on a journey to transition to clean, renewable energy. This journey touches every aspect of their lives - how they live, work, move and play.
No matter where you are on the journey, we want to help enable a rapid transition with products that fit into your life.
As the energy transition continues to accelerate, the global battery market is predicted to grow to >116 billion USD by 2030. It is in this rapidly growing market environment that Bridgetek assembles a world-class R&D and engineering team from Korea with a global operations team that will bring best-in-class, safe, and reliable battery systems to the world.
BridgeTek’s core technology was developed more than a decade ago by engineers from South Korea. The Korean team launched a Korean company in 2012 built upon a strong local supply chain and deployed a set of commercial products in Korea and the surrounding region. The team refined and advanced their offering as new technologies became available.
Why we’re trusted
We provide products that are rigorously designed for safety and reliability, and tested to the highest standards. We don’t ship anything that we wouldn’t use in our own homes and maintain the integrity to do the right thing, even when it’s hard.We are a world-class systems integrator that integrates battery cells of any chemistry and from any supplier.
Customer Testimonial
We selected the BridgeTek Energy Storage System (ESS) to be installed at the Korea Electric Power Research Institute. The standalone system works flawlessly, and the BridgeTek engineers were very supportive during installation. BridgeTek sets an incredibly high standard and look forward to working with them on future projects.
-Mr. Seo Jin Gyo, Director of PYS Inc
our core values
Teamwork
Work together with customers,
partners and teammates.
Passion
Our enthusiasm
drives us.
Humility
Constantly seek
improvement.
Safety
Focus on the well-being of
people and the planet.
Quality
Develop and deliver exceptional
quality and value.
Integrity
Maintaining our principles
at all times.
Meet The Team
A skilled management team with deep experience in energy, e-mobility, technology and global operations.
Phillip Jennings
Chairman
A serial entrepreneur, Mr. Jennings founded Teleres, a venture with Dow Jones and AEGON USA to develop the first national online real estate services company; Apartment and Commercial Technologies, a joint venture with Microsoft to launch high speed Internet connectivity to multi-family residences; Soufun.com, an Internet company based in Beijing which became the largest real estate portal in the world, with a NASDAQ IPO over $2.5 billion; Co-founder of First Forge Capital, an algorithmic trading (Quant fund) in 2004; and co-founded HyTech Power LLC developing onboard hydrogen injection systems for combustion engines. Mr. Jennings, a former US Marine officer, is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, and the Master's program at the Universidad de Mexico, in Mexico City.
Neal Rickner
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Neal Rickner is a technology executive who specializes in advancing new ventures through early-stage growth. Neal has served as the Managing Partner of Elevation Ventures and the CEO of Seafire Capital, leading teams investing in aerospace, mobility and electrification companies. Prior to Seafire, Neal spent nearly a decade at Google and Google[x] leading teams and developing energy projects.
Prior to working in tech, Neal served 12 years on active duty in the US Marine Corps as an F/A-18 pilot and forward air controller. He completed three tours in Iraq between 2003 and 2007, earning the Bronze Star with “Valor” device, and (13) Air Medals. He transitioned from active duty in 2009, earning dual masters degrees (business and international affairs) from Columbia University.
Sean Svendsen
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Sean Svendsen is a multi-dimensional executive with prior career experience leading maritime and real estate development entities. Sean grew his maritime enterprise into a vertically integrated U.S. industry leader with divisions in manufacturing, distribution, service and retail. He acquired and helped transform a 42-acre WWII shipbuilding facility on San Francisco Bay into a new state of the art residential and commercial mixed-use site. Sean now serves as Bridgetek’s Energy’s Chief Operating Officer. In his career Sean has served as a COO, CEO and General Counsel, and brings a very hands-on approach to his leadership style.
Sean holds a B.S. in Business/Finance from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. In his free time Sean is a competitive sailor with numerous awards and honors, including having served as Commodore of world renown St. Francis Yacht Club.
Tom Mentele
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Tom has a background in finance, administration, fundraising, and securitization from UBS Financial Services, Inc., Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, and prior roles in corporate America. In his CFO role Tom works in a fiduciary manner with directors and officers, private investors, family offices, trusts, and SMEs in collaboration with investment, legal and tax professionals. Tom received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington and completed the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Professional Management Development Program, where he held the requisite broker-dealer SEC licenses, FINRA memberships, state and federal registrations, and insurance licenses.
Mike Reiser
General Counsel
Mr. Reiser, the founder of the San Francisco Bay Area based law firm, Reiser Law, p.c., has over 35 years’ experience handling complex business litigation. For the last 10 years, he has expanded his activities as an active angel investor, (e.g., Turing Sense, Inc., a Silicon Valley based company specializing in motion capture technology using smart clothing, with a wide variety of potential applications). In 2018 he was one of the original founders of Caliwood Pictures, a movie production company located in Los Angeles, and later, Dooey World Productions, a movie production company located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Reiser is a graduate of the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business, (Magna Cum Laude and Beta Gamma Sigma) and the University of Colorado School of Law.
JW Kang
Managing Director of Technology
Mr. J.W. Kang has more than 10 years of experience in energy storage system and smart grid industry. He was a technical advisor to the Residential Energy Storage System for KERI (Korea Electro Technology Institute.) He was also a project adviser to KSGI (Korea Smart Grid Institute). In 2012, he was awarded the Ministerial Prize for his contribution to the Korean government's energy policy. He graduated from Kyunghee University, in Korea with a master's degree and a bachelor's degree.
Major developments include BMS for residential and commercial for grid-scale and system design for 1MW / 250kWh (4C, 15miin). He also developed overall system design for 1MW / 100kWh (10C) for wind power and PV Farm LVRT (Low Voltage Ride Through). He also conducted a smart grid interoperability project with Hyundai Heavy Industries to standardize the MW-ESS system.
Jung Chan Kim
R&D and Korea Site Lead
Mr. Kim has overseen the establishment of Adaptive EMS/BMS modules for ESS Fire Prevention and fostered the Korean clean energy innovation industry. He strives to achieve safety, system redundancy, and efficient software design through rigorous and ongoing Research and Development (R&D).
In 1972 Mr. Kim entered the Republic of Korea Navy and served for 17 years. He was a member of the development team, evaluation and select board of propulsion, and the navigation systems for ship building team. He became a Chief Engineer Officer at the Naval Headquarters and later Chief Engine Officer of Frigate DD, LST, Pk.
Chang Woo Seong
Chief engineer
Mr.Chang Woo Seong is head of R&D and chief engineer of BridgeTek GLOBAL. He led the designing of the ESS system including the BMS and EMS. His scope includes system and hardware design as well as analysis of certifications.
Mr. Seong started his career as a software engineer and has been designing hardware and firmware based on the microprocessor for more than 20 years. He has experience developing Korean naval equipment and has designed numerous successful navigation products and military systems. He completed his undergraduate degree, Masters degree, and Ph.D from Dong-A University.