Joe holds a B.S. Chemical Engineer, University of Texas Austin – Joe has over 25 years of experience in corporate leadership, engineering, and technical manufacturing.  He was the CEO/Founder of Skyonic Corporation, the R&D Predecessor to CarbonFree. Prior to CarbonFree, he was the CEO at BridgePoint Technical Manufacturing and VP Operations at Ross Technology. Joe has received multiple grants and awards: IEA Delegate United States, Three-Time US/Canadian Dept of Energy Grant Awards, and the 2007 recipient of the Intel-Laureate Museum of Technology San Jose, California and the 2015 Austin Intellectual Property Law Associate – Inventor of the Year.