Inner Genius Joe Patch IV

Jeremiah is an engineer and entrepreneur with a passion for consulting and leading teams. He loves learning new things, finding unexpected solutions to complex challenges, and building well-integrated high-performance teams. He holds professional engineer licenses in 15 states. He has approximately 20 years’ experience in the utility space.
Jeremiah is the founder and CEO of Cross Discipline Engineering, LLC. Cross Discipline provides professional engineering consulting services to electric utilities and those who support them. From project inception to project energization—Substation, Transmission, and Distribution—Cross Discipline offers a full range of resources including project planning and scoping, detailed engineering design, 3D/4D modeling, “turn-key equivalent” procurement support, project and program management, contract administration, and construction observation.
Cross Discipline thrives on solving 'impossible problems', obsesses over 'getting it right the first time', values close working relationships, serving our clients as an integrated extension of their team. You can find Cross Discipline on the web at www.crossdiscipline.com or call at (417) 859-4441.

Marshall possesses a broad range of senior leadership and project management experience with the delivery of $15B in upstream oil and gas, industrial, and commercial projects. Mentor leader who has guided teams of 15 to 800, focusing on building up teams for business success and developing future leaders, and spearheaded senior organizational leadership teams at global engineering and logistics companies. Possess a comprehensive mixture of business expertise and organizational capabilities. He operates very well both on the project site and in C-suite.

Robert G. Morgan
Mr. Morgan is the CEO of H Cycle, LLC – a hydrogen production company focused on converting waste to hydrogen with a fraction of the GHG emissions associate with traditional methods of hydrogen production and waste disposal. He has over 30 years of experience in global power markets, including more than 8 GW of project transactions worldwide representing more than $5 billion in value. He has been instrumental in building companies across the value chain, including development, construction, operations and manufacturing.
During the COVID pandemic he was a Senior Advisor with the private equity and infrastructure group at Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners.
From 2018-2020, Rob served as CEO of General Electric’s Energy Storage business where he had full P&L responsibility for that business unit, ranging from Product Development & Engineering to Construction & Operational support.
In previous roles, he served as Chief Development Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at RES Americas (2013-2016), President & Co-Founder at Agile Energy (2009-2013), and Founder and Chief Development Officer at Ausra (2006-2009), during which time he closed and constructed over 5 GW of projects.
Mr. Morgan began his career with almost 15 years at the AES Corporation (1989-2003), where he led business units as CEO/GM in Kazakhstan, Chile, and El Salvador, and developed projects in Hawaii, California, and Canada.
Mr. Morgan holds a B.A. in Economics and M.S. in Engineering from Stanford University. He is on the Emeritus Board of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and served on the board of Grid-Net, Inc. (2005-2018). Mr. Morgan is an advisor to Energy Exploration Technologies.

Aaron has over 21 years of progressive project controls management experience. He is an excellent team-builder with outstanding leadership skills. His experience spans both time in the field and corporate environments. His expertise is heavy industrial EPC projects ranging from $30M to $7B. he is highly sought after for his strong influence in resource growth, procedure and standards creation, providing technical guidance, and creating a world-class project controls organization.

Senior-level business and operations leader and account management expert with over fifteen years of success driving mission-critical, multimillion-dollar projects that increase stakeholder value. Leverages deep expertise of the conventional and non-conventional energy generation lifecycle, from project development and planning through construction and commissioning. Creates revenue and market share growth and achieves brand exposure objectives while maximizing operating margin and net income.
Serves as a trusted advisor and confidant to executives, management teams, technical and regulatory professionals, staff, and customers. Identifies hidden opportunities and consensus leadership methodologies to develop innovative and state-of-the-art solutions in partnership with key stakeholders. Thrives in customer-facing environments. Consistently drives scalable and sustainable productivity levels by leading highly focused teams of professionals and maximizing each member's contributions.

20+ years in automotive electronics and systems, supporting advanced safety systems and increasing levels of vehicle electrification ranging from Start-Stop to Electric Vehicles
12+ years in Advanced Energy Storage Systems, including lead-acid, lithium-ion batteries and packs, and flow batteries, as well as “beyond lithium-Ion” technology development. Over this time, Brian has developed systems for Utility-scale Grid Storage and Commercial & Industrial (Behind-the-Meter) Energy Storage systems in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, and China.
Currently, Acting as a Consultant and Board Advisor to several start-ups in the United States.
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