Meet Our Team -
Leadership Team

John Van Scoter has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and as a Class I Director since June 2023. Prior to joining Solid Power, Mr. Van Scoter served as Vice President, General Manager Products at SRI International Inc. (“SRI”), an independent nonprofit research institute from 2019 until June 2023. Prior to joining SRI, Mr. Van Scoter was the CEO, President and Chairman of eSolar, Inc., an early-stage solar power plant technology company, from 2010 until 2018. Prior to eSolar, he held multiple leadership positions over an almost 30-year career with Texas Instruments Incorporated (Nasdaq: TXN), including as Senior Vice President, Alternative Energy Strategy and Senior Vice President, General Manager of DLP® Products Division. Mr. Van Scoter served on the board of directors of TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE:TEL) from 2008 until 2018. Mr. Van Scoter holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Vermont. 

Joshua Buettner-Garrett serves as our Chief Technology Officer. He has served as our Chief Technology Officer since November 2013. Prior to joining Solid Power, he served as Program Manager of the Energy Storage Group at ADA Technologies, Inc., a research and product development business, from 2011 to 2013. He served as a Senior Research Scientist in the ADA Technologies’ Energy Storage Group from 2010 to 2011. Mr. Garrett holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University.

James Liebscher serves as our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. He served as our Lead Corporate Attorney from June 2021 until December 2021. Mr. Liebscher was a senior attorney at Aspect Holdings, LLC, an international energy company, from February 2020 until June 2021. He previously was in private practice as a securities and corporate attorney at Polsinelli PC from August 2016 until February 2020 and Dufford & Brown, P.C. from October 2014 until August 2016. Prior to his legal career, he served for nine years in the United States Air Force as an airborne cryptologic linguist. Mr. Liebscher holds an LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center, a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School, and a B.S. in Business Administration from Bellevue University.

Ramelle leads the organizations of Supply Chain, Logistics, Facilities, Quality, EH&S and IT.  Ramelle is a Supply Chain Executive with 25 years’ experience in leading strategic supply chain teams and has extensive experience in the EV battery space from Ford Motor Company to Johnson Controls.  Most recently, Ramelle led the Strategic Sourcing team for Electrical and Electronic Components for GE Appliances.  Ramelle holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from ASU, and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.