Venture Partner at ff Venture Capital
View Live Interactive Profile →Les Alexander is listed on the ff Venture Capital team page as a Venture Partner. He is Chief Executive Officer of the Battery Innovation Center, where he leads teams covering education, the Advanced Battery Group, testing and evaluation, and industry consultation on battery technologies. He has held executive leadership positions at Navitas Systems as VP of Research and Development and Government Business Development, at Inmatech as chief executive of a supercapacitor startup, at A123 Systems as General Manager of Government Business, and at T/J Technologies as Chief Operating Officer. The firm's page credits him with over thirty years of experience in finance, operations and business development, with a focus on energy storage startups and mid-size companies and on research and product development for US military and commercial markets. He is a retired Lieutenant Commander in the US Naval Supply Corps who served in the Persian Gulf War and managed military budgets and programmes for aircraft carriers and bases. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master's degree in Government Acquisitions from the Naval Postgraduate School. No named company investment or board seat could be sourced for him.