Eos Energy Enterprises Appoints Melissa Berube as General Counsel and David Leligdon as Senior Vice President of Projects
June 28, 2021 at 08:30 am
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Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. announced the appointment of Melissa Berube as General Counsel and David Leligdon as Senior Vice President, Projects, effective immediately. Berube will oversee all legal, compliance and governance functions across the organization and Leligdon will lead the design, execution, commissioning and servicing of customer projects globally. Berube began her legal career as a corporate attorney at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, in Portland, Oregon before moving in-house to Erickson Incorporated, a global helicopter aerial services provider and manufacturing company, where she advanced to General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal & People. In this role, she provided guidance on a wide range of corporate legal matters, including commercial contracts, corporate financing and acquisition-related transactions, board relations and governance, compliance, litigation management, labor and employment. Leligdon has over 25 years of industry experience with Black & Veatch, where he held a number of successive leadership roles. Leligdon brings extensive international experience having worked as a Vice President & Regional Director in several regions, most notably in South Africa. As Senior VP and Global Director in the Renewable Energy business line, he was responsible for the execution of solar, wind and battery projects. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Distributed Infrastructure Maintenance Services where he was responsible for establishing the strategic direction and go-to-market plan for the infrastructure service and support sector.
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets zinc-based energy storage solutions for utility-scale, microgrid, and commercial and industrial applications. The Company has developed a range of intellectual property with multiple patents covering battery chemistry, mechanical product design, energy block configuration and a software operating system (Battery Management System or BMS). The BMS software uses proprietary Eos-developed algorithms and includes ambient and battery temperature sensors, as well as voltage and electric current sensors for the electrical strings and the system. It focuses on manufacturing and selling turn-key direct current (DC) battery energy storage systems. It also plans to develop a turn-key alternating current (AC) system. The Company offers an advanced Znyth technology battery energy storage system (BESS) designed to provide the operating flexibility to manage increased grid complexity. Its primary market is North America.