# Kurt Risic

> Vice President of Engineering

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/kurtrisic

I am an accomplished product development engineering leader. Dynamic member of the strategic management team for technology development companies. Demonstrated success leading engineering product development teams through all phases of product lifecycle management. Specializing in early phase start up companies. 

- Progressive engineering experience
- Product development management experience
- Decisive leader, organized solutions for proof-of-concept through pilot production
- Exceptional contract manufacturing and technical vendor management skills
- Master project integrator - nothing "falls through the cracks"
- Immersive hands-on leader, with precise attention to detail

## Work Experience
### Vice President of Engineering @ Jetson
Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Vice President of Engineering | Bay Area General Manager @ Damon Motorcycles
Jan 2023 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Director Vehicle Integration and Testing | Bay Area General Manager @ Damon Motorcycles
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr. Engineering Manager Vehicle Integration and Testing @ Damon Motorcycles
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr. Powertrain Engineer, R&D @ Damon Motorcycles
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Director Of Engineering @ Proof Energy
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

### Director Of Engineering, Business Process Control @ Blentech Corporation
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Director Engineering, Energy Storage @ Sunverge Energy, Inc.
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area
Renewable made reliable.

### Senior Engineering Manager, Energy Storage @ Enphase Energy
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area
Transactive Energy

### Engineering Manager, Energy Storage @ Enphase Energy
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Transactive Energy

### Co Founder/Director of Engineering @ Phanedyne
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Industry disruptive additive manufacturing. Stealth Startup.

### Engineering Program Manager, Automation Engineer @ Jabil
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | San Jose, CA

### Engineering Manager, NPI @ EnerVault Corporation
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco Bay Area
Design and Deployment of 250kW, 1MWh Iron Chrome Redox Flow Battery.

### Lead Mechanical Engineer @ Wrightspeed Inc
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | San Jose, CA
Series-Hybrid drivetrain design and product development.

### Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer/Manager @ Bloom Energy
Jan 2007 – Jan 2011 | Sunnyvale, CA
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell high temperature system infrastructure design and product development.

### Acura Product Development Engineer @ Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 | Torrance, CA

### FCX Fuel Cell Vehicle Engineer @ Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Torrance, CA

### Senior Engineer II - Motorcycle Design and Development @ Honda R&D Americas, Inc.
Jan 2000 – Jan 2003 | Torrance, CA
Honda on-road motorcycles, FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell automobile, Acura vehicle product development.

### Engineering Editor @ Petersen Publishing Company
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | Los Angeles, CA
Engineering Editor for six motorcycle magazines.

### Research Engineer @ Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory
Jan 1997 – Jan 1999 | Berkeley, CA
Quantitative measurement of bone cell response to defined mechanical stimuli; specifically - tension versus compression and fluid flow induced shear stresses


## Education
### Mechanical Engineering and Molecular Cellular Biology
University of California, Berkeley


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kurt-risic-848b5676

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Last updated: 2026-04-05