Executive
Leadership Team
Ambient’s leadership team combines leading edge low light PV scientific expertise with practical, global experience in high volume electronic device manufacturing.





Bates Marshall
Co-Founder and CEO
Bates Marshall is Ambient’s Chief Executive Officer, co-founder, and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Among his diverse responsibilities, he considers his role as growth champion his most significant — focused on helping both Ambient and its customer partners transform ambitious never-before-imagined ideas into market-transforming products at scale…Read Full Bio
Kethinni Chittibabu, Ph.D.
Co-founder and CTO
Ambient co-founder Dr. Kethinni Chittibabu is a renowned material scientist with specific interest on opto-electronic properties of materials and related devices. Throughout his 30 year career, he has leveraged his uniquely interdisciplinary expertise in synthetic material chemistry, device physics and highly specialized opto-electronic and photovoltaic material development to advance photovoltaic innovation…Read Full Bio


Harlan Kragt
COO
Harlan Kragt brings over 30 years of experience in driving new technology and custom manufacturing solutions from concept to scale in the HDD and Li battery industries.Read Full Bio
Joshua Wright
VP of Engineering
Joshua leads engineering with a focus advancing Ambient’s energy harvesting technology and delivering proof of concepts for customers seeking to deploy Ambient technology in their products….Read Full Bio
