COMPANY / LEADERSHIP
Experience for the uncharted.
Building what comes next takes more than technical ambition. Our leadership and advisors bring together cell engineering, industrial execution, defense experience, and capital discipline.
01 / EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Michael Rhee
Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Michael brings a background in financial services, cross-border acquisitions, and industrial onshoring. He built and led financial-services and registered investment advisory businesses, managed more than 150 associates, and advised investors and multinational companies on complex cross-border transactions. At Evermore, he assembled a former Samsung Electronics and Samsung SDI executive team spanning battery development, manufacturing expansion, and automation.
Dongwhan Kim
Chief Technology Officer
Dongwhan leads cell research and technical development across the ELVION platform. His focus spans materials, electrolyte development, and cell engineering—connecting the decisions made at the material level to the performance of the finished cell.
02 / GLOBAL ADVISORY
Judgment where it matters.
Perspectives across defense, government, energy, finance, and industrial scale help connect technical capability with the realities of deployment.
Hon. John G. Vonglis
Head of Global Advisory Committee
Experience at the intersection of federal energy policy, public finance, advanced-technology commercialization, and institutional capital.
Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, USAF (Ret.)
Senior Advisor / Requirements & Acquisition
A retired four-star U.S. Air Force officer whose career combines operational command, special operations, global mobility, and senior defense leadership.
Lt. Gen. Ricky L. Waddell, USA (Ret.)
Senior Advisor / National Security & Interagency
A retired three-star U.S. Army officer with experience spanning senior military command, White House service, interagency leadership, and international business.
William (Billy) Carroll
Advisor / Maritime Autonomy & Special Operations
A retired Master Chief Petty Officer bringing 36 years of service to the U.S. Naval Special Warfare community, including 25 years as a Navy SEAL operator with DEVGRU and 11 years as a civilian program manager supporting NSW operations.
Jay Koo
Advisor / Industrial Scale & Commercialization
Former chief executive of SK Innovation, bringing a perspective on industrial scale and battery commercialization.
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W. Storm Nickerson
Advisor / Strategic Capital & Risk Governance
Founder and Managing Partner of Cross Range Capital, with more than 25 years of experience in investment banking, private investment, capital markets, and risk advisory.