Andrés Velarde

Andrés R. M. Velarde is a professional with diverse experience in materials engineering, product development, and educational leadership. He currently serves as a Director at TKS in Redmond, Washington, where he is building a global entrepreneurial coaching program for high school students.1

Previously, Velarde worked as a Materials Engineer II at Form Energy, Inc. from October 2021 to April 2022. In this role, he:

1. Designed and built a new value stream for internal "Characterization as a Service" to support iron-air battery development
2. Applied various characterization techniques to uncover structure-function behavior of materials
3. Developed and implemented streamlined standard operating procedures for materials processing and characterization1

Velarde's career history also includes:

• Senior Engineer at UbiQD, Inc. (January 2021 - June 2021)
• R&D Chemist to Associate Scientist at UbiQD, Inc. (September 2017 - December 2020)
• Product Development & Design Engineer at NeuroLux (May 2015 - August 2016)

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013-2017).1

Velarde is fluent in English (native) and has intermediate proficiency in Spanish.1