About

Type One exists with a people-centered clean energy transition in mind. That principle transforms more than just how we create electrons, but it promotes a mindset that invigorates how we plan energy systems for the next 100 years.

Management Team

Exceptional business & governance leadership complements our unique technical team

Chief Executive Officer

Christofer M. Mowry

Approaching forty years in energy/cleantech sector
Demonstrated global impact as CEO
Experience in fusion, fission, EPC, utility, & manufacturing businesses

Chief Operating Officer

Ryan Guerrero

Nearly 3 decades of experience in aerospace/marine sector
Fortune 500 design & mfg executive
Agile product development specialization

Chief Financial Officer

David K. Vickerman

30 years finance and banking executive
Clean Energy principal investing
PE-backed energy CFO with proven business-building experience

VP – Program Mgmt Office

Mike Duffy

Chief Systems Engineer for leading renewable energy labs
Federal experience with NSA & DOE Oversight Offices
Academic credentials in Systems Engineering including numerous technical papers

Chief People Officer

Kairus Tarapore

Successful track record as Chief Human Resource Officer
Fortune 500 experience as Chief Administrative Officer
Recognized globally across multiple industries

Senior VP – External Affairs and Marketing

Matt Miles

Operational experience in oil & gas sector
Extensive knowledge of global energy markets
Specialization in supply chain growth

Type One Energy Technical Leadership Team

We designed, built, and operated the world’s leading stellarators

150+ years, 500+ papers, 5+ stellarators … this team knows how to build a fusion plant

Chief Science Officer

Dr. John Canik

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Previous fusion leader at Oak Ridge National Lab
Authored seminal paper on Quasi-Helically Symmetry
143+ fusion technical papers

Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Thomas Sunn Pedersen

PhD MIT, Professor Columbia
Designed and built Columbia Non-neutral Torus (CNT)
Key Wendelstein W7-X Technical Director
130+ fusion technical papers

VP & Chief Engineer

Bradley Nelson

Served as Chief Engineer at US ITER Project
Four decades in fusion engineering
Contributions to three stellarators (e.g., ATF)
Numerous technical papers

VP – Stellarator Optimization

Dr. Chris Hegna

PhD, Columbia University
University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor
Recipient of Dawson Award, Plasma Physics
200+ technical papers

VP – Systems Engineering

Dr. David Anderson

University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor
Built IMS, 1st modular stellarator
Designed & built HSX, 1st quasi-helical symmetric stellarator
80+ stellarator technical papers

Get in Touch

We are moving fusion forward at Type One Energy Group.

316 W. Washington Ave., Suite 525
Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Stellarator technology to transform energy markets with fusion power

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