# Edward Shaffer

> Dr. Edward O. Shaffer II is the CEO and founder of Advanced Battery Concepts, a Clare, Michigan company he started in 2009 to reinvent the 160-year-old lead-acid battery instead of chasing lithium. His patented GreenSeal bipolar architecture strips cost, lead and weight out of large-format storage while keeping the batteries fully recyclable, and it has been licensed to battery makers around the world including Crown, Clarios, EnerSys, Exide, Trojan and Monbat. An MIT-trained materials scientist and former Dow Chemical R&D manager, Shaffer argues that energy storage only scales when it is economically, socially and environmentally responsible - all three at once.

- **Role:** CEO & Founder at Advanced Battery Concepts
- **Organizations:** Advanced Battery Concepts, Atraverda (former), The Dow Chemical Company (former)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Arts, Northwestern University, Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- **Known for:** Founded and built Advanced Battery Concepts, licensing GreenSeal technology to global battery makers including Crown Battery, Clarios, EnerSys, Exide, Trojan Battery and Monbat, Developed a patent portfolio of 85+ granted patents, 60+ pending and dozens of trade secrets around bipolar lead battery construction, Won the 2022 BCI Innovation Award for the Home Emergency Energy Storage System (HEES)

## Career timeline

- **1995** — Earned Ph.D. from MIT, having worked on advanced materials
- **2004-2007** — Senior New Business Development Manager at The Dow Chemical Company, working on advanced materials including BEOL dielectrics, display optics, energy storage and photovoltaics
- **2007-2009** — Vice President of Business Development at Atraverda
- **2009** — Founded Advanced Battery Concepts in Clare, Michigan to commercialize GreenSeal bipolar battery technology
- **2019** — Company secured its seventh licensee for the bipolar technology
- **2022** — Won the Battery Council International (BCI) Innovation Award for the Home Emergency Energy Storage System (HEES)
- **2022** — Signed memorandum with Monbat targeting full-scale commercialization and a planned 1 GWh factory in Bulgaria
- **2023** — Announced strategic collaboration with Quench EV Chargers; company reached Series C funding

## Achievements

- Founded and built Advanced Battery Concepts, licensing GreenSeal technology to global battery makers including Crown Battery, Clarios, EnerSys, Exide, Trojan Battery and Monbat
- Developed a patent portfolio of 85+ granted patents, 60+ pending and dozens of trade secrets around bipolar lead battery construction
- Won the 2022 BCI Innovation Award for the Home Emergency Energy Storage System (HEES)
- Raised over $56 million in total funding to scale domestic battery manufacturing
- Built a Manufacturing 4.0 automated headquarters in Clare, Michigan

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Advanced Battery Concepts presented to the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
- **2025-04** — Featured in The Washington Times op-ed on building America's energy future on domestic battery expertise
- **2025-03** — Joined a consortium advancing the next generation of lead-based battery systems

## Links

- Website: https://advancedbatteryconcepts.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-shaffer-9365997
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qov_HcajtcQ
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/advbat

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