# Jane Melia

> Jane Melia is the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Harvest Thermal, a home-electrification company she led as founding CEO. A civil engineer with a Cambridge PhD in fluid mechanics, she helped develop a heat-pump and thermal-storage system after testing the concept in her own Bay Area home. Her career includes HP, SolFocus, EnerVault and QuintessenceLabs.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Harvest Thermal
- **Organizations:** Harvest Thermal, HP, SolFocus, EnerVault, QuintessenceLabs
- **Nationality:** British, French and American
- **Education:** BEng, Civil Engineering, Imperial College London, PhD, Fluid Mechanics, University of Cambridge, Executive education, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Harvest Thermal and led the development and commercialization of its smart thermal battery system., Named to Inc.’s Female Founders 2025 list., Named to Entrepreneur’s 100 Women of Influence in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Worked on wind-farm performance analysis in engineering consulting in the United Kingdom.
- **2000-2008** — Worked in supply-chain and analytical business roles at HP.
- **2004** — Began living in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- **2008-2013** — Held business strategy, analytics and technical/product marketing roles at SolFocus.
- **2013-2014** — Director of Marketing and Business Analytics at EnerVault.
- **2014-2021** — Vice President of Strategic Business Development at QuintessenceLabs.
- **2018** — Sought an electric replacement for her own home’s gas heating, leading to the prototype behind Harvest.
- **2019** — Co-founded Harvest Thermal and became founding CEO.
- **2024** — Represented Harvest at Earthshot Innovation Camp during London Climate Action Week.
- **2025** — Transitioned from CEO to Chief Revenue Officer; Harvest publicly announced Ken Munson’s appointment as CEO in July.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Harvest Thermal and led the development and commercialization of its smart thermal battery system.
- Named to Inc.’s Female Founders 2025 list.
- Named to Entrepreneur’s 100 Women of Influence in 2022.
- Led Harvest during its July 2024 announcement of a $1.65 million California Energy Commission manufacturing grant.
- Harvest announced its selection for a $2 million US Department of Energy grant in September 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Appeared on The Heat Pump Podcast to discuss Harvest’s origin, installation, thermal storage and contractor partnerships.
- **2026-02** — Harvest featured her Plucky Bamboo Podcast interview about commercial adoption, investor rejection and her CEO-to-CRO transition.
- **2025-07** — Harvest announced Ken Munson as CEO and Melia’s transition to Chief Revenue Officer.
- **2025-03** — Harvest announced her inclusion in Inc.’s Female Founders 2025 list.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janemelia
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Jane_QLabs

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/jane-melia
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-20