# Shawn Murphy

> Shawn Murphy is the co-founder, CEO and CTO of Titan Advanced Energy Solutions, a Salem, Massachusetts company using ultrasound to see inside lithium-ion batteries. After deploying instruments for NASA at Draper Laboratory and building Royal Dutch Shell's innovation engine, Shell TechWorks, Murphy spent the summer of 2016 painting wave-propagation equations on the walls of a Croatian guest room. The result is technology that reads a battery's true state of health and charge in real time, claimed to be about 100 times better than the industry standard - now deployed on cell-manufacturing lines to catch defects before they ship. Titan raised a $33M Series B led by HG Ventures in 2021.

- **Role:** Co-founder, CEO & CTO at Titan Advanced Energy Solutions
- **Organizations:** Titan Advanced Energy Solutions, Shell TechWorks (Royal Dutch Shell), Draper Laboratory, Greentown Labs
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Astrophysics and Classics (History), UMass Amherst, MBA, MIT
- **Known for:** Built ultrasound technology claimed to read battery state of health and charge ~100x better than the state of the art, Raised $33M Series B (2021) led by HG Ventures; total funding around $44M, Founded four startups across software, semiconductors and energy

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Founded an eBook company; held an early Digital Rights Management patent for internet subscription payments; won the MIT 50K competition
- **2000s** — Founded a fabless semiconductor company designing miniature anti-tamper hardware/software systems
- **2000s** — Joined Draper Laboratory; rose to Head of Earth and Space Science, leading NASA missions including LADEE and CYGNSS
- **2010s** — Founded and directed Shell TechWorks, Royal Dutch Shell's innovation engineering center; led confidential blowout-preventer work after Deepwater Horizon
- **2016** — Co-founded Titan Advanced Energy Solutions with Sean O'Day after a pitch at the World Energy Innovation Forum
- **2021** — Closed a $33M Series B led by HG Ventures to scale battery diagnostics
- **2024** — Deployed IonSight ultrasound inspection in partnership with cell manufacturer Navitas Systems

## Achievements

- Built ultrasound technology claimed to read battery state of health and charge ~100x better than the state of the art
- Raised $33M Series B (2021) led by HG Ventures; total funding around $44M
- Founded four startups across software, semiconductors and energy
- Led NASA missions (LADEE, CYGNSS) and contributed to Phoenix 2 Lander and ExoplanetSat at Draper Laboratory
- Created Shell TechWorks, Royal Dutch Shell's innovation center
- Held an early internet-subscription DRM patent and won the MIT 50K competition

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Titan deployed its IonSight ultrasound battery inspection technology on production with cell manufacturer Navitas Systems.
- **2021-11** — Closed a $33M Series B led by HG Ventures with participation from Schneider Electric's SE Ventures, GS Futures, Fortistar and others.

## Links

- Website: https://titanaes.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sdmurphy

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