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Jill Pestana founded Pestana Solutions, a B2B business development and marketing consulting firm for high-tech companies.

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  • The Inflation Reduction Act & Its Impact on Battery Production and Recycling

    🌐 The good news is that policy is an effective driving force in creating a sustainable energy future, globally. I learned this when I was learning about city-level activism to mitigate climate change as a graduate student at University of California, Irvine. My friend and colleague, Dr. Ben Leffel, researched how cities in China, like

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  • 2024 Battery Industry Career Tips

    Can you believe it’s already 2024? I’m excited to share a few tips for navigating the battery industry career-wise for this upcoming year! 2023 was full of new developments in the battery industry. It seemed like every day there was a new announcement of a company getting funding, starting up, or pivoting! Battery Industry is

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  • Moderator & Panelist for CA Energy Commission IPER Electrification Market Outlook Workshop

    In January 2023 I was invited by a California Energy Commission (CEC) analyst to moderate this panel for the Integrated Energy Policy Report (IPER) Commissioners’ Workshop on Electrification Market Outlook Workshop. The event hosted panelists Sara Baldwin, Mike Roeth, Mike Sontag, and Gil Tal, experts in various fields within the aim of electrification – building

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  • Quoted Expert in BBC Futures Article on Battery Technology with Lignin

    What a great start to the new year! A few months ago, a BBC reporter, Chris Baraniuk, contacted me requesting my expert opinion and insights into batteries using lignin as a key material. We had a great conversation where we discussed the advantages/disadvantages of using lignin-derived carbon as an anode material, and whether these technologies

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  • My New Adventure with Accenture: Gigafactories & more

    At the end of December, I accepted a role with Accenture as the battery lead for North America! Soon after, I found myself flying to Australia as part of the Recharge Industries Battery Conference. It was wonderful to meet my work colleagues and the teams of Recharge Industries, Scale Facilitations, and C4V in the location

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