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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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Lead Actor Experience: Ford F-150 Lightning

In summer 2022 Ford’s marketing team contacted me, a battery scientist, after finding my YouTube channel, and asked if I was available to be a lead talent in their “Truth about Trucks” video series on the F-150 Lightning. It was a welcome invitation; the opportunity excited me! After a couple weeks of preparation, they flew
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Just Released: Two YouTube Videos on Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS)

Not one, but TWO YouTube videos on EIS have been released! The first, 5 Best Practices for Accurate Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) Data, shares the best practices for setting up and performing EIS (because experimental setup should be straightforward, and not interfere with the data and results). The second, Selecting PEIS vs GEIS for Battery
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Invited Lecturer for UC Irvine’s Management Beyond the Classroom (MBC) Certificate Program

As an alumni of the University of California, Irvine and Anteater (Zot Zot Zot!), it was a pleasure to be invited to give a lecture for Graduate Division’s Management Beyond the Classroom (MBC) certificate program in early September. My talk “Maximizing Team Potential with a Culture of Inclusion” provided actionable steps for leading a diverse
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Volta Foundation JEDI Talk: Maximizing Team Potential through a Culture of Inclusion

As a recent new volunteer project director of the Volta Foundation’s JEDI (Justice, equity, diveristy, inclusion) council, I presented one of my most commonly requested talks: “Maximizing Team Potential through a Culture of Inclusion” for a JEDI webinar event. Discussing creating psychologically safe teams to inspire innovation in the battery industry is, quite possibly, one
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Invited Presenter of Hioki’s Slurry Analyzer

I was excited to be invited back to share about Hioki’s new slurry analyzer in a webinar format! It is such a joy to work with the Hioki team. Hioki’s slurry analyzer is capable of measuring electrical properties of battery electrode slurries, a great tool for developing electrodes while limiting material and energy waste generated