Susan Stone is CEO at Blue Current, a startup designing high-performing solid-state batteries that safely and sustainably power the EV and consumer tech industries. As an award-winning entrepreneurial leader, she specializes in growing companies with disruptive technologies to commercially scale and transform the industries they serve. Stone was previously CEO of solar technology company Ubiquitous Energy. Prior to her executive leadership in climate tech, she was the founder and CEO of Sierra Wasatch Capital, an early stage venture capital firm. Stone managed early stage investing for Riverhorse Investments, Inc., worked at JPMorgan in New York, as well as Houlihan Lokey in Los Angeles. Stone is a former investment banker in mergers & acquisitions. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.