Kedar Murthy

In September 2021, Mr. Kedar Murthy became Chief Commercial Officer of Nuvera Fuel Cells overseeing the commercialization, distribution and aftermarket service of Nuvera’s cost-effective fuel cell solutions for commercial and industrial mobility applications. Mr. Murphy’s career has spanned large companies, private equity and startups. He gained experience at General Electric and Cabot Corp. At General Electric, Mr. Murphy was recognized as “Marketing Person of the Year” and spent time on corporate audit staff earning his six-sigma black belt. At Cabot his experience included leadership roles in corporate strategy, manufacturing and Mr. Murphy was Global Sales Director for all customer facing groups including sales, marketing, technical service and the website. After working at large enterprises, he became Executive Vice President of the Global OEM business at private equity backed GPX International leading a global tire business which was subsequently acquired. Later Mr. Murphy joined start-up Lehigh Technologies Inc., a venture capital funded specialty materials company as Vice President and General Manager, building and globalizing this business before it was acquired by Michelin. Mr. Murthy has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Murphy is on the advisory board of Silpara Technologies, the co-chair of Boston Latin School Association, and President of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologies Alumni Association.