Jonathan Read

Jonathan Read is the Group Technology Director at Lindal Group. Jonathan has also served as the CEO, President, Board Director, and Founder of ECOtality.

ECOtality was a pioneer in EV charging, battery technology and testing with 15,000+networked commercial and residential chargers deployed. The company started with a shell and uplifted to, and traded on NASDAQ. ECOtality raised $160+ million in new capital via debt, private equity, and PIPE financing.

Read radically pivoted the company's tech base from hydrogen to electric battery, storage, testing and charging technology, and held worldwide leadership in the field. Jonathan completed 8 acquisitions and 3 joint ventures (Australia, China & North America). In addition, they were awarded federal, state and local grants and awards, including over $180M from the Department of Energy.

Read established partnerships with major utilities, government agencies, and Fortune 500s including, ABB, ARCO/BP, Audi/VW, Best Buy, Capgemini, Cisco, Ford, GM, Ikea, McDonald’s, Nissan, SAP, Sears, Sony & Wal-Mart. Jonathan also led award winning new product design, manufacture, and market introduction. Read created the first networked commercial and home EV charging system, and thereby the largest global database on EV charging habits for the DOE. Jonathan brought in strategic equity and distribution partners, ABB (Switzerland

Jonathan Read attended Claremont McKenna College and Taft School.

Jonathan Read works with Phil Lever - Group Sales Director, Frederic Noel - COO, and Philip Brand - Group Marketing Director. Jonathan Read reports to Francois-Xavier Gilbert, CEO.