Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
FuelCell Energy, United States
Anthony (Tony) Leo has played key leadership roles in research, development, and
commercialization of stationary fuel cell platforms for more than 40 years and is actively
involved in expanding the markets for the megawatt-class clean distributed power
generation, hydrogen production, energy storage, and carbon capture solutions of
FuelCell Energy. Mr. Leo is focused on continued improvement of FCE’s power
generation platforms and commercialization of the company’s next generation products
and applications. This includes solid oxide fuel cells, fuel cells used for hydrogen-based
energy storage, fuel cells used for CO2 capture, and fuel cells used for hydrogen
production, a technology that is now commercially available as the SureSource Hydrogen
platform.
Mr. Leo joined FuelCell Energy in 1978 to work on advanced electrochemical
technologies for energy storage and generation. He has held numerous positions in the
company including managing advanced research and development of rechargeable
batteries and fuel cells, managing the first large-scale demonstration stationary fuel cell
project, and establishing the Product Engineering group to eliminate reliance on outside
engineering contractors and develop and retain product engineering expertise within the
Company. He also managed the creation of FCE’s Service and Project Management
organizations during the company’s evolution from an R&D organization to a
commercial operation.
Mr. Leo holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute. He has authored numerous papers, contributed to technical books, holds
several U.S. Patents, and has served as Chairman of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers PTC-50 Fuel Cell Performance Test Code committee. He has also served on the
US Department of Energy (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee
(HTAC).
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