Our team

 

The cornerstone of C6’s competitive advantage is its depth in both technical and business talent, representing over 150 of experience. In coupling step-up design thinking with an extremely compelling business case against legacy material competitors, the C6 leadership team is bringing game-changing products to the marketplace.


Ben Maher, Chief Executive Officer

Ben Maher has over 17 years of business development, management and entrepreneurial experience and most recently served as President of Gordon Group Holdings. Gordon Group is a private company with substantial real estate and financial assets.

  • Founder of Litchfield Holdings a successful venture accelerator and seed investor
  • Founder of Advanced Products Lab. A manufacturing technology and chemistry company
  • Founder of NP technologies. A renewable energy and power generation technology company
  • Directed a $1.3 billion master development project in Canada that included entertainment retail, big box retail, eight restaurants, a water park hotel, commercial hotels, a sports arena, residential housing and office space.
  • Founder of The MayorGroup. A real estate company that focused on horizontal residential development in the Western Rockies.

Drew Holt, Chief Technology Officer

Prior to C6 Industries, Drew Holt led companies including Holt Power Group and its affiliates for 14 years. Drew has directed technology and development programs for over 16 years for companies such as Advanced Products Lab, NP technologies and Holt Power.

  • Founder of Litchfield Holdings a successful venture accelerator and seed investor
  • Founder of Advanced Products Lab. A manufacturing technology and chemistry company
  • Founder of NP technologies. A renewable energy and power generation technology company
  • Founder of Holt Power Group. A technology solutions company that provided services to clients such as Chevron, the US Department of Defense, and the US Air Force.
  • Spearheaded multiple remote telecom & wind/solar charging applications & installations for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force

Daniel Haas, Chief Operating Officer

Daniel has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, design, and construction of complex projects around the world.

  • CEO of NEPCO which grew from a $200 million a year contractor with 240 employees to the fourth largest power constructor in the world with a $1.3 billion annual book of work and 6,600 employees
  • Started a wind turbine manufacturing & installation company in India; Haas aided in fund raising, developed a manufacturing & assembly facility, and successfully erected three wind energy parks
  • One of six original partners in Noble Environmental Power. NEP raised over $500 million in equity, completed nearly $2 billion in project financing, and designed and built over 700 MW’s of new wind energy projects in just over 3 years
  • Haas played a key role in starting the power plant engineering and construction group at CNF which was created to pursue a rapidly developing independent power generation market

Ed Marin – Head of Composites Research

Ed is an Aerospace and Composites Engineer who has decades of experience in design, analysis, integration and manufacturing of advanced composites. Ed has served as an Advanced Propulsion ECS and Thermal Analysis Engineer for Northrop Grumman.

  • Spearheaded the specification & analysis program for a hypersonic technology project that was later used to for the Air Force Propulsion Weapons Program
  • Received the California Council of Distinguished Engineers 1999 Project Achievement Award for the development of the TemrokCeramics Composite product
  • Lead research, development and production programs in both the public and private sectors for NASA, The Navy, and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
  • Created design, analysis, and testing programs for the aerospace systems in the F-18 Super Hornet, the B2 Stealth Bomber, Unmanned Air Combat Vehicle, and several space vehicles

Reid Stewart, Director of Marketing

Reid has over 15 years experience in marketing consulting for blue chip companies such as Toyota, AT&T, Gillette and Texaco.

  • Senior Vice President, Group Director at Team Epic marketing consulting
  • Contributing developer of Gillette’s international sports marketing strategy
  • Recently created lifestyle marketing programming for Toyota across several product segments
  • Experienced B-to-B marketer across multiple industries, including alternative energy