RTI Experts

Sameer Parvathikar helps companies scale up promising technologies for real-world application. He oversees projects that test, validate, and de-risk new technologies, allowing innovators to prove their performance before making major commercial investments.

Steve McManus helps clients navigate commercialization challenges and determine how the RTI Pilot Xcelerator can support technology validation, market opportunities, and business strategy.

David Dausch provides strategic oversight and executive leadership for the RTI Pilot Xcelerator. He leads engineering, technology advancement, and commercialization teams that help move innovation towards commercial deployment.

Marty Lail leads energy systems and carbon management research, helping develop and scale carbon capture and conversion technologies at the RTI Pilot Xcelerator.

David Dayton helps innovators scale thermochemical conversion technologies, from laboratory proof-of-principles studies to pilot plant demonstrations, with an emphasis on converting biomass and waste resources to advanced biofuels and bioproducts.

Jak Tanthana partners with clients to design, test, and optimize complex energy technologies, leveraging deep expertise in process engineering, controls, and pilot-scale systems to accelerate commercialization and market readiness.

Pradeep Sharma leads the development, integration, and scale-up of technologies for carbon capture, gas-to-liquid conversion, warm gas desulfurization, and hydrogen production. He helps clients evaluate pathways to improve their technology’s efficiency and costs, accelerating commercialization readiness.

Paul Mobley helps innovators bridge the gap between research and deployment, providing engineering leadership for technology scale-up, pilot demonstrations, and commercialization strategies that accelerate market adoption of advanced energy solutions.

Mustapha Soukri helps clients accelerate the transition of advanced materials from research to real-world deployment by leading multidisciplinary R&D programs that address critical challenges in energy, manufacturing, and environmental sustainability.

Garrett McKeown Wessler helps clients turn promising technologies into market-ready solutions through technology assessment, commercialization planning, partnership scouting, and strategic insights that reduce risk and accelerate growth.