Sanjiv Malhotra

Sparkz, Inc. is a company founded by Sanjiv Malhotra, a former U.S. Department of Energy executive, in late 2019. The company is based in Livermore, CA. Sparkz is focused on re-engineering the battery supply chain and developing less expensive energy. The company has completed the transfer of 6 patents from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and continue to be an R & D partner. Sparkz's first commercial product is a high energy-density zero cobalt, American-made lithium-ion battery that offers 2x the energy density compared to other zero cobalt batteries being produced predominantly in China. The company's objective is to reduce the cost of lithium battery production while also eliminating a primary environmental concern and reducing chokepoints created by a foreign supply-chain. Sparkz will be announcing its customer and OEM partnerships in the near future. Sanjiv Malhotra has been the CEO since 2019.

Oorja Corp. designs, develops and manufacturers methanol fuel cells. Its products include model 3 — for materials handling and portable applications, model T-1 — for telecommunications and stationary applications, stationary refueling station, mobile refueling station and remote user interface — for real-time monitoring of multiple systems. The company was founded by Sanjiv Malhotra in 2004 and is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engages on research of environmental studies, nanoscience, and quantitative biology, physics and nuclear energy. The lab is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University of California. It was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.