_Personal Profile
Aiming to reduce global warming through sustainable energy production and consumption, and reducing the "risk of human extinction" by "making life multi-planetary" and setting up a human colony on Mars.
_Work Experience
Currently oversee the company's product strategy - including the design, engineering and manufacturing of more and more affordable electric vehicles for mainstream consumers. Insisted on using carbon fiber composite materials in the hull to minimize weight, developed the battery module and even some elements of design, like the headlights. Received Global Green 2006 product design award for Tesla Roadster design.
Plans to reduce space transportation to enable people to colonize Mars. Oversee the development of rockets and spacecraft for missions to Earth orbit and ultimately to other planets. Developed the Falcon 9 spacecraft which replaced the space shuttle whet it retired in 2011.
Involved in the development of new business models, conducted a successful viral marketing campaign, which led to a rapid increase in the number of customers. Created a method of securely transferring money using a recipient's e-mail address.
Created a platform where newspapers - including credible ones as New York Times - could offer their customers some additional commercial services.
_Skills & Competences
_Education
Penn's College of Arts and Sciences
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
_Interests