Fred Alvarado is the Vice President and co-founder/co-owner of Red Mountain Arsenal LLC in Roswell, NM. He is responsible for all international business development. Fred assists the RMA President with all tasks, as required and is responsible for the overall successful operation of the team. He maintains acute awareness of market and industry trends. Fred also functions as the company Empowered Official.

Fred was also the Director of Trade Compliance at AeroVironment in Simi Valley, CA. He was responsible for providing direct oversight and leadership to the AeroVironment (AV) Trade Compliance function. He reported directly to the AV Board of Directors and was tasked to negotiate parameters, and potential fines with the U.S. Department of State, for open export violations which would eventually lead to a Voluntary Disclosure.

Fred was the Director of Corporate Compliance and Empowered Official for Nammo Incorporated located in Arlington, VA and was responsible for ensuring the Nammo US family of companies complied with all US export/import laws.

Fred’s compliance experience spans 25+ years, previously with Loral Corporation and Lockheed Martin, in both ITAR and EAR with specialties in; classified programs, commercial US DoD shipments, technical data determinations and NATO programs. His unique background includes international business development, logistics management and commercial aviation operations.

Fred was an aircraft maintenance officer with the US Air Force having worked on such diverse aircraft as the B-52, CF-101, F-15 and F-16.

Dr. Prisca Tiasse is a scientist entrepreneur. Her expertise in microbial fatty acid biosynthesis and genetic engineering brought her to Los Alamos, NM in 2011, as part of the U.S Department of Energy “National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts” consortium, where she worked on metabolic engineering of algae to optimize algae biofuels production.

The impact of her work spans the fields of biotechnology and medicine. Some of her high-impact work includes her work with Vibrio cholerae, the bacterial agent responsible for the water-borne cholera disease, during which she discovered the gene responsible for Triclosan-resistance (an antibacterial frequently used in household products at the time). Triclosan was finally banned by the FDA in 2016.

As a member of the international MetaSUB consortium, which globally monitors microbes in the environment, Dr Tiasse has been actively involved in community tracking of the COVID19 virus on surfaces and in municipal wastewater. She lent her expertise to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Standards for Wastewater Surveillance (SWWS) group, working on a guidance document to support wastewater surveillance for biological targets.

Dr. Tiasse is the founder of "The Community Lab", a Biotech R&D company; and "Los Alamos Makers", a community-based non-profit technical training center).

She leverages her business development experience by serving on the board of the New Mexico Bioscience Authority and the Los Alamos County Economic Vitality Action Team, and still leverages her technical skills as a consultant for technology startups.

In her current role with Palladias, Dr. Prisca Tiasse helps develop and commercialize resin technology originally developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Palladias' versatile technology is unmatched and allows them to rapidly select for critical metal chelators from a variety of sources, including waste streams such as acid mine leachate. The technology applies to rare earth elements (REE), Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE), platinum group metals, battery-related metals (e.g. cobalt, nickel). Palladias also develops resins for the pharmaceutical industry and resins for government use (radionuclide scrubbing).

Benjamin Warner founded Palladias in 2022 to develop and commercialize high performance ion exchange for recovering and refining critical metals. Prior to Palladias, he founded Icagen, Inc., a biotech company based on technology from Los Alamos National Laboratory. He also co-founded Vere Labs, which developed lab automation. He also spent 10 years at Los Alamos, including 5 years as Project Leader for National Security.

Warner works in combinatorial chemistry, high-throughput screening, and at the interface of chemistry and engineering. He is an inventor on 43 US patents in five patent families (and over 75 issued and pending US and foreign patents), all of which have been optioned or licensed.

Warner holds a BS in Chemistry from the University of the South, and a PhD in Chemistry from MIT.

Tom Chepucavage – CEO & Co-Founder, Flow Aluminum is a seasoned executive with a deep background in finance, strategy, and energy innovation.

Tom began his career in management consulting at Accenture, where he honed his expertise in business transformation and operational efficiency. His career trajectory led him to increasingly impactful roles in the utilities and battery supply chain industries, where he developed a strong understanding of energy markets, grid stability, and emerging battery technologies.

His passion for energy innovation deepened through his work in technology transfer at the University of New Mexico, where he collaborated with researchers and industry experts to bring cutting-edge technologies to market. During this time that he met his co-founder at Flow Aluminum, a company dedicated to revolutionizing long-duration energy storage with safe, sustainable, and cost-efficient aluminum battery technology. Under Tom’s leadership, Flow Aluminum is pioneering next-generation energy storage solutions that offer a domestically sourced alternative to lithium-ion, with applications ranging from grid resilience to military and microgrid deployments. Tom holds a degree in Finance from Georgetown University and an Executive MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Beyond his work in clean energy, Tom is a dedicated father and enjoys spending quality time with his 17-year-old daughter, a junior at Eldorado High School in Albuquerque. Whether supporting her academic and extracurricular pursuits or exploring outdoors, he values the balance between his professional mission and personal life.

With a strategic vision for a cleaner energy future, Tom continues to drive Flow Aluminum toward becoming a key player in the transition to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy storage.