About our Team
Terrament is a New York based clean-tech startup building long-duration energy storage with gravity batteries deployed deep underground.
We have been awarded one US Patent, and we have two more pending patent applications. We are grateful to have been accepted into the following programs:
- CEBIP accelerator program at Stony Brook University (since 2021).
- Founder Fellowship cohort at Newlab (in 2023, still active).
- Plug and Play Program (Japan - Energy focus, in 2024).
- Clean Tech Open Program (Northeast, in 2024).
Terrament Team
Founder Team
Eric Chaves
Founder / CEO
Eric Chaves is a technical entrepreneur with 20 years experience spanning Architecture, Industrial Design, and Software Engineering. With experience building two previous tech startups, he launched Terrament in 2020 to bring new innovation to the field of mechanical energy storage. He is a Founder Fellow at Newlab, and a member of the CEBIP accelerator at Stony Brook University.
Coming Soon
Co-Founder, Finance:
MBA with extensive experience modeling and executing Renewable Energy Project Finance.
Coming Soon
Co-Founder, CTO:
Mechanical Engineer PhD with extensive experience building large-scale mechanical systems.
Advisors
Dr. Wei Li, Advisor
Geo-scientist, Civil Engineer, PhD
Professor, Stony Brook
Dr. Jon Longtin, Advisor
Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Dean, Stony Brook
Steven DeCarlo, Advisor
Electrical Engineering, MBA
Grid Utilities + Pumped Hydro
Kathryn Gardner, Advisor
Mining Engineer, P.E., MBA, Esq.
Courtney Reich, Advisor
Mechanical Engineering, M.S.
Battery Tech, Statistics
Rich Delmerico, Advisor
Electrical/Industrial Engineering
Business M.S.
Etinosa Ogiesoba, Advisor
Electrical Engineer, ME, MBA
Colin Bateson, Advisor
Mechanical Engineer, PhD
