David Roberts

David Roberts serves as LiBridge’s Director, helping advance the public private partnership’s mission to help develop a robust U.S. supply chaing. As an initiative of Argonne National Labs and sponsorship from the DOE, LiBridge facilitates collaboration between the federal government and the battery industry to achieve this mission. David also helps lead Applied Research Institute (ARI), a non-profit organization focused on innovation and technology initiatives that broadly support national security and promote economic development in disruptive sectors. He previously led the team that created and implemented a cohesive $1B innovation & entrepreneurship strategy for the State of Indiana. He has been CEO of lithium-ion battery companies in both the public-private and the PE-backed private sector, patent and legal counsel for Caterpillar, engineer with Lockheed Martin, board member of domestic and international organizations, COO for a special purpose acquisition company, and private practice patent & business attorney.