• Financial planning & analysis
• Accounting
• Corporate communications
• Marketing logistics

Amy joined Tula in 2013, bringing structure, initiative, and efficiency to the finance department. She is responsible for budgeting, accounting and plays a key role in Tula finance positioning. In addition, Amy assures communication and logistics stay on track in marketing department. Prior to Tula, Amy was a staff accountant for the Elmore Companies, an independently owned company with numerous subsidiaries including minor league baseball teams, industrial equipment, medical legal consulting, and real estate management.

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, San Francisco State University
• Interdisciplinary Studies in Accounting, California State University Bakersfield

• Propulsion optimization
• Facility management
• Vehicle builds
• Racecar fabrication
• Silver level patent inventor

Chris joined Tula Technology in 2008, bringing extensive vehicle and engine modification/ optimization expertise to the company. He is responsible for Tula’s dynamometer testing facility; vehicle builds and Tula vehicle demonstrations. Prior to joining Tula, Chris worked in the automotive aftermarket industry as manager of an engineering team designing and manufacturing performance parts for BMWs and was also manager of the Engine and Race departments, including dynamometers, engine machine shop and track support for professional racing series. Earlier in his career, Chris was an automotive technician, racecar fabricator and crew chief of numerous race teams, including racing victories at Daytona 24.

• Advanced propulsion
• High efficiency engines
• Bronze level patent inventor

Elliott joined Tula in 2015, bringing expertise in advanced combustion and high efficiency engines research. He currently leads our DMD technology Ecosystem development efforts. Elliott has a strong history of collaboration across both internal teams and partner organizations, focusing on testing, analysis, and calibration capabilities. Prior to joining Tula, Elliott held research positions at General Motors, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ford Motor Company and ZF, where he investigated novel engine and powertrain concepts.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Master’s degree in aerospace engineering, University of Michigan
• PhD in mechanical engineering, University of Michigan

• Human Resources
• Talent Acquisition
• Silicon Valley Recruiting

Glenda joined Tula in 2012, bringing both human resources and Silicon Valley recruiting expertise to the organization. Before Tula, Glenda held HR management and talent acquisition positions at technology companies including Magnum Semiconductor (specializing in video compression, acquired by GigOptix) and ATMI, Inc. (a provider of specialty semiconductor materials, acquired by Entegris).

• Attended Brandman University
• Organization Development Program, Columbia University

• Electrical engineering
• Electromechanical product development
• EE group lead
• Control circuitry
• Gold level patent inventor

Jack joined Tula in 2008, bringing both creative and practical solutions to Tula’s electrical and electromechanical product development. He was instrumental in designing the original deactivation hardware and control circuitry for Tula’s first demonstration vehicle and contributed to the development of Tula’s 48V eDSF inverter and E-motor dynos. Prior to joining Tula, Jack held management, hardware design and engineering positions at Foveon (image sensors), Tripath (digital audio amplification) and National Semiconductor (digital logic, mass storage, ethernet).

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, San Jose State University

• Engine/powertrain controls
• Controls engineering and strategy
• Customer program management
• Customer facing
• Platinum level patent inventor

Jackie joined Tula in 2010, bringing advanced engine/powertrain control expertise to Tula. She wrote the prototyping software operating Tula’s first demonstration vehicle and currently leads the dDSF group that supports multiple customer and partner diesel development programs. Jackie also leads the China business development team with an established reputation. Prior to Tula, Jackie worked at Navistar as a controls engineer responsible for advanced control strategies for meeting stringent emission regulations.

• Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in controls engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
• PhD in electrical engineering, The Ohio State University

• Controls engineering
• Research & Development
• Platinum level patent inventor

Mark joined Tula in 2009, bringing extensive engine controls R&D expertise to the company. He was part of our original team that first developed DSF technology, and he headed advanced control systems development before being named manager of Tula’s electrified DSF effort. Prior to joining Tula, Mark held positions at General Motors, Toyota, and UC Berkeley’s Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory, as well as startups outside the automotive space.

• Master’s degree, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• PhD in mechanical engineering, University of California, Berkeley

• Motor controls
• Electronic systems
• Electrified transportation

Paul joined Tula in 2018, bringing an extensive knowledge of electric motor controls and power electronics systems to our electric motor efforts. Prior to Tula, Paul was technical director in the EV startup CleanWave Technologies, and prior to CleanWave, he was chief engineer with BAE Systems in the HybriDrive division where he worked on commuter buses, commercial trucks, military vehicles and electric aircraft programs.

• Bachelor’s degree in electronics (first class with honors), Brighton Technical College (Brighton University), U.K.

• Technical marketing
• Program management
• Business development
• Corporate communications
• Event planning
• Bronze level patent inventor

Ram joined Tula in 2013, bringing a background in technical marketing and program management to Tula. He heads up market research and leads many of the creative efforts in conference participation and external messaging. Prior to Tula, Ram was at Xilinx managing the worldwide university program team and at Marvell Semiconductors where his responsibilities included automotive and consumer wireless solutions applications, marketing and business development. He began his career at Hewlett Packard as a software engineer.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
• Master’s degree in computer engineering, University of Cincinnati

• Simulation and analysis
• Combustion and emissions modeling
• Identifying and developing solutions
• Customer facing
• Bronze level patent inventor

Robert joined Tula in 2015, brining extensive simulation and analysis expertise, project management skills and customer interface experience. Robert leads business develop efforts in Europe and Japan in addition to customer acquisition strategy. Prior to joining Tula, Robert served as staff engineer and combustion and emissions application lead at Gamma Technologies, where he defined and developed the commercial strategy for an in-cylinder software product and collaborated with OEMs and suppliers on enhancing engine performance simulations models.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, University of Illinois

• Noise and vibration mitigation
• Customer program management
• Customer facing
• Silver level patent inventor

Vijay joined Tula in 2012, bringing automotive noise and vibration expertise to Tula. He helps identify and implement both software and hardware solutions to improve DSF’s value. He aids in bringing technology DSF to production through project management and technical support for customers and partners. Prior to joining Tula, Vijay worked in NVH engineering roles at Chrysler and Hitachi Automotive, developing product solutions through testing, simulation and analysis.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy
• Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, The Ohio State University

• Power electronics
• Motor drive technologies
• EV propulsion systems
• Customer facing

Zhiqian joined Tula in 2020, bringing his power electronics and motor drive technologies expertise to our DMD program. He also works to identify technologies and perform market segment data analysis. Prior to Tula, he held various engineering and management positions, most recently with Rheinmetall Automotive and Lucid Motors, where he focused on the intricacies of integrating electric motors with advanced EV propulsion systems. He began his career with positions as Aisin and IMRA Europe.

• Bachelor’s degree in automatic control, Southeast University, China
• Master’s degree and PhD in electrical engineering, Nagoya University, Japan