Eric Dresselhuys

Category Leader Partner Corp. I is a blank check company that is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded on January 26, 2021 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ESS Tech Subsidiary, Inc. develops and commercializes a long duration battery for commercial and utility scale energy storage. It offers applications to the military, commercial and utility industries. The company was founded by Craig E. Evans and Julia Song in 2011 and is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Autogrid Systems, Inc. provides data analytics and simulation software for the smart grid. The firm serves utilities of all sizes, grid operators, electricity retailers, ESCO services companies, and end-users and it develops and markets services that both help lower costs and improve reliability of the electricity supply chain. The company was founded by Amit Narayan in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood Shores, CA.

ESS, Inc. is a company that provides sustainable, long-duration energy storage solutions to accelerate decarbonization. The company is based in Wilsonville, OR. The company's technology uses earth-abundant iron, salt, and water to deliver environmentally safe solutions capable of providing up to 12 hours of flexible energy capacity for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications. ESS was founded in 2011 by Julia Song, Craig E. Evans. Eric P. Dresselhuys has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Smart Energy Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions to energy, water, and gas providers worldwide. The private company is based in Irvine, CA, and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company offers a digital customer experience platform that harnesses the power of digital to better address customer needs and build future-ready utilities. The company provides advanced energy disaggregation capabilities to utility customers down to the individual appliance level, and their AI/ML foundation detects and extracts valuable user consumption data and converts them into intelligent insights. The company was founded in 2018 by Deepak Garg, who has been the CEO since 2018.