Johanne G. Medina Then
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Johanne has 20 years of management experience; his companies ranging from scaled cocoa plantation management and food distribution, to greenfield metals manufacturing and ultra high strength powder metallurgy. He has a blend of operational and financial expertise, most recently serving as VP of Strategic Finance, Braidy Industries Inc. His leadership and financial skills helped successfully raise $170 million of private equity during the past three years. Johanne is self-motivated, a leader, highly focused, and driven by challenges. In recent years he gained experience in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) playing an important role in the acquisition of two scientific powder metallurgy companies incubated at MIT and Northwestern University. From 2005 – 2017 he served as CFO/COO and successfully launched a new European sports franchise in the US. Johanne played a key role in founding his first company and creating the vision and path forward for Ecolution KWH LLC. Johanne is happily married and a very proud father. He is fluent in English and Spanish.