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10 Bloom Energy engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher engineering roles at Bloom Energy, including the company's Chief Technology Officer and vice presidents of engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders build and run their teams at Bloom Energy.
Professionals to explore
01—10Ali Zargari
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering and Controls · Bloom Energy
Senior Director of Engineering and Controls at Bloom Energy since 2023 and Director Development Engineering there since 2020, both listed as current. Other Bloom Energy roles include Senior Manager, Senior Principal Controls Engineer (2019–2020) and Senior Manager, Principal System Engineer (2016–2020).
Carl Cottuli
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Global Engineering · Bloom Energy
Senior Vice President Global Engineering at Bloom Energy since 2012, a current role at the President/Vice President level in the Engineering and Technical department. The profile also lists VP Product & Service at Wright Line/Eaton (2008–2012) and VP, office of the CTO at APC by Schneider Electric (2001–2009).
Craig Metcho
LinkedInExperience: Director of Electrical Engineer, Product Development · Bloom Energy
Director of Electrical Engineer, Product Development at Bloom Energy since 2013, a current role, and former Electrical Engineer at Otis Elevator Co. (2008–2013). The profile says this person leads a team of a dozen electrical engineers designing solid oxide fuel cell and electrolyzer systems.
Elson Seiki
LinkedInExperience: VP, Manufacturing Engineering · Bloom Energy
Former VP, Manufacturing Engineering (2018–2024) and Senior Director, Equipment Engineering (2009–2024) at Bloom Energy. The profile says the VP role managed factory engineering, including process, equipment, maintenance and yield, and led the team to improve yield to 95% and reduce cost by 15% in the last year.
Martin Perry
LinkedInExperience: VP of Engineering · Bloom Energy Corp
Former VP of Engineering at Bloom Energy Corp (2019–2023) in San Jose. Other Bloom Energy roles include Sr. Director Engineering (2013–2023), a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department, and Director of Engineering HB (2003–2013); the profile also lists Stack Development at Global Thermoelectric (1998–2002).
Mike Gasda
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Stack Engineering · Bloom Energy
Senior Director of Stack Engineering at Bloom Energy since 2009, a current role, and former Project Engineer, Home Energy Station R&D at Plug Power (2000–2006). The profile describes this person as head of the fuel cell and electrolyzer stack development organization at Bloom Energy, with expertise in materials science and electrochemical testing.
Mike Petrucha
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering · Bloom Energy
Vice President of Engineering at Bloom Energy since June 2025, a current role; other Bloom Energy roles include Director Of Engineering (2019–2026) and Senior Principle Engineer Senior Manager (2015–2026). The profile says this engineering director has experienced the entire product life cycle of the Bloom Energy System and managed a team of engineers.
Pramod Vachhani
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Development Engineering · Bloom Energy
Sr. Director - Development Engineering at Bloom Energy in Bengaluru since February 2023, a current role, and former Director - Engineering there (2021–2023), a Director-level role. Other Bloom Energy roles include Senior Principal Engineer - Analytics & Automation (2018–2021) and Principal Engineer - Process Modeling, Data Analysis & Control (2015–2017).
Ranganathan Gurunathan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Of Engineering (PCS) · Bloom Energy
Vice President Of Engineering (PCS) at Bloom Energy in Bengaluru since February 2022, a current role at the President/Vice President level. Other Bloom Energy roles include Director Engineering (2014–2022) and Senior Principal Engineer (2012–2013), and the profile also lists Staff engineer at APC by Schneider Electric (2002–2006).
Ravi Prasher
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer · Bloom Energy
Chief Technology Officer at Bloom Energy since October 2022, a current C-level role in the Engineering and Technical department. The profile also lists Associate Lab Director (2018–2022) and Senior Scientist (2017–2022) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley since 2017.
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Match the person's area to your question, since stack development, development engineering, controls, electrical design and manufacturing engineering face different problems. For current practice, favor people whose Bloom Energy role is current, and weigh how long ago any former role ended.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide when a new fuel cell stack design is ready to move from development into production?
- 02What testing and reliability work matters most before a new system design ships to customers?
- 03How do you structure engineering teams across sites so that development and manufacturing engineering stay aligned?
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