ALPHARETTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Storion Energy LLC, a supplier with domestic production facilities for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) components, announced today the appointment of Sue Ozdemir as Chief Executive Officer.
Ozdemir brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience in the electric motors and batteries industry. Her appointment marks a pivotal step in Storion Energy’s long-term growth strategy, as the company positions itself to rapidly scale up production of vanadium electrolyte and power assembly stacks used to deploy VRFBs to meet the increased long-duration energy storage needs of the data center and AI industries in the U.S.
“We are pleased to welcome Sue to the Storion Energy team,” said Mike Judd, Chairman of the Board for Storion Energy and Chief Executive Officer and President of Stryten Energy. “She has a unique combination of technical expertise and commercial leadership experience, both of which will contribute to her ability to successfully guide Storion through the commercialization of its VRFB components and the rapid adoption of VRFB technology for utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) applications.”
“I am honored to join the Storion Energy team to lead its mission to establish a cost-competitive domestic manufacturing base for VRFB components, which is critical to ensuring the availability of utility-scale energy required to support the expansion of data centers, AI and other commercial and industrial needs for safe and reliable long-duration energy storage,” said Ozdemir.
Ozdemir recently served as the CEO of Exro Technologies, where she advanced EV motor control technology. Previously, she was CEO of Wolong Electric America, GE Motor Division, where she managed global operations spanning North and South America and Asia to rapidly expand market share and drive revenue growth. Sue also served as the CEO of GE Power Conversion, responsible for leading commercial strategies to achieve global distribution channels and increased market share for small industrial motors. Sue holds an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Fredericton and was a 2025 Canada Clean50 Honoree.
About Storion Energy
Storion Energy is bringing energy resilience and security to the flow battery industry by removing the barrier to entry for battery manufacturers with a vertically integrated supply chain providing Power Assembly Stacks and competitively-priced vanadium electrolyte. Storion is a joint venture between Stryten Energy LLC and Largo Clean Energy Corp., a subsidiary of Largo Inc., one of the world’s largest and highest-quality vanadium suppliers that will support scalable domestic vanadium electrolyte production to establish a fully integrated vertical supply chain for utility-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery Long Duration Energy Storage (VRFB LDES) solutions. VRFB solutions are a safe and reliable option for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that need to provide energy storage of four or more hours. Storion has locations in Alpharetta, Georgia, and Wilmington, Massachusetts. Learn more at storion.com.
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Stryten Energy
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