The Team Empowering The World

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Ruby Jones, CEO

Hailing from experiences like leading a 100+ person team to race a solar car across Australia and designing and building Australia’s first GW-scale hydrogen hubs, Ruby brings full-scale operating experience to Aquila.

Muhammad Hanif, Scientist

With decades of experience in photovoltaic technologies and nano-fabrication techniques, designing optoelectronic sensors for space applications, Hanif brings deep scientific and technical expertise to Aquila.

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Rita Tri, Hardware Lead

From leading mechanical teams in solar racing to space laser telescopes. Rita has experience integrating novel components into Ford vehicles and focuses on developing high-performance receiver designs for Aquila.

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Andrew Lee, Scientist

Considered a global expert in Raman and Vortex lasers with 100+ published papers, Andrew’s 20-year laser track record drives performant, efficient and battle-tested optical power delivery systems.

William A’ Court, Mechatronics Lead

With engineering experience spanning electric car racing, global robotics championships and building high-speed control systems for electric motors, William has the know-how to supercharge our control systems team.

We’re a team of highly skilled scientists and engineers with focus and big ambitions.

Our team is a melting pot of talent and expertise. We have driven leaders, technical experts, and young engineers with potential. Everyone deeply aligns with our vision to create scalable optical power systems.

Backed By The Best

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Niki Scevak - Director

Blackbird Ventures

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Chris Hitchen - Investor

Possible Ventures

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Nick Winstone - Investor

Aera Ventures

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Josh Best - Angel

Backed Canva

Working With The Best

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Join Us

We’re on the lookout for exceptional talent; people who can drive us forward in our mission.

If this sounds like you, please get in touch.

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