Tim Reeser

CEO & Co-Founder

Tim Reeser is CEO and Co-Founder of Lightning eMotors.  Lightning designs and manufactures zero-emission all-electric powertrains for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including delivery trucks, shuttle buses, passenger vans, chassis-cab models, and transit buses. Lightning eMotors investors include BP Ventures, DHI, Aravaipa, and others, and OEM partners include Ford, GM, and Isuzu.

Tim has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from CSU, and has been involved with alternative transportation technology since 1990, when he helped design the first dedicated CNG truck for General Motors while at Colorado State University.

Prior to co-founding Lightning eMotors, Tim served as Vice President of Colorado State University Ventures, where he spun out clean-tech companies and built the framework to support accelerated growth of spin-outs and spin-ins at CSU. Prior to working at CSU, Tim founded, ran and successfully exited multiple software and IT infrastructure companies.  Tim is an award-winning speaker and technical author and speaks regularly at industry conferences and events.

David Agatston

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

David Agatston has served as Lightning eMotors’ Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since October 2022. He previously was the founder and principal at Devils Peak Consulting, a firm providing outsourced financial consulting services. From June 2018 to January 2020 he was a Senior Vice President and Divisional CFO for Zayo Group, a provider of mission-critical communications infrastructure. From January 2007 to June 2018 he worked in a variety of increasingly responsible positions at Intelsat, a provider of fixed satellite services, including Divisional CFO and Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. Previously he held a number of finance and engineering roles at major telecom companies such as Sprint-Nextel, Nextel, and MCI. David Agatston earned an MBA from the Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, and a B.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from Duke University.

Kash Sethi

Chief Revenue Officer

Kash is a forward-thinking sales and business development executive with deep expertise in the commercial EV and electric utility industries. Prior to joining Lightning eMotors, Kash served as Vice President of Sales at Motiv Power Systems (an EV technology provider for commercial vehicles), where he spearheaded all engagement with fleet customers, truck and bus vehicle partners, dealers and  policy stakeholders.

Prior to Motiv, Kash held several technical sales, sales management and business development roles at Siemens Energy, managing a large sales force and engaging with electric utilities and renewable project developers across North America. He holds an MBA from Queen’s University specializing in sales, marketing and general management; and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor. He is passionate about sustainability and green technologies, and has dedicated his career to the decarbonization and modernization our transportation and energy systems.

Marci Fouts

Chief People Officer

Marci Fouts serves Lightning eMotors as Chief People Officer, overseeing all aspects of human resources strategy including talent management and acquisition, culture and employee engagement, total compensation, diversity, equity and inclusion and employee health and safety. She has over 25 years of experience in human resources leadership roles across a variety of industries. Previously, Fouts served as Vice President, Total Rewards & HR Operations at Advanced Energy Industries, where she worked since 2016. Fouts served as a strategic leader in driving growth, cost savings and process improvements at the company. Her background also includes human resources and total rewards roles at Cloud Peak Energy, The Gates Corporation, Henkel/The Dial Corporation, and Lucent Technologies.

Fouts also serves on the board of Alternatives to Violence, Inc., is a member of Colorado Women of Influence and is involved with 50/50 Women on Boards. She attended Arizona State University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management, an Executive MBA from Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado and is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Brian Barron

Chief Manufacturing Officer

Brian Barron serves Lightning eMotors as Chief Manufacturing Officer, responsible for global manufacturing and supply chain. Previously, he served for six years in the Navy as a maintenance technician, after which he received an engineering degree from Clemson University. He worked at BMW for 20 years in various manufacturing, operations, quality and supply chain roles, then served as Director of Operations for a military and security automotive start-up in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  He followed that role by serving as Director of Global Manufacturing at Lucid Motors, then VP of Supply Chain and Manufacturing with rocket start-up Vector Launch.  Finally, Site and Plant Director for Itron, producing annually over six million gas and electric meters for both residential and commercial markets in North America.

Brian brings his wide experience to Lightning at a time when the company is growing rapidly. He is overseeing the introduction of manufacturing automation technologies and advanced equipment to enable aggressive scaling of production while improving quality and efficiency.

Steve Mason

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Steve Mason serves Lightning eMotors as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. He has over 20 years of experience in practicing law as outside counsel, working for the U.S. Attorney’s office, the City of Fort Collins and law firm Chapman & Cutler, as well as working as in-house counsel for the past 10 years as VP and Deputy General Counsel. He has deep legal experience in litigation, commercial transactions, contract terms and issues, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, renewable energy, and public board corporate governance. Mason received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame; his JD from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has studied environmental and natural resources law at Lewis & Clark Law School. He has also taught ethics and business law as an adjunct professor at Colorado State University.