Enrique Ruiz-Trejo

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Engagement Model Offered

Day Rate/ Hourly Rate; Technical / Advisory; Project based; Interim / Contract; Full time Transition

Suited to Organisational Types

Start-ups; Scale-ups; SME; Corporate

Enrique is a Senior R&D and battery technology leader with over 20 years of experience across advanced materials, energy storage systems and technology commercialisation. He has held leadership roles at RFC Power, Addionics and Smart Separations, specialising in bridging research and real-world manufacturing.

He supports organisations in diagnosing and resolving scale-up and manufacturing bottlenecks, translating complex electrochemistry into practical, scalable production solutions.

Enrique’s Arena

• Battery & Energy Storage Systems.

• Technical Focus: Advanced Materials, Scale-Up & Process Optimisation.

• Function Expertise: R&D Leadership, Technology Commercialisation.

Superpowers

• Bridges fundamental electrochemistry with real-world manufacturing to solve complex scale-up challenges.

• Identifies and resolves manufacturing bottlenecks through deep technical analysis.

• Translates microscopic mechanisms into practical, scalable production solutions.

• Builds resilient, motivated teams to deliver under pressure.

Impact in Action

• Addionics: Scaled porous current collector technology by resolving key technical bottlenecks, enabling transition to continuous manufacturing.

• UKBIC: Led industrial integration under a £1.2m Innovate UK programme, bridging R&D to pilot-scale production.

• Process Development: Stabilised membrane manufacturing through environmental controls, enabling consistent and scalable output.

• Managed budgets of £1.2m and teams of 4–8 specialists.

Working style

• Analytical, hands-on and people-centric.

• Combines deep technical thinking with practical delivery and strong team leadership.