Who or what is your inspiration in business?

Nikola Tesla inspires me. He pursued breakthrough ideas that reshaped the world, even when others doubted them. His focus on solving fundamental energy problems motivates my work developing technologies that expand access to energy and water. While Nikola Tesla inspires my innovation, Henry Ford inspires my business mindset—scaling technology to create widespread societal impact.

How do you stay motivated?

I stay motivated by focusing on solving real problems. The opportunity to design and build technologies that improve energy access, water security, and resilience keeps me moving forward. Even when progress is slow, the potential impact of scalable solutions that help communities and industries adapt to a changing world continues to drive my work.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would use the $25,000 to accelerate prototyping and testing of clean-energy and water technologies being developed through Elemental Dynamics. The funding would support materials, fabrication, and field validation needed to move concepts into working systems that can demonstrate scalable solutions for energy, water, and climate resilience.