Hortin fills role after passing of founder and
former CEO Frank Davis
and hires Brady Hoggan as chief
revenue officer
AMERICAN
FORK, Utah, July 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Lion Energy, a leader in safe, silent and
eco-friendly power solutions that help individuals, families and
organizations become energy independent, today announced
Tyler Hortin will serve as the
company's new CEO. Hortin has been part of Lion Energy since its
founding and has been serving as president since 2022. He succeeds
founder and former CEO Frank Davis
who died Jan. 27, 2024 at age 77
after battling leukemia. The company also announced Brady Hoggan as the company's new chief revenue
officer.
"Frank Davis founded our company
with a vision to help people become energy independent by providing
a wide range of energy storage products meant to enrich daily life,
whether that meant powering a camping trip, charging phones or
laptops on the go or keeping the lights on during a disaster," said
Hortin. "I look forward to continuing to honor that legacy as we
launch and enhance products like our whole home and large-scale
commercial solutions. Lion Energy remains passionately committed to
helping individuals, families and organizations have safe, reliable
power where and when they need it."
Under Hortin's leadership, Lion Energy has expanded to empower
consumers, business owners and utilities to automate the management
of their own inventory of stored energy sources through
best-in-class engineering and software applications. As a result,
users can collectively deploy software-based technology to
dramatically optimize energy storage and consumption. Lion Energy
offers the broadest and most innovative suite of solutions on the
market today both for everyday use and emergency back-up
situations.
Hortin was a founding member of Lion Energy in 2012 along with
Frank Davis and Jim Ge. Prior to
serving as president starting in 2022, Hortin served as Lion
Energy's chief financial officer from 2016 to 2022 and its chief
operating officer from 2018 to 2022. He has more than 20 years of
financial, manufacturing, emergency preparedness and supply chain
experience and more than 10 years of energy storage experience. A
certified public accountant in Utah, Hortin holds a bachelor's degree in
informational technology from Brigham Young
University and received a master's degree in accounting from
the University of Texas at Dallas.
Brady Hoggan recently joined Lion
Energy as Chief Revenue Officer. He will be focused on facilitating
company growth by overseeing updates to manufacturing flow,
strategizing to optimize processes and focusing on sales and
marketing alignment. Prior to this role, he served as CRO at
Plastics Resources, Inc. and as COO at LGCY Power. Additionally, he
handled business development for Dominion Questar as part of his
nearly 17 years of experience in the energy industry. He holds a
bachelor's degree in finance from Utah State
University as well as a master's in business administration
from Weber State University.
Lion Energy is a leading manufacturer of safe, silent and
eco-friendly power solutions for everyday needs. The road to energy
independence affects all aspects of life including how everyone
lives and interacts with one another at home, at work or at play.
Regardless of where they are on this path, Lion Energy has a
U.S.-designed and -engineered power solution based in American Fork, Utah, that can be used indoors
or outdoors. Leading the way with proprietary advanced technology
known as LionESS™ and through rigorous testing, Lion Energy
provides the broadest and most innovative suite of energy storage
solutions on the market today, from hand-held portable device
charging and portable solar generators to home, commercial and
industrial battery systems.
For more information, visit lionenergy.com.
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