GRAYSON ZULAUF

Dr. Grayson Zulauf is on a mission to combat climate change by electrifying everything. 

He is currently the Director of Solutions at Heron Power, America's next great power electronics company. We develop power electronics for the 21st century grid and are backed by a16z, Breakthrough Energy, Capricorn, EIP, and others. Our first product is the Heron Link, a solid-state transformer for solar, energy storage, and data center applications.

Grayson is the co-founder and former CEO of Resonant Link. After successful exits of our wireless charging business for material handling equipment (by ACT) and electric vehicles (confidential), Resonant Link Medical is #1 in wireless charging for implantable medical devices.

Dr. Zulauf previously worked in Power Electronics at Tesla and led product at Motiv Power Systems (now Workhorse), where he helped launch “first-evers” in all-electric refuse trucks and school buses. .  He has advised Proper Voltage (proven fast-charge batteries), Scalvy (modular power electronics for EVs), and other deep-tech startups.

Grayson holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and has published 43 peer-reviewed publications that have received 3 IEEE Best Paper Awards and over 1,500 citations. Forbes, NPR’s Marketplace, CalMatters, Cipher, and TechCrunch have featured Grayson’s climate work.

Recognized as a Dial Fellow, an NSF Graduate Fellow, a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Energy honoree, a NASA iTech Energy Winner, and an Activate Fellow, Grayson combines technical substance with the ability to humanize the climate fight. His personal essays have been featured in The New York Times, Powder Magazine, and Telluride Magazine.

Grayson graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Engineering Studies and a B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering. He lives in San Francisco and is proudly from western Colorado.

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