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• PowerHydrant is a universal hands-free conductive EV charger delivering convenience and reliability for all charging use-cases

• Supports residential, 3-phase and DC fast charge and beyond -- all without any exposed wires that can wear or fail.

• Drives an "always connected to the grid" culture

• With Charger resource sharing, PowerHydrant makes multiple vehicle charging flexible, efficient and cost effective,

Kevin Leary is the Founder/CEO PowerHydrant and has 30 years of experience in design and management at Analog Devices, Inc. (29 yrs). Mix of automotive signal processing technology design/management including IC products for automotive OEMs. Extensive experience in business management, in-house start-ups, technology acquisitions, image processing, video, DSP, audio, systems architecture, wireless communication (3G/4G). Built and led $90M (69% GM) automotive and low power audio business. Conceived and drove the successful acquisition ($29M) of AudioAsics (Denmark). Five Patents issued including two for PowerHydrant. Education: Manhattan College BSEE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Grad Studies).

PowerHydrant is an early stage startup focused on applying the "smart phone dividend" to deliver 3D sensor based conductive autonomous fast-charging for Autonomous Vehicles and eMobility. Based in Boston's Innovation District, PowerHydrant is a member of the MIT Startup Exchange and part of Autodesk's inaugural Startups-in-Residence (STIR) group.