ARDA is an acronym standing for Advanced Resonant DC Amplifier, a key component to our patented Isolated High-Boost DC Converter.

ARDA Power was founded in 2009 to commercialize core technology originally developed at the University of Toronto. At the end of 2011 the company received the first round of financing and began developing and testing a solution targeted at the future solar plus storage market.

Since then ARDA has assembled a core team including expertise in power electronics, manufacturing, solar systems design and development, and technology commercialization. Leaders of the team include:

Peter Lehn
PhD. Peter is a co-founder of the company. Peter is currently a Professor and Chair of the Energy Systems Group at the University of Toronto. He has authored over 60 publications, chairs the IEEE Working Group on Modeling of Distributed Generation, and has provided R&D support in power conversion electronics for Siemens, ABB, Honeywell and others.

Peter Lewis
Peter has provided business development and advisory services to ARDA since 2011. Peter is currently Partner and owner at Swan Creek Energy, a clean technology project development and consulting firm based in New Jersey. Peter, who holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, brings substantial experience developing and financing large scale renewable energy projects and has consulted for numerous early stage clean technology companies.

Kostya Strilets
Kostya has been a key member of the ARDA team since January of 2012. Prior to joining ARDA Kostya was a senior power electronics engineer for Siemens and SatCon Power Systems. Kostya brings to ARDA Power a depth of experience in designing and manufacturing power conditioning systems for the alternative energy sector.

Aleksey Toporkov
Aleksey was ARDA’s first investor and has been actively involved in the company since 2013. Prior to joining ARDA Aleksey was co-owner and CEO of a Schindler Elevators/Escalators’ JV in Russia. Upon completion of an exit for the founders Aleksey joined Schindler USA where he managed their Cost Leadership and Industrialization Programs.

Luis Zubieta
PhD. Luis is a co-founder of the company. Prior to joining ARDA Power, Luis held senior R&D roles at SatCon Power Systems and FuelCell Energy, and was a contract developer and consultant for numerous companies. Luis has extensive experience developing large scale power inverters for applications in renewable energy.

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