Kate Martin is the VP of Technology at Sila. She is responsible for leading process, equipment, and technology development as well as battery engineering. Prior to Sila, Kate worked at Chevron where she held six positions including Process Engineer, Technical Manager, and Executive Advisor to the President of Oronite. At Chevron, she developed processes, facilitated leadership teams, and built empowered technical teams that solved multi-disciplinary problems in complex operating environments - like those in Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, refineries, and chemical plants.

Kate holds a BA in Physics from Reed College and a Ph.D. and MS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Engineering Systems and Technology & Policy.