Our Team |
John Fredian is the President and CEO of Cavendish Energy™ LLC.
In addition, the company has two primary technical staff responsible for Cavendish’s research and development activity. John Kriegshauser, a master fabricator, is responsible for fabrication, design, and testing of Cavendish devices. Chemical engineer Alan Bath is responsible for testing and validation of the chemistry and chemical engineering associated with the Cavendish Process™. The Cavendish founder, CEO, and staff are accomplished individuals who are recognized leaders in their respective fields. They have over 100 years of combined experience in business, technology, and economics. All have been involved in businesses of various sizes from professional consulting and small start-ups to large scale high-tech entities, and have been involved in transactions up to billions of dollars. They are familiar with the requirements of start-ups and first-stage technology companies from a practical, academic, and leadership position. They combine entrepreneurial zeal with the cold and skeptical eye necessary for business success. Cavendish has two research partners: The Gas Technology Institute (GTI), located in Des Plaines, Illinois, and the Center for Electromechanics (CEM) at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
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John Fredian
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Mr. Fredian has more than 30 years of experience in new business development, product development, and management at leading corporations. His experience spans several industries and technologies. Mr. Fredian has held executive roles in Telecom Equipment, Commercial Lighting and Energy Generation and Distribution companies. The technologies managed include AC/DC power distribution, LED lighting and now Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. He has excelled at the introduction of new technology and national deployment programs of complex system platforms.
Mr. Fredian worked for nearly 20 years at Reltec/Marconi, a broad scale manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, provider of engineered solutions, and installation services. During his tenure with the company, he helped build out network infrastructure in telecom networks, cable TV systems, cellular and the internet backbone. He helped MCI, Sprint and AT&T deploy reserve power systems during their nationwide expansion of their fiber optic networks. He also assisted in construction of thousands of cell sites across the US. After being named the first General Manager responsible for AT&T nationwide, Mr. Fredian led a team growing from one salesperson, one project manager, and one engineer to 6 sales people, 6 project managers and 35 engineers responsible for $65M in annual sales within 4 years. As a vote of confidence in Mr. Fredian’s team, A&T requested help on the roll out of a critical project involving a dramatic network upgrade. The Marconi team deployed the first nationwide fiber optic fed Terabit Switch Router network in history. Mr. Fredian led the team through site surveys, interaction with several equipment manufacturers, and daily task review calls to complete this high profile project in 35 total days from first contact. With great fanfare, AT&T announced the commissioning of this incredible, state of the art network upgrade to its internet backbone. In the mid 2000s, Mr. Fredian transitioned from telecom equipment to the nascent solid state lighting business. At the time few people were aware of LED lighting. Mr. Fredian saw the future and joined General Electric. As lead manager for Global Accounts, he transacted the largest agreements in company and industry history totaling in excess of $70M in revenue with deployments in every US state. Philips Lighting recruited Mr. Fredian to become the Director of Business Development for North America. His charge was to bring new designs to the US from Europe in LED bulbs, LED Modules, LED specialty systems and LED power conversion units. He and his team won first deals at Macy’s, Target, and Kroger grocery stores for annual turnover of $75M. After Philips, Mr. Fredian held VP Sales roles for LED chip and LED fixtures companies as the technology evolved and is now commonplace in most homes and businesses. Mr. Fredian returned to the Telecom Equipment business with a reserve power company in 2014. At this time, he recognized the slow pace of technological development. This is when he turned his attention to Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. He quickly identified the lack of availability of Hydrogen and began research on solutions. He and his partners assembled a team, built a prototype, and began testing. A few years later with a proven Hydrogen production process and patents in hand, he became President and CEO of Cavendish Energy where a new era of renewable energy with on demand green Hydrogen production has begun. |
ROGER H. BEZDEK, Ph.D.
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Roger Bezdek was a founding member and was key in setting the strategic vision for Cavendish Energy. He passed away in May 2024, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and integrity.
Dr. Bezdek is an internationally recognized expert in environmental and energy analysis and forecasting. He has over 30 years experience in the energy, utility, environmental, and regulatory areas, serving in private industry, academia, and the Federal government. Dr. Bezdek has served as Corporate Director, Corporate President and CEO, University Professor, Research Director in three Federal departments, Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, and U.S. energy and environmental delegate to the European Community and to NATO. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of six books and 300 articles in scientific and technical journals. Dr. Bezdek is the recipient of numerous honors, including awards from the White House, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Treasury Department -- Secretary’s Honor Award, and the M. King Hubbert Award from ASPO. He is the Washington editor of World Oil magazine. |
ALAN BATH, B.A.S,
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Alan Bath uses his engineering, product development, technical design, and teaching expertise to clarify and refine scientific concepts, design and participate in testing protocols, provide technical calculations documentation and interpretation of test results, and ensure clear and accurate explanation of the scientific aspects of Cavendish’s product development.
Mr. Bath began his career as a product development engineer at Procter & Gamble where he developed product and processing improvements and launched new products in the food product category. He also designed training and development for R&D employees in the health care sector, and developed and implemented the work processes and leadership skills required for effective multifunctional teams for global product development and launch. Through these assignments over 19 years at P&G, he improved business results and organizational effectiveness through organizational needs assessment, qualitative and quantitative consumer research, new product design and launch, work process improvement, leadership development, and training design. Mr. Bath received his B.A.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and his M.A. from Northern Kentucky University. |
JOHN KREIGSHAUSER
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John Kriegshauser combines his conceptual skills, extensive knowledge of materials and processes, and fabrication experience to realize scientific concepts through design and prototyping. Through continuous ideation and improvement he helps the Cavendish team achieve better product design and performance.
Mr. Kriegshauser is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) where he manages the wood and metals shop and teaches both Materials Lab and Advanced Materials Design. Prior to IIT he was Director of the Central Shop at the Kansas City Art Institute. A master woodworker and furniture maker, Mr. Kriegshauser owned and operated Kansas City Woodworking, a custom furniture production business, for more than a decade. More recently he has designed and built a series of experimental fixtures for a tech startup company, exhibited numerous speculative furniture designs, and designed and built private furniture commissions. Mr. Kriegshauser received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Missouri/Columbia. |