James “Mitch” Ewan wass truly a leader in the hydrogen and fuel cell field. Mr. Ewan was a graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada. After a successful naval career that included command of diesel-electric submarines and a destroyer, Mr. Ewan entered private industry where he served in a variety of senior executive positions, including senior management (Board Member, VP & GM) of publicly traded companies.
His hydrogen and fuel cell career spanned over 30 years. He led the team that designed and built the “Green Car”, the world’s first PEM fuel cell-powered automobile. Mr. Ewan was the former Co-Chair of the United States National Hydrogen Association and served on the Business Advisory Board of the Florida Solar Energy Center. For 19 years, Mr. Ewan was on the staff of the University of Hawaii’s Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (“HNEI”) as the Hydrogen Systems Program Manager, where he helped to develop HNEI’s hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell programs, including two hydrogen production and fueling stations, and three fuel cell electric buses.
He was the host of the ThinkTech Hawaii weekly energy show entitled “Hawaii: The State of Clean Energy.” Mitch also served on the advisory boards of several renewable energy and hydrogen-related companies. He was been awarded two hydrogen-related patents.
Mr. Ewan also had several publications dealing with hydrogen and fuel cell energy. To read them, visit his publications page. For more on Mr. Ewan’s resume, visit his LinkedIn page.