James Kennedy is a Founder and the Chief Executive Officer at Virtos, developing megawatt-scale charging equipment with unparalleled reliability. James has more than twenty-five years of experience in startups, power electronics, electric vehicles, charging equipment, and public infrastructure, including the role of CTO at Tritium from founding until public listing in 2021.

James views the grid-scale product area being concentrated on by Virtos as the next frontier of worldwide electrification of transport, and the next step up in both product maturity and production volumes for the industry. He started Virtos to pursue exactly these aims.

James has a long association with electric vehicles & charging equipment. Prior to Virtos and Tritium, James was involved with the University of Queensland’s SunShark solar racing car in the late 1990’s. He has also been integral in other electrification-related projects, ranging from James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenger submarine to large stationary storage systems in green buildings.