Kristen Helsel has been growing clean transportation businesses for more than 15 years. She created and scaled the EV Solutions business for AeroVironment, which launched with the Nissan LEAF across the US, Canada and multiple international markets. She was named one of Automotive News’ “Electrifying 100: the 100 Most Influential People” in the EV Industry. Before joining Ideanomics in April 2021, Ms. Helsel was the Chief Revenue Officer at a solar storage start-up, Pika Energy, which was acquired by Generac in 2019 and now is their Clean Energy Division. Ms. Helsel’s broad experience across EV, drones, renewables and clean tech gives her a unique advantage to work across Ideanomics to develop and scale the enterprise