Join us to exchange ideas, expand your network, and strengthen your connections with the Hopkins community in the Bay Area.
Connect with fellow Johns Hopkins alumni and students in the Bay Area for an evening of networking, inspiration, and fresh perspectives at our annual Entrepreneurship and Technology Networking Reception, hosted by Ed Schlesinger, Benjamin T. Rome Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering, and Bertrand García-Moreno, Executive Vice Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.
This year's program features alumnus, Anthony (Tony) Stratakos, Engr '92, Co-Founder and CEO of Element Energy. From founding Volterra Semiconductor to advancing battery management technology, Tony will share insights from his entrepreneurial journey, including lessons on building successful ventures, navigating industry challenges, and bringing breakthrough innovations to market.
Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served.
FEATURED SPEAKER:
Anthony (Tony) Stratakos, Engr '92
Co-Founder and CEO
Element Energy
Anthony (Tony) Stratakos graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1992 with BS and MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 1998.
Dr. Stratakos founded Volterra, a power management semiconductor company, while a Ph.D. student in 1996 to commercialize his research at Berkeley. Volterra had a successful IPO in 2004 and traded on NASDAQ until its acquisition by Maxim Integrated Products in 2013. Tony served as Volterra’s CTO, responsible for technology development and new business incubation.
With Maxim’s acquisition of Volterra, Tony took on R&D roles of increasing responsibility, becoming Maxim’s Senior Vice President and CTO with responsibilities including technology development across a broad range of markets, technologies and applications, new business incubation and central engineering. New business incubation was focused on renewables, energy storage, power management, point-of-care medical diagnosis, food and water safety, and smart agriculture and included hardware, software (machine learning and decision support) and systems. Tony helped plan and implement a large transformation of Maxim’s business, technology development and supply chain, resulting in over $15B in value creation.
Dr. Stratakos founded Element Energy in 2017, a battery management systems company focusing on the Utility-Scale Energy Storage and Electric Vehicle markets. He served as CEO from 2017 to 2025.
