Company Overview

Promethient was founded in 2012 by Charles Cauchy, a recognized expert in the field of solid state heating and cooling using thermoelectric devices. Promethient’s solid state heating and cooling technology is marketed under the Thermavance™ brand name. As a seasoned inventor, Mr. Cauchy has completed extensive global intellectual property work to protect the company’s proprietary technology.

Upon the receipt of funding from Boomerang-Catapult in 2017, Promethient was reorganized as a Delaware C-corp. Shortly thereafter, Bill Myers joined Promethient as its CEO with the goal of assembling a professional team to bring Thermavance to market.

Leadership Team & Board of Directors

Bill Myers
CEO & Director

Myers brings 30 years of leadership, sales, organizational development and engineering experience to Promethient. His prior roles include founding TriLink Technical Services, sales management at LMS/Siemens PLM and engineering at Chrysler Motors. Myers has served on Northwest Michigan College’s Board of Trustees and was a founder of Newton’s Road, a Traverse City-based non-profit supporting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Myers holds mechanical engineering degrees from Michigan Technological University and Oakland University.

Lowell Gruman
Board Chair

Gruman is Principal of Boomerang Catapult, LLC. He has thirty years of senior executive management in investment banking. He has led the growth of businesses in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines and Singapore in senior finance and management roles for Citibank, H.J. Heinz Company and Oaktree Capital Management. He serves as a Director of Atlas Space Operations, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Interlochen Center for the Arts. Mr. Gruman is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Scott Dennis
Board Director

Dennis is a deal lead for Northern Michigan Angels and runs SLD Horizons a consulting firm focused on aerospace, defense and management engagements. He brings over 30 years of leadership as a career F-16 pilot and retired USAF Brig Gen. He commanded multiple aviation units culminating as Commander of Kandahar Airfield Afghanistan directing nearly 26,000 personnel. Later, he was the Vice Commander of US Air Forces Korea, and deputy Commander of US Air Forces Central Command. He instructed at the prestigious USAF Fighter Weapons School. Dennis holds a mechanical engineering degree from Michigan Technological University, Masters from Embry Riddle and the USAF War College. He advises several technology companies, serves on various non-profit boards focused on Veteran issues and instructs at the NMC Aviation Division as an Adjunct Professor.

Scott Kunselman
Board Director

Kunselman joined the Promethient Board of Directors in December of 2017. Kunselman served Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for more than 30 years culminating in Senior Vice President roles reporting to the CEO in Engineering, Purchasing and Vehicle Safety. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Oakland University and serves on the Board of Directors of Horizon Global. Kunselman has also served on the Boards of the Chrysler Foundation, the Michigan Science Center and the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council.

Todd Fletemier
Board Director

Todd Fletemier is the Vice President of the Midwest Technology Platform at Faurecia and is responsible for Faurecia’s Strategy and Innovation development in the Startup Eco Systems in the region. Todd joined Faurecia in 2014 with the responsibility for a large Tier 1 Global Business Unit and moved into his current role in Innovation and Strategy in mid-2018. In his current position, Todd is responsible for the Advance Development and Scouting of new Technology, Strategy and Innovation Development.

Fletemier began his career with General Motors as an Engineering Intern in 1983. He has held numerous positions over the past 35 years in the mobility space, including leadership positions at OEMS and Tier 1 Suppliers in Engineering, Program Management, Business Unit Management and Development.

Fletemier studied Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University and is co-located in the Detroit and Toronto areas.

Chuck Cauchy
Founder

Cauchy is an expert in the field of solid state cooling. In his previous companies, he was responsible for launching many highly successful products in the solid state cooling/heating market including systems for automobiles, medical, food service, consumer products, etc. He is also a published author in the field and has presented at several national and international forums.

Casey Cowell
Board Advisor

Serving in an advisory role is Boomerang Catapult, LLC Principal, Casey Cowell, co-founder of U.S. Robotics, Inc. He served as Chairman and CEO throughout the company’s history culminating in its merger into 3COM Corporation. A $200 post-college start-up, U.S. Robotics became the world’s largest manufacturer of modems and related products that connected computers to the global telephone network. Cowell is an active investor, advisor and board member in numerous start-up and early stage companies.