James Robert Akridge

President at JRA Financial Advisors

Producer Manufacturing

Consumer Services

Consumer Durables

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James Robert Akridge is currently the President of JRA Financial Advisors.
Previously, he was the President & Chief Executive Officer of Valence Technology, Inc. from 2005 to 2007.
He also served as a Director at ActaCell, Inc. and held positions as Principal at Edgewell Personal Care Co. and Sion Power Corp.
Akridge received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University-Fresno and his doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

James Robert Akridge active positions

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JRA Financial Advisors	President	-

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Former positions of James Robert Akridge

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VALENCE TECHNOLOGY, INC.	President	2007-03-12
EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
Sion Power Corp. Sion Power Corp. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Sion Power Corp. manufactures and distributes rechargeable batteries. It offers new generation, rechargeable lithium batteries for portable power, mobile electronics, and electric vehicles. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
ActaCell, Inc. ActaCell, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing ActaCell, Inc. develops lithium ion materials for lithium ion battery applications. The company was founded by William E. Ott, II and Arumugam Manthiram in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.	Director/Board Member	-

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California State University-Fresno	Graduate Degree
University of California, Santa Barbara	Doctorate Degree

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Listed companies	1
EDGEWELL PERSONAL CARE COMPANY	Consumer Non-Durables

Private companies	4
Valence Technology, Inc. Valence Technology, Inc. Electronics/AppliancesConsumer Durables Valence Technology, Inc. manufactured and developed advanced energy storage systems. Its solutions included material handling, medical, motive, marine, industrial, energy storage and robots. The firm’s products included 12V-48V lithium ion batteries, U-Charge XP series, u-charge RT battery modules, U1-12BMS, P40-24 24 volt power modules and other accessories. The company was founded by William J. Masuda and Carl E. Berg in 1989 and was headquartered in Austin, TX.	Consumer Durables
ActaCell, Inc. ActaCell, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing ActaCell, Inc. develops lithium ion materials for lithium ion battery applications. The company was founded by William E. Ott, II and Arumugam Manthiram in 2007 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.	Producer Manufacturing
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Sion Power Corp. Sion Power Corp. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Sion Power Corp. manufactures and distributes rechargeable batteries. It offers new generation, rechargeable lithium batteries for portable power, mobile electronics, and electric vehicles. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.	Producer Manufacturing

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