January 30, 2025: Lead battery industry veteran Shawn Peng has confirmed his appointment as president and CTO of sodium ion company QuantumShield Technologies.

Peng announced on LinkedIn that he had taken up the post at the Los Angeles-based battery tech firm last month.

He is vice chair of Battery Council International’s deep cycle and EV battery committee — a post he took up in 2020 — and continues as a working group 2 and working group 3 member for the International Electrotechnical Commission.

Peng is a former start-stop car battery committee key member for SAE International and has previously worked as a member of the IEEE PES communications and cybersecurity committee.

He is also a former senior director of research and development for C&D Technologies and Trojan Battery Company.

Peng worked for the Leoch Battery Corporation for 14 years, including representing it as chairman of the firm’s North American operation, before moving to Trojan in 2018.